Respected author and educator Susan B. Neuman addresses the importance of reading aloud to young children. This guide is a simple and informative support system that gives parents academically sound advice on how and what to read to their children from birth to age five.
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A Parent’s Guide to Reading With Your Young Child
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Raising Your Spirited Child Rev Ed: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, and Energetic
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Newly revised, featuring the most up-to-date research, effective strategies, and real-life stories
The spirited child-often called “difficult” or “strong-willed”-possesses traits we value in adults yet find challenging in children. Research shows that spirited kids are wired to be “more”-by temperament, they are more intense, sensitive, perceptive, persistent, and uncomfortable with change than the average child. In this revised edition of the award-winning classic, voted one of the top twenty books for parents, Kurcinka provides vivid examples and a refreshingly positive viewpoint. Raising Your Spirited Child will help you:
- understand your child’s
Child Development
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Child Development brings the research to life through stories. What prompted researcher Virginia Apgar to develop what became the Apgar Test on newborns? Who knew that psychologist Eleanor Gibson’ famous “visual cliff” experiment was inspired by her own toddler’s experience of hesitation in approaching the edge of the Grand Canyon? These stories help students appreciate the relevance of theory, helping them internalize research-intensive material. Through integrating such stories, this text provides the scientific rigor of Berk’s child development books from Allyn Bacon with the accessibility of Worth’s Berger.
The Preschool Years: From 3 to 5 (Steps Staqes)
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Steps Stages blends expert advice and parental experience to tackle the typical ? but by no means simple ? challenges and milestones you and your child are bound to face at each stage of his or her development. Chock full of anecdotes, tips, and resources, the Steps Stages series addresses the everyday, practical issues of raising kids that all parents wonder about, but parenting guides rarely discuss. The four books in this series are: The Toddler Years (from 1 to 3), The Preschool Years (from 3 to 5), The School Years (from 6 to 8), and The Preteen Years (from 9 to 12).
From his first step towards autonomy to her first restaurant, from her first sentence to his first play date, The Toddler Years focuses on daily life with the walking, talking, emerging little individual your baby has become. The Toddler Years includes sections on toddler dependence and independence, toddler traits, sociability, and habits and routines.
Around the time our child turns three, and almost before you realize it has happened, the tumult and unpredictability of your t oddler gives way to the somewhat more settled, civilized preschooler. The Preschool Years looks at the particular challenges and joys of life with a three- to five-year-old who seems to be growing in all directions at once and who still needs you as much as ever. Included are sections on New Skills and Experiences, Learning to Behave, and Learning Through Play.
The Baffled Parent’s Guide to Sibling Rivalry
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Quick answers to parent’s most baffling moments
The Baffled Parent’s Guide to Sibling Rivalry provides parents with quick, sound advice on how to keep relative peace in the family. Organized for easy-access by topics that provoke the most arguments among siblings-such as room sharing and borrowing toys, as well as issues related to step and half siblings-these quick and effective solutions help parents sort through how and when to intervene.
What To Expect When Your Spouse Is Expecting
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
What to Expect When Your Spouse is Expecting will. . Help men to understand exactly what is happening during the pregnancy . Educate men on how to prepare for the changes that are less than 1 year away . Guide men on how to handle some of the tough situations that may arise . Show younger men a clear plan to help keep the mother happy and healthy . Give men and young boys a practical “game plan” that will lead to success!
Kid’s Play: Early Development Activities to Prepare Your Child For Kindergarten
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Kid’s Play is designed to improve a child’s early development skills in preparation for kindergarten. The activities created by Speech, Occupational Therapists, Adapted Physical Educators and Preschool teachers are fun techniques that can: 1) improve speech and overall communication, 2) strengthen visual motor skills, 3) improve coordination, balance and muscle strength, and 4) encourage logical, creative thinking, and memory abilities of a young child.
Look Who’s Talking: How to Enhance Your Child’s Language Development, Starting at Birth
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Using the latest academic research, Laura Dyer has written the most comprehensive book available that shows parents how to enhance their children’s language development, starting at birth. She addresses topics such as development in every stage broken down into every two months the first year to age seven. Mrs. Dyer specifically suggests lots of practical ideas to enhance language in each stage of development. She targets literacy and the best way to read to your child. Also when it comes time, how to help your child get ready to read and nurture their literacy development throughout the school years. Mrs. Dyer also provides steps for using sign language successfully and addresses bilingual and trilingual language development issues. She also targets language challenges with international adoptions and how to use music to enhance language development. In this book there are helpful charts that help parents know the window that certain sounds develop so that they do not become overly concerned when unneccessary. This author has addressed multiple questions about common issues from parents such as pacifiers, ear infections, tv, computers and many other issues that affect speech and language. This book is helpful for any parent of typical or special needs children ages birth to seven.
The Adolescent With Developmental Co-Ordination Disorder (Dcd)
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Adolescence is hard for most of us, but for an individual with Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD) it can be twice as hard. Amanda Kirby, Medical Director of the Dyscovery Centre and the mother of a DCD child herself, addresses the main difficulties encountered by adolescents with DCD, including building relationships and coping with secondary school.
Preventing Childhood Eating Problems: A Practical, Positive Approach to Raising Kids Free of Food and Weight Conflicts
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
As seen on the Oprah Winfrey show!
This book offers a common-sense, relaxed approach to healthy eating for children of all ages. The authors present evidence that children will naturally self-regulate their eating if rigid rules are not imposed upon them. They also address parents’ most common concerns such as when, what, and how much kids should be eating, how to handle peer pressure, the sugar controversy, body-image problems, special situations, and eating disorders. This book will help both parents and children make peace with food.
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