Age range 0-1
'Tummy time – placing a baby on his or her stomach while awake and supervised—can help your baby develop strong neck and shoulder muscles, and promote motor skills.' — Mayo Clinic
Here's a book to keep babies’ brains busy while their muscles are hard at work. It’s a double-sided panorama of images – high-contrast on one side, designed to attract babies’ attention, and photos of babies on the other, because babies love looking at other babies. There’s a mirror, too, so babies can look at themselves!
About the Author :
Mama Makes Books is a small, independent publishing company founded in 2020, producing books for newborns to eight-year-olds. We make books with love – for children and the planet. We know that the early years matter and want our books to add value to children's lives. We endeavour to be a carbon-neutral company, ethical, sustainable, charitable and inclusive.
Review :
This book is a wonderful tool for encouraging babies to engage in Tummy Time as it so perfectly gives baby something interesting and motivating to observe whilst in this important and supervised position for play. Tummy Time not only prevents flat spots on the back of baby’s head, it supports the development of their spinal curves, and encourages them to use the muscles needed for later milestones such as rolling, sitting, crawling and even refined hand skills. Using this book is a great opportunity to build strong attachments between parent/caregiver and baby; I always say the first thing babies love is a parent's face, the second is a book and this is just the ticket - it allows for that wonderful connection time together which builds babies' brains. The contrasting colours of the book are ideal for younger babies, and really supports visual perceptual skills of older babies too. I love how the book even has a mirror, which means that babies can explore their facial expressions as they learn about their bodies. I highly recommend this book for parents to use with their little ones, and will be adding to the resources of my Tummy Time Practitioners to use in their classes and workshops.
A game changer!
Got this free from our health visitor via the BookTrust scheme and it is excellent. He loves it and we actually do tummy time now! *****
We got this free from our library. My baby loves it. We had bought some expensive cards similar to this online. There was no need, he prefers this book, now I am on the hunt for another. *****
This book is a wonderful tool for encouraging babies to engage in Tummy Time as it so perfectly gives baby something interesting and motivating to observe whilst in this important and supervised position for play. Tummy Time not only prevents flat spots on the back of baby’s head, it supports the development of their spinal curves, and encourages them to use the muscles needed for later milestones such as rolling, sitting, crawling and even refined hand skills. Using this book is a great opportunity to build strong attachments between parent/caregiver and baby; I always say the first thing babies love is a parent's face, the second is a book and this is just the ticket - it allows for that wonderful connection time together which builds babies' brains. The contrasting colours of the book are ideal for younger babies, and really supports visual perceptual skills of older babies too. I love how the book even has a mirror, which means that babies can explore their facial expressions as they learn about their bodies. I highly recommend this book for parents to use with their little ones, and will be adding to the resources of my Tummy Time Practitioners to use in their classes and workshops.
Selected in Top Ten Brilliant Books for Babies: Babies are hard-wired from birth to respond to high-contrast images and they absolutely love looking at other babies’ faces! A visually arresting, concertina book designed for sensory discovery, this can be used from the very first months, both during tummy time and as a page-turning book to share.
This cheerful, double-sided foldout book features photos of other wee ones happily engaged in simple activities (kicking their legs, tickling their toes), alongside high-contrast shapes.
