The many teachable, unplanned and unscripted learning moments that fill a baby's day are the inspiration for all in a day's play. No matter how ordinary the materials or the situation might seem, for a baby, the possibilities are anything but. Laundry List, an adventure set in and around a laundry basket, features eebee in a world of colors, textures, and language explorations. From peek-a-boo to talking socks, from baby basketball to laundry basket sailboat, the list of ideas to explore can get long (and short, soft, stretchy, and even see-through.) Just you and me, a collection of mini-adventures, designed for a baby, grown-up and only the most basic materials, demonstrate that babies learn in the simplest situations: figuring out what will happen in game of "elevator" or "airplane;" hearing the same story read different ways; or playing silly games that reinforce social, emotional and cognitive skills. Cups, bowls, pots, pans, and spoons are the central props eebee and babies rely on in little objects, big Ideas. Putting things in and taking them out and hearing the sounds they make as they drop, move or meet one another, lead to musical exploration and some new ideas about containers and "the contained."
Eebee's Adventures is a celebration of the everyday interactions between infants and their caregivers and how they promote social and intellectual growth. Paced slowly to honor the pace of very young infants, Eebee's Adventures features a colorful puppet Eebee and caregiver Kristy as well as real children and adults as they explore everyday objects like containers, laundry, and books. Kristy is very animated and enthusiastic, responding to Eebee's natural interests with simple games that encourage exploration, experimentation, and lead to the development of concepts like object permanence, turn taking, and even the verbalization of sounds and rhythms. The program is visually and aurally stimulating to infants and also serves as a new parent's primer on how to play with infants in an educational and meaningful way. Bonus features include a developmental perspective by experts in early childhood development (exactly the same on each Eebee program), a play by play guide highlighting the skills and developmental ages featured in each section of the program, music clips, and a musical rendition of "Eebee's Beat." (Ages 6 months to 2 years) --Tami Horiuchi
