Retro Toddler

You don't need to buy high-tech digital devices, apps, or expensive toys to boost your toddler's brain development! Research shows that the best way for toddlers to learn is through daily, active play and *Retro Toddler* includes more than 100 fun, age-appropriate, "old-school" toddler activities that promote the development of language, motor and social skills. The book includes detailed instructions for developmentally stimulating, screen-free toys that parents and toddlers can make together out of everyday household items.

Parents will also learn:

• What's happening inside the rapidly developing brain of a toddler

• How language, social, fine and gross motor skills develop during the toddler years

• How different parenting styles can affect a child's development

• How to successfully praise a child to achieve a growth mindset vs. a fixed mindset

• How to foster grit and self-control in toddlers

• The importance of play during the toddler years

• How excessive screen time is negatively impacting today's young children

With more than 25 years of experience as a pediatric occupational therapist and child development specialist, the author of *Retro Toddler* will provide you with the research-based information you need to help foster strong growth and development in your toddler—without breaking your budget.