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Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator best known for the philosophy of education that bears her name, and her writing on scientific pedagogy. Her educational method is in use today in public and private schools throughout the world. In 1947 she returned to India and gave courses in Adyar and Ahmedabad. These courses led to the book The Absorbent Mind, in which Montessori described the development of the child from birth onwards and...
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xxvi, 500 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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This updated volume also offers new insights on prematurity, sleep patterns, early communication, toilet training, co-sleeping, play and learning, SIDS, cognitive development and signs of developmental delay, childcare, asthma, a child's immune system, and safety.
A pediatrician and a child psychiatrist examine the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional development of children from birth to age three.
Pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton offers parents...
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xi, 336 pages ; 24 cm
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Award-winning science journalists Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman demonstrate that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring--because key twists in the science of child development have been overlooked. The authors discuss the inverse power of praise, why insufficient sleep adversely affects kids' capacity to learn, why white parents don't talk about race, why kids lie, why evaluation methods for "giftedness"...
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xvi, 300 pages ; 21 cm
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The beloved and respected TV disciplinarian and star of the new TLC show "Family SOS with Jo Frost" outlines the five tenets of "disciplined parenting," which are the limits and routines parents need to have in place around sleep, food, play dates, early learning and manners.
"From the beloved TV disciplinarian and bestselling author of Supernanny comes an amazingly simple five-step program of Toddler Rules to help parents tame tantrums, prevent...
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320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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There has never been a more essential time for the definitive book on parenting our 0-5 year-olds. This practical guide, from BBC broadcaster, children's counsellor and mother of two Kate Silverton is rooted in the latest research into the science of child brain development. By understanding their child's developmental stages, parents will come to realise that there is no such thing as 'naughty' in the traditional sense and will be equipped to react...
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130 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Los dibujos infantiles siempre han intrigado y fascinado tanto a padres como a educadores. Algunos disenos llaman la atencion, otros producen estupefaccion y algunos constituyen un autentico misterio por resolver. ?Que explica el dibujo de un nino? ?Que esta viviendo su autor y que ha imaginado? Las herramientas propuestas en esta obra te permitiran percibir la intensidad que impregna cada dibujo y estrechar las lazos entre el nino y tu, y la informacion...
15) Self-reg: how to help your child (and you) break the stress cycle and successfully engage with life
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307 pages ; 25 cm
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"The first parenting book to bring the science and psychology of children's behavior together to build brain/body awareness for self-regulation and success"--Amazon.com.
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"Esther Wojcicki -- "Woj" to her many friends and admirers -- is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful. What do these three accomplishments have in common? They're the result of TRICK, Woj's secret to raising successful people: Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration,...
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