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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hi! I just learned of this great new chart by
<a href="http://www.earlylit.net/index.shtml">Saroj Ghoting</a> which lists by age (in months, starting 0-3 months!) what babies can do, characteristics of books for babies that age, and tips for sharing books with babies that age. Here is the link:
<a href="http://www.earlylit.net/resources/ala2011crisscross/stagesandbks2.pdf">http://www.earlylit.net/resources/ala2011crisscross/stagesandbks2.pdf</a> .
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This is an especially effective chart for
<b><u>newborns to 1 year olds</u></b> because it breaks stages into 3 month age ranges for these really little ones who are developing so fast. However, the chart goes up to 5 year olds too!
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Birth – 3 months</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Raise their heads briefly, turn head side to side
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> By 2 or 3 months some control over head when they are supported
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Things look fuzzy to them and they see best 8 – 12 inches from their eyes
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Prefer patterns to solid colors, sharp contrast in brightness between design and background
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Black or bright bold color on white background more interest than design in lighter color on white background
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Cannot manipulate objects voluntarily with their hands but will grasp tightly a finger or other object placed in their hands—grasping reflex
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> By about 3 months they bring the object to their mouths to suck
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> They pay attention when you speak to them, especially if it is ―parentese</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math","serif"">‖</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> style.
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Simple large pictures or designs set against a contrasting background
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Designed to stand up <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Stiff cardboard books <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Zig-zag pages <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> <i>Black on White </i>or <i>White on Black
</i>by Tana Hoban <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Books of individual nursery rhymes
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Responding to baby is of utmost importance
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Display books with bright bold illustrations along side the crib
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> If baby likes to lie on the floor, book can be opened wide and placed on the floor
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Allow baby to choose to focus on the pictures or not so s/he won’t become overstimulated
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Say nursery rhymes <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Sing songs <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us"><span style="color:blue">katie.anderson@state.or.us</span></a>, 503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></p>
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