For babies from birth through 24 Months.

Create an account and track your progress here or download a copy of the activity record in English or en Español.

Share the following activities with your baby. After completing 16 activities you will be able to print a certificate. Bring the certificate to your local Contra Costa County Library to receive a board book and you will be entered into a drawing for a book bag and bath book.

• Make and mimic familiar sounds like those of a washer, a car, or a phone
• Show a picture of an animal to your baby and make the animal’s sound, like “moo”
• Move or bounce to the music
• Play music while doing other favorite activities
• Say rhyming words (star, far, are) and clap to the words
• Say or read nursery rhymes to your child and bounce to the rhythm of the words
• Have children point or identify familiar objects
• Talk about what your child is looking at
• Talk about numbers and letters in magazines, newspapers, junk mail, and packaging
• Point to numbers and words on things that your child touches, such as clothes, toys, or crayons
• Show your child the front and the back of a book
• Let your child hold, touch, and examine a sturdy board book

Prizes will be available at the libraries beginning Monday, June 28 and all prizes must be redeemed by August 16, 2010.

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