Other than the scary clown hair on the baby on the cover--this is a really helpful guide to a new baby's cognitive and physical development! It's much more practical than some of the other more popular titles that I have read. The information is very clear, concise and extremely well organized. It breaks a baby's developmental stages down into 3-month blocks, which makes more sense to me than the month-by-month formats of other books--since babies all develop at a slightly different pace. I highly recommend this title for all parents who are interested in better understanding how their baby is developing!

This is a very useful book. It gives you an overview of what to expect at different ages and stages of children. It covers what they can do physically as well as emotionally and educationally.
This is a much more detailed book than many checklists I've seen and covers many more guideposts for parents and teachers to watch for. I like that this book states very clearly that these are just guidelines and that each child grows at a different rate and that you will see some of these guidelines early and some of them later but this is a general idea of what a child can be expected to do at certain ages.

Parents can use this book to be sure their child is growing and developing in an appropriate fashion. In later years (school age years) parents can use this book to be sure teachers are working with kids in an age appropriate manner.

Teachers can use this book as well to enhance their teaching as they learn what students are capable of at certain ages.

Well worth the money.
Enjoy.