Preview Tomorrows Child digital July 2016

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Life-Saving Water Safety Rules Every Parent Needs to Know

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Welcome to the Digital Edition

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Tummy Time Matters

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Time for Play

by Brenda Bernstorf

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Was that Gas—or Baby’s First Smile?

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Teaching Life Skills

by Brenda Bernstorf

VIDEO: Early Signs of Autism

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8 Life-Saving Water Safety Rules Every Parent Needs to Know

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When Grandchildren Visit

by Margot Garfield-Anderson

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Montessori Family Alliance

by Tim Seldin

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VIDEO: Third Year Montessori and Normalization

by Punum Bhatia, PhD

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What You’ll See in a Great Montessori School

by Julia Volkman

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2nd Annual Hong Kong Conference

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30th Annual International Montessori Conference

by IMC Staff

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E D I TO R ’ S L E T T E R

Welcome to the DIgital edition Welcome toTomorrow’s Child’s first digital and interactive issue.

We are so excited to bring this issue to you because we’ve been envisioning it for a long time.

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A Word from Tim Seldin Tim Seldin, President of the Montessori Foundation would like to welcome you to the first digital edition of Tomorrow’s Child.

Like many first things, there maybe some links that don’t load superfast; just give them a minute or two to render. We have tested them all on various staff computers and believe they all work.

With digital content we were able to give our readers some experiences the printed versions can’t adequately describe.

Thanks to staff and friends of the Foundation for so willingly sharing baby videos and Youtube clips.

We are working on our August issue right now so if you have anything you are willing to share with us please send it along. We have the freedom

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to add on as things come in because with digital publishing we are not contrained to a specific number of pages.

We’d also like to hear feedback from our readers on how they enjoyed the experience of this issue. Please send your feedback or contributions to tcmag@ montessori.org or margot@ montessori.org. If you have pictures and videos to share please make certain you send us photo releases as well.

And remember, you are receiving this digital issue because you are a subscriber to Tomorrow’s Child magazine AS WELL as a member of the Montessori Family Alliance.

Enjoy, The staff of the Montessori Foundation

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Tummy Time Matters And tummy time is fun, for both babies and parents!

From Verywell.com.

We thought it would be helpful for some of our new parents to read and view some helpful information about newborn stages of development.

We’ve culled some resources from various sites and inserted some of our own video clips and pictures for you to enjoy.

The end of your baby’s second month is a great time to start tummy time, which is the practice of putting your baby on her tummy for short periods of time while she is awake.

Babies at this age are developing some head and neck control, can actually lift their heads briefly, and haven’t learned that they don’t like tummy time yet.

Why Is Tummy Time A Good Thing?

Since your baby should be sleeping on her back to reduce her risk of SIDS, she may get used to this position and not like to be on her tummy.

Unfortunately, babies who spend too much time on their backs, especially if they are usually in the same position, can develop positional plagiocephaly, or a flat head.

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n Start with short periods of tummy time, maybe even just two or three minutes a day, and work towards 10 to 20 minutes of tummy time once or twice a day. n Lay on your back and lay your baby down on your chest, tummy down.

Tummy time can also prevent some minor developmental delays in picking up milestones, including rolling over, sitting up, and crawling, that can affect some babies who are always on their back.

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Here are some tips to help you and your baby enjoy tummy time:

n Lay her on a tummy time play mat with some age appropriate toys to play with, especially once she has enough upper body strength to actually reach for and play with them. n Prop her chest up with a pillow. n Get down on the floor with your baby and talk or sing to her.

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