Children learn by doing and exploring, and, given the correct opportunities and environment, children will develop emotionally, physically, socially and intellectually. This book aims to help parents provide a variety of experiences and a lively environment where their child can learn through natural play situations. By doing this, parents can help their child to develop basic skills in preparation for starting skills. The activities in this book involve the basic skills of problem solving, language, creativity, music, physical coordination, exploration and socializing.

Table of Contents:
Social skills: communication with people, communication with people, body awareness, hygiene, safety in the home, safety at school, safety on the road, safety near water, play, make-believe play, construction play, outdoor play; creative skills: painting, collage, cutting and sticking, modelling, printing, wool and fabric, hats and masks, rubbings and patterns, puppets, music; exploration skills: pets and their care, farm animals, zoo animals, birds, minibeasts, plants, trees, vegetables and fruit, water, hot and cold, colour, weather, day and night, months, seasons; our senses: hearing, touching, smelling, tasting, seeing, using the environment; thinking skills: memory training, language; opposites, talking about pictures, telling a story, poetry and nursery rhymes, following instructions, copying shapes and handwriting, maths, patterns, sequences, long and short, full and empty, shapes, time.