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Understanding Pregnancy Tests	Calculating Your Due Date (Give or Take Two Weeks)
Understanding High-Risk Pregnancies	Understanding Prenatal Care and Screening
Understanding Fundal Height	Your Baby’s Development—There’s an App for That!
Can You Hear Me Now? Knowing When Your Baby Can Hear You.	Determining a Baby’s Sex: Fact and Fiction
Determining How Tall Your Baby Should Become	Prenatal Learning Systems
Trains, Planes, Boats, and Automobiles—Travelling During Pregnancy	Counting Baby Kicks
Hearing (and Seeing) Your Baby’s Heartbeat	What an Ultrasound Shows
Understanding 3D and 4D Ultrasounds	Enroll in Child Preparedness Classes
Determine Your Parenting Style	Babies See Only Close Up
Plan For, Purchase, and Install a Car Seat	Making Sense of Chromosomes and Gender
Picking a Baby’s Name—There’s an App for That!	Introducing the Players
Cord Blood Banking	Understanding Your Baby’s Development Stages
Understanding and Recognizing Postpartum Depression	Interviewing Your Obstetrician
Assessing Your Hospital	Your Baby’s First Test
Planning for Your Pediatrician	Change Your Wireless Baby Monitor Settings
Prepare Your Hospital Bag in Advance	Child Proofing Your Home
Understanding Trimesters	Recommended Pregnancy Books and Sites
Prepare Your Home for Your Baby’s Arrival	Preparing Your Pet for the New Baby
Preparing Siblings for the New Baby	Develop and Write a Birth Plan
Knowing Key Terms	Create or Update Your Will

Watching and Responding to Feeding Cues	What Goes In, Eventually Comes Out
When Your Baby will Drink Water	Understanding the Body Mass Index (BMI)
Understanding the Infant and Toddler Classifications	Hearing and Vision Tests
How Your Baby’s Head will Develop	Basics of Infant Vital Signs
Understanding Your Newborn’s Sleep Patterns	Be Aware of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Feeding and Calories	When Should I Bath My Baby?
Understanding Sick Baby and Well Baby Doctor’s Visits	Travel with a Newborn
When to Discipline a Newborn	Recognize that Babies Cry for Many Reasons
Use Your Baby’s Five Senses	Spending a Few Minutes of Supervised Tummy Time
Building Trust with a Newborn	Start Reading to Your Baby Early
Balancing Your Baby’s Self-Soothing Skills	Understanding Infant Colic
The Use of a Pacifier	Introducing Your Baby to Swimming
Understanding Motor Skills	Understanding the Mozart Effect
Integrate Stress Breakers into Your Day	Interviewing Potential Babysitters
Selecting a Childcare Facility	Making Sense of the Term “Development”
Enjoys Being Held or Carried	Listens to Sounds
Begins to Anticipate	Focuses Eyes on an Object and Eventually Tracks the Object
Lifts, Supports, and Eventually Turns His or Her Head	Inspects Own Hands and Brings Hands Together
Kicks His or Her Legs	Recognizes When an Object Disappears
Takes a Narrative and Investigative Tour of the House	Begins to Smile Socially
Makes First Sounds, Coos, and Laughs	Everything Goes in the Mouth
Takes Turns Making Sounds	Lifts Head While Laying on Back
Lifts Up Head and Pushes Up While Lying on Stomach

Turns Head in Response to a Voice	Plays with Hands and Feet
Explores Different Objects	Grasps an Object
Reaches for an Object	Rolls Over, First from Side to Back
Begins to Sit, Supported by Pillows	Plays with a Rattle
Repeats an Activity to Achieve a Specific Result	Rakes Hand Horizontally
Prepares for Crawling and Eventually Crawls	Feeds Him or Herself a Cracker or Other Finger Food
Bears Weight on His or Her Legs	Stands with the Support of Nearby Objects
Starts to Experience Stranger Anxiety	Experiences Separation Anxiety
Bangs Two Objects Together to Make Noise	Starts to Search for Hidden Objects
Uses Both Hands	Knows Own Name as well as Family-Member Names
Responds to Facial Expressions	Imitates Gestures and Responds to Simple Requests
Plays with the Same Toy for Two to Three Minutes	Moves to Reach Things
Watches You Scribble and Imitates Your Actions	Participates in a Game of “Peek-a-Boo”
Drops and Throws Objects	Learns the Meaning of “No”
Recognizes a Variety of Words	Recognizes Different Smells
Plays with Framed Puzzles and Stacking Toys	Starts Dancing to Music
Unwraps a Package	Starts Saying Mama and Dada
Tests Your Authority	Looks at Pictures and Focuses on Objects
Begins to Hold Picture Books	Wants to Feed Him or Herself
Places Objects Back into a Container	Wants to Help with Dressing
Hands Back a Toy or Object

