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  Now, carefully glue the pictures to the posterboard. You can cut away the backgrounds on some of the photos so that they will fit better.

  When the poster is finished and dry, ask a grown-up to hang it on the baby’s wall.

  Whenever you get the chance, tell the baby the names of the people in the pictures. That’s the way babies learn. One day, before you know it, the baby will put a pudgy finger on your picture and smile right at you!

  Playing with Baby!

  Games Babies Play

  Babies learn from playing. When Karen and Nancy play peek-a-boo with Daniel, he’s learning that people and things don’t go away just because he can’t see them. Baby animals also learn from the games they play.

  Cheetah cubs play tag. Playing tag teaches them to run fast. When they get older, they’ll have to run to catch food.

  Young foxes play hide-and-seek. That’s how they learn to sneak up on other animals when they are hunting for food.

  Bear cubs love to wrestle. Wrestling for fun helps them grow strong enough to fight their enemies in the wild.

  It’s Rhyme Time!

  Even nursery rhymes don’t seem silly when you’re saying them to a baby! Nancy’s mom has told her that she sang nursery rhymes to Nancy when she was a baby. But it’s been a long time since the Three Musketeers were babies. Here are some of the rhymes Nancy, Karen, and Hannie read to Daniel. Try them on a baby you know. It won’t be long before that baby will be smiling a great big toothless grin!

  Patty Cake

  Patty cake

  Patty cake

  Baker’s man

  Bake me a cake as fast as you can!

  Mix it in a bowl

  Mark it with a B

  And put it in the oven for Baby and me!

  Peek-a-Boo

  Peek-a-boo

  I see you

  I can see your dimples, too!

  And here’s one that will tickle any baby’s funny bone. Remember, when you tickle a teeny tiny baby, you have to be extra careful!

  To start, hold up one of the baby’s feet. As you say each line, grab one of the baby’s toes. When you get to the last line, tickle, tickle, tickle that baby all over!

  This Little Piggy

  This little piggy went to market

  This little piggy stayed home

  This little piggy had roast beef

  This little piggy had none

  And this little piggy …

  Ran whee whee whee

  All the way home!

  What’s in a Name?

  Karen has a list of her favorite names all ready to go, just in case one of her families decides to make her gigundoly happy and have a new baby. Here are some other name lists. These are the top ten names for girls and boys in the United States for the years 1950, 1980, and 1988. Are any of them your favorites?

  1950

  Girls

  Linda, Mary, Patricia, Susan, Deborah, Kathleen, Barbara, Nancy, Carol, Sharon

  Boys

  Robert, James, Michael, John, David, William, Joseph, Thomas, Richard, Stephen

  1980

  Girls

  Jennifer, Jessica, Melissa, Nicole, Stephanie, Christina, Tiffany, Michelle, Elizabeth, Lauren

  Boys

  Michael, Christopher, Jason, David, Brian, James, Robert, Matthew, Joseph, John

  1988

  Girls

  Jessica, Jennifer, Stephanie, Melissa, Nicole, Ashley, Tiffany, Amanda, Christina, Samantha

  Boys

  Michael, Christopher, Jonathan, Daniel, Anthony, David, Joseph, Matthew, John, Andrew

  About the Author

  ANN M. MARTIN is the acclaimed and bestselling author of a number of novels and series, including Belle Teal, A Corner of the Universe (a Newbery Honor book), A Dog’s Life, Here Today, P.S. Longer Letter Later (written with Paula Danziger), the Family Tree series, the Doll People series (written with Laura Godwin), the Main Street series, and the generation-defining series The Baby-sitters Club. She lives in New York.

  Copyright © 1992 by Ann M. Martin

  Activities by Nancy E. Krulik

  Activity illustrations by Heather Saunders

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  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

  First edition, 1992

  e-ISBN 978-1-338-09451-0

 

 

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