Mommy, Draw Stars On My Tummy | Book Review

Reinforce the loving bond between you and your child with touch and play. Nurturing touch within a family is the foundation for healthy child development.

In Mommy, Draw Stars on my Tummy, “touch-play” activities are combined with catchy rhymes and tunes, which you and your child will enjoy together, again and again.

In just ten minutes a day you can incorporate healthy and loving “touch-play” activities in your life and discover an array of benefits:

• Comfort, calm and connect with your child in a loving way.
• Stimulate development in a nurturing environment.
• Laugh, have fun, and feed your child’s imagination.
• Teach your child to experience and learn about “good touch” in a playful way.
• Create a happier, healthier family.

This book is a genius approach to teaching your child. With my daughter, her senses are heightened and she wants to learn all about new things and after reading this book and doing the activities together I see that she interacts more with me. She loves singing along with the songs in the book and has learned so much. Her favorite song is Dancing Leaves and she loves to sing along, rather loudly, and when she is done she starts laughing, she just cracks me up. She loves the interaction of my making swirls on her back and always wants me to “dance” on her back. I am so thrilled with this book and I really recommend it to everyone looking for that special, close bond with their children. Here is a little information about what you can find in this wonderful book and about the brilliant author:

• Rhymes – This section consists of five rhymes. A couple are newly created for this book and some are well-known or re-written to well-known verses, like Five Little Caterpillars. Each rhyme has an added set of tips on how to engage your child or to add variety to the rhyme according to your child’s development stage.
• Games – Five games are included in this book that can be done anywhere and anytime. Tips are added to each of the games as well to engage your child and for variety.
• Songs – The five songs are written to the tunes of familiar songs and the all familiar ‘Itsy, Bitsy Spider’ song is included here as well.
• Stories – ‘Dreamland’ and ‘Thank You, Flower’ are the titles of the two stories in this section. They’re short and easy to read stories with wonderful and fun hand routines to follow along on your child’s back.

Martine Groeneveld is a registered nurse, licensed massage therapists, certified infant massage instructor and mother of two young girls. She holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing and psychology  and a National Board Certification in massage therapy in The Netherlands. Martine has written articles as a freelance writer and has published in national nursing and massage media.

A native of Holland, Martine has over 12 years of experience in traditional and alternative health care, with five years  teaching baby and child massage. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters, where she runs her company My Mini Massage.