You Are Your Child's First Teacher : What Parents Can Do with and for Their Children from Birth to Age Six

by BALDWIN DANCY, RAHIMABALDWIN, RAHIMA

• ISBN13: 9780890879672
• ISBN10: 0890879672
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Celestial Arts

Summary

Nowadays parents are bombarded by any number of approaches about how to be with their children. YOU ARE YOUR CHILD'S FIRST TEACHER introduces a new way of understanding the human being so that parents can be best equipped to serve as their own children's best teachers. Chapters include: Caring for the Newborn, Helping Your Toddler's Development, The Development of Fantasy and Creative Play, Nourishing Your Child's Imagination, Rhythm and Discipline in Home Life, Readiness for School, and more.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xiv
You Are Your Child's First Teacher	1	(28)
Receiving and Caring for the Newborn	29	(38)
Growing Down and Waking Up	67	(24)
Helping Your Baby's Development in the First Year	91	(22)
Helping Your Toddler's Development	113	(20)
Parenting Issues of the First Three Years	133	(30)
The Development of Fantasy and Creative Play	163	(28)
Nourishing Your Child's Imagination	191	(24)
Developing Your Child's Artistic Ability	215	(20)
Your Child's Musical Ability	235	(16)
Rhythm and Discipline in Home Life	251	(30)
Cognitive Development and Early Childhood Education	281	(32)
More Parenting Issues	313	(28)
Appendices	341	(11)
Notes	352	(13)
Bibiography	365	(6)
Index	371