Imitates New Gestures and Actions	Starts to Show Dominant Hand
Teething and Tooth Brushing	Packing a Keep Busy Bag
Taping Objects to the High Chair	Revisiting the Pacifier
Stands on His or Her Own and Takes First Steps	Explores New Places
Pulls or Pushes a Toy	Requires Disciplining
Bites and Hits Others	Crawls Up Stairs
Experiences a Timeout for Behavior Purposes	Becomes Aware of Potty Accidents
Walks Backwards and Sideways	Rolls and Later Throws a Ball
Learns to Say “No!”	Rides and Eventually Pushes Self on a Toy Vehicle
Identifies Fingers and Toes and Eventually Points	Recognizes Him or Herself in a Mirror
Stacks Two or More Blocks	Squats to Pick Up an Object
Vocalizes While Gesturing	Tries to Run
Puts a Puzzle Back Together	Finger Paints
Knows Many Body Parts	Tries to Sing
Imitates Adults and Other Children	Starts to Know Simple Rules
Throws a Temper Tantrum	Combines Words and Jabber
Removes Socks and Eventually Shoes	Makes Hand and Foot Prints
Imitates Sounds Other that Voices	Slides Down a Playground Slide
Balances on One Foot	Sits in a Small Chair
Retrieves an Item from Another Room	Turns a Photo or Picture Right Side Up
Knows Names of Common Clothes	Makes Simple Shapes Using Play-Doh™
Walks on a Balance Beam	Uses Simple Tools
Plays with Knobs, Switches, and Clasps	Pastes Objects on to a Page
Scribbles within the Border of a Page and Copies Simple Lines	Traces Hands, Feet, and Other Objects
Plays with a Playmate	Uses His or Her Name
Reassembles a Cereal Box Jigsaw Puzzle	Exhibits an Opinion
Expresses Affection	Uses Two Words Correctly
Sorts Objects	Folds and Unfolds Paper
Names and Matches Items in Photos	Turns Book Pages One at a Time
Stacks Cups or Containers in Order	Using Motion or Blowing to Make Bubbles
Kicks a Ball	Becomes Possessive of Objects
Combines 3 or 4 Words

Terribe Twos	Imitates Symbolic Play
Understanding Autism	Watches Interactive DVDs
Washes Hands	Hops and Jumps
Moves from Crib to Bed	Plays with Extra Large Legos
Participates in Gymnastics	Establishes a Sleep Routine
Creates a Collage of Collected Items	Starts to Tell Stories
Becomes Bossy	Stands on Tip Toes
Performs Two-Step Tasks	Draws Shapes
Holds a Crayon Correctly	Unwraps Food
Puts on Shoes	Tapes Objects
Threads Objects	Understanding Multiple Intelligences
Uses a Napkin	Walks Up Stairs
Experiences Bad Dreams or Night Terrors	Stands Heel to Toe
Undresses and Dresses Self	Cuts with Safe Scissors
Catches a Large Ball	Copies and Cuts Shapes Drawn
Knows Who Owns Something	Says Full Name
Learns Basic Colors	Learns Various Animals
Creates a Flanel Photo Board	Knows Big and Small
Paints with a Sponge	Plays a Musical Toy
Claps with Rhythm	Records His or Her Voice
Creates a Poster Board of Found Things	Uses a Flashlight
Matches Shapes and Colors	Matches Photos
Rides a Tricycle	Plays "Simon Says"
Stops and Goes While Running	Draws Intersecting Lines
Plays Simple Games	Improves Potty Skills
Introduces the Numbers 1 to 5	Pours Water
Places Ping-Pong Balls in Tubes	Plays with Dominos
Uses a Tissue	Tells Lies
Uses Bad Words	Uses a Spoon and Fork Correctly
Learns to March	Counts Out Loud
Colors in a Book	Experiments with Magnets
Creates a Felt Family Tree	Creates a Photo Stick Puppet
Sweeps the Floor	Knows On and Off
Knows Up and Down	Knows His or Her Gender
Snaps and Buttons Clothes	Climbs on Jungle-Gym Equipment
Catches and Throws a Large Ball

Art	Coloring Pages
Build a Puzzle	Counting
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Art	Grouping
Science	Penmanship
Hundreds of skills your Kindergartner should know. View Kindergarten Curriculum Over 1,000 videos, multimedia, applications and worksheets.Preview Learning Activities

Math	Music
Phonics	Science
Hundreds of skills your first grader should know. View First Grade Curriculum. Over 1,000 videos, multimedia, applications and worksheets.Preview Learning Activities.

Cursive Writing	Language Arts
Music	Spanish
Hundreds of skills your second grader should know. View Second Grade Curriculum. Over 1,000 videos, multimedia, applications and worksheets.Preview Learning Activities.

Geography	Math
Science	Spanish
Hundreds of skills your third grader should know. View Third Grade Curriculum. Over 1,000 videos, multimedia, applications and worksheets.Preview Learning Activities.

History	Math
Reading	Spanish
Hundreds of skills your fourth grader should know. View Fourth Grade Curriculum. Over 1,000 videos, multimedia, applications and worksheets.Preview Learning Activities

Science	Spelling
Math	Geography
Hundreds of skills your fifth grader should know. View Fifth Grade Curriculum. Over 1,000 videos, multimedia, applications and worksheets.Preview Learning Activities.

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