Word and Music Games for Toddlers and Twos: More Than 150 Brain-Boosting Activities

by Bonnie Macmillan

Sing a song of musical smarts and language games that build the brain. These 150 activities stimulate listening, vocabulary, and musical skills in toddlers and 2-year-olds, and teach rhythm, patterns, spatio-temporal reasoning, and mathematical concepts, too. Every game feels effortless and fun, no matter whether you’re naming ordinary items in the house or discovering new words when you’re out and about. “What are these for?” uses an action rhyme to show what different body parts hands clap, toes tap, eyes BOO!—and noses ACHOO. Help a toddler recognize ordinary sounds and understand daily routines, enjoy parent-child bonding over simple tunes and finger games, make music with everyday objects, and more.

128 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2004

Reviews

[Stephen Olley]

If you see this in the library it is definitely worth a borrow. Not many of the games will you do exactly as the instructions describe but it is full of ideas. Having a toddler can leave you so tired that you just need a little something to spark the imagination and get you to try new things with them. All of the ideas are things you can do in and around the house and with no or very few props/toys.

[Susan]

more for parents and perhaps preschools than libraries