PARENTING/ You don't need to buy high-tech digital devices or expensive toys to boost your toddler's brain development! Includes more than 100 toddler activities that promote the development of language, motor and social skills, including 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 developing brain of a toddler • How language, social, fine and gross motor skills develop during the toddler years • How parenting styles can affect a child's development • 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 children. With more than 25 years of experience as a pediatric occupational therapist and child development specialist, the author provides you with the information you need to help foster growth and development in your toddler.