Constructive Parenting

by Goldberg, Sally

• ISBN13: 9780205322442
• ISBN10: 0205322441
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

Build a Strong Foundation in the first three years of your Child's Development! Important Principals and easy-to follow guidelines to help all parents and caregivers carry out the 15 "Pillars of Parenting". Learn from experts who provide a "hands-on" approach to parenting to help you in the critical early years of child development. Coverage of Self-esteem, emotional, cognitive, motor, social and language development. Activities to help you promote growth in the important development areas.Written by a foremost parenting expert, Constructive Parenting helps turn important theory and research into essential, easy-to-follow, guidelines for every new parent and child care provider. The information helps you focus on the critical first three years of a child's life to build a strong foundation for the future. All the key areas of child development are covered including: self-esteem, cognitive, motor and social development. You'll also receive information on health issues, and the importance of play.Sally Goldberg,Ph.D.is an early childhood specialist, professor, author, speaker, coach and consultant. Author of Teaching with Toys, Growing with Games, Parent Involvement Begins at Birth, and Baby and Toddler Learning Fun, she is the creator of the well-known "15 Pillars of Parenting" and "Interactive Parenting", and the much loved "Play and Learn System". Having appeared as a guest on many TV shows, she also produced and hosted "Teaching with Toys" and "Interactive Parenting" for WLRN in Miami, Florida. Currently she writes for Today's Family, a local South Florida magazine, and Children and Families, the national Head Start magazine. Dr. Goldberg is a popular keynote speaker at conferences and major organizations. Educated at Cornell University and the University of Miami, Dr. Goldberg is the mother of two grown daughters, and resides in Boca Raton, Florida.

Author Biography

Sally Goldberg, Ph.D. is an early childhood specialist, professor, author, speaker, coach, and consultant

Table of Contents

Foreword	xiii
Preface	xv
Acknowledgments	xix
Introduction	xxi
PART ONE Understanding the Basics	1	(36)
Building Your Child's Self-Esteem	3	(7)
Uniqueness	4	(1)
Appreciation	5	(1)
Misbehavior (Mistaken Behavior)	6	(3)
Child Development	9	(1)
Parent-Child Interaction	10	(10)
Pillars of Preparation	12	(3)
Pillars of Attitudes	15	(3)
Pillars of Techniques	18	(2)
Areas of Child Development	20	(17)
Beginning Principles of Parenting	21	(1)
Cognitive Development	21	(3)
The Five Senses	21	(1)
Curiosity	22	(1)
The Cognitive Progression	23	(1)
Motor Development	24	(5)
Motor Development and the Brain	24	(1)
Motor Development and You	25	(1)
Milestones of Motor Development	25	(4)
Social Development	29	(2)
Relationship Development	29	(1)
The Journey toward Independence	30	(1)
Language Development	31	(6)
Language in Our Schools	32	(1)
Receptive Language	32	(1)
Reading Development	33	(1)
Story Time	33	(1)
Expressive Language	34	(1)
About TV, Movies, Videos, and DVDs	35	(1)
Writing Development	35	(2)
PART TWO Play and Learn Activities	37	(54)
Facilitating Development through Activities	39	(3)
A Positive Relationship	40	(1)
A Regular Parent-Child Play Time	40	(2)
Activities for Cognitive Development	42	(13)
Birth to Six Months	43	(1)
Rock-a-Bye Baby	43	(1)
A Rattle	43	(1)
Nursing or the Bottle	44	(1)
Puffs	44	(1)
Flower Scents	44	(1)
Six to Twelve Months	44	(2)
Containers	45	(1)
Choosing	45	(1)
Dropping and Throwing	45	(1)
Remembering	46	(1)
Ten	46	(1)
One to Two Years	46	(2)
Pulling	47	(1)
Keeping House	47	(1)
Daily Living	47	(1)
Building	47	(1)
Playing Ball	48	(1)
Two to Three Years	48	(2)
Playing with Cars	48	(1)
Remembering II	49	(1)
Matching	49	(1)
Sorting	50	(1)
The Whole and Its Parts	50	(1)
Three to Four Years	50	(2)
Matching II	50	(1)
Stringing Beads	51	(1)
Playing Detective	51	(1)
Numbers	51	(1)
Sorting III	52	(1)
Four to Five Years	52	(3)
Questions	52	(1)
Visualizing	53	(1)
Observing	53	(1)
Exploring	53	(1)
Building a Reading Vocabulary	53	(2)
Activities for Motor Development	55	(12)
Birth to Six Months	56	(2)
Unfolding	56	(1)
Opening the Hands	56	(1)
Strengthening Neck and Back	57	(1)
Reaching Out	57	(1)
Pull to Sitting	57	(1)
Six to Twelve Months	58	(1)
Sitting	58	(1)
Crawling	58	(1)
Pulling Up	58	(1)
Sitting II	59	(1)
Getting Ready to Walk	59	(1)
One to Two Years	59	(2)
Stacking	60	(1)
Scribbling	60	(1)
Tossing Beanbags	60	(1)
Watch Me, Match Me	60	(1)
Walk, Jump, Clap	61	(1)
Two to Three Years	61	(2)
Building Time	61	(1)
Playing Ball	61	(1)
Find a Chair	62	(1)
Stairs	62	(1)
Creating with Clay, Play Dough, or Play Putty	62	(1)
Three to Four Years	63	(1)
Making Collages	63	(1)
Tying Knots	63	(1)
Tee Patterns	64	(1)
Drawing	64	(1)
Following Each Other	64	(1)
Four to Five Years	64	(3)
Copying Letters, Numbers, Shapes, Colors, and Words	65	(1)
Putting on Shoes	65	(1)
Making Puzzles	65	(1)
Playing Catch	65	(1)
Getting on Wheels	66	(1)
Activities for Social Development	67	(12)
Birth to Six Months	68	(2)
Responding	68	(1)
Taking the Lead	69	(1)
Give and Take	69	(1)
Looking at Each Other	69	(1)
Six to Twelve Months	70	(1)
Including Your Baby	70	(1)
Introducing Your Baby	70	(1)
Peek-a-Boo	70	(1)
Finding Your Baby	70	(1)
Snack Time	71	(1)
One to Two Years	71	(2)
Following Simple Directions	71	(1)
Reading Together	71	(1)
Imitating	72	(1)
Finding Things	72	(1)
Dressing	73	(1)
Two to Three Years	73	(2)
The Family	73	(1)
Learning Situations	73	(1)
Rest and Play	74	(1)
Describing Objects	74	(1)
Dressing II	75	(1)
Three to Four Years	75	(2)
Rhythms and Music	75	(1)
Circle Games	75	(1)
Follow the Leader	76	(1)
Dressing III	76	(1)
The Directions Game	76	(1)
Four to Five Years	77	(2)
Art	77	(1)
Singing	77	(1)
Dancing	78	(1)
Puppets	78	(1)
Drama	78	(1)
Activities for Language Development