Over 300,000 Megaskills books sold - A breakthrough new MegaSkills book - the first of its kind for developing character and achievement in the early years ""This new book continues the key MegaSkills commitment to showing how parents can work with their children at home to help them learn."" Marian Wright Edelman, president, Children's Defense fun For more than 20 years the MegaSkills program has taught parents how to help their children develop the abilities and values essential for success in school and in life. Now, nationally respected educators Dorothy Rich and Beverly Mattox show you how to start building MegaSkills before children reach school age. Specially designed for ages one through six, "MegaSkills for Babies, Toddlers, and Beyond" gives you hands-on techniques and kid-friendly activities to teach the 12 MegaSkills: Confidence Motivation Effort Responsibility Initiative Perseverance Caring Teamwork Problem-Solving Common Sense Focus Respect Along with the age-specific activities, this guide contains: Activities for children with disabilities How to get the best from technology MegaSkills measures for parents A wealth of additional resources ""These inventive 'recipes' for parent-child activities build competence and confi dence and character, helping parents help their children make the most of childhood's earliest years."" Judith Viorst, author of Alexander and the Wonderful, Marvelous, Excellent, Terrifc Ninety Days