Baby Teacher Nurturing Neural Networks From Birth to Age Five

by Shore, Rebecca A.

• ISBN13: 9780810842847
• ISBN10: 081084284X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: R&L Education

Summary

Ever wonder what is going on in a baby's brain? Or how you can best nurture a child's natural development? Or why exactly Bach is better than Mozart for babies? This book will explain why. No technical knowledge is necessary, as Shore makes recent neurological findings accessible to all those who come into contact with young children. Everything a baby experiences in his or her first five years is building the foundation of life's learning potential through the formation of neural networks in the brain. Through increasing the complexity of the early childhood environment in developmentally appropriate ways, we can nurture these neural networks. The visionary educational leader must look beyond the traditional boundaries of the K-12 system, and towards the space between the maternity ward and the kindergarten door.

Author Biography

Rebecca Shore teaches in the Graduate Schools of Education and Educational Leadership at Wake Forest University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Finding Faulty Assumptions	p. 1
Brain Science for Nonneurologists	p. 11
How We Know What We Know	p. 25
Nurturing Our Nature	p. 45
Music Matters	p. 57
The Bach Effect	p. 81
Implications for Education	p. 113
Curricular Considerations	p. 143
Creating Complex Curriculum for the Crib and Beyond	p. 153
Bibliography	p. 179
About the Author	p. 185
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