About Me

Amber Passey with Elli (left) and Sammi (right)

Welcome to my energetic and often chaotic corner of the world! I am Amber, the mother of two girls, a preschooler and a baby who just turned one in August 2009. We pretty much spend our days playing and cleaning. I know mothers are biased, but I think my preschooler is rather brilliant for her age. It has required a lot of creativity on my part to keep her not just entertained but also engaged in her own development.

Before embarking into the realm of motherhood, I was a professional research assistant (sounds fancy, huh?) on a research project involving assessing infant development. In a nutshell, we played with babies engaging them in specific tasks to evaluate how they were progressing in their development. A lot of the games I play with my children come from these assessments and have given us hours of enjoyment.

We recently have moved to Tennessee. We are getting to know a new area and “culture.” In August I started a laptime program at the Middlesboro Library in Middlesboro, Kentucky. We are also getting excited to start up the Music Makers playgroup in August. In Utah I ran the Musica Makers playgroup weekly with an average attendance of 25 kids and parents. I also volunteered as a laptime teller at the Orem Public Library. A lot of the songs and fingerplays you’ll see here come from these experiences.

I look forward to sharing info, activities and products that will help you find fun ways to encourage your child’s development. To cover the spectrum, I’ll be posting about physical development, cognitive development and musical development.

Please email me with any ideas you’d like to share or questions you’d like answered! I can be reached at becausebabiesgrowup {at} gmail {dot} com. I look forward to hearing from you!

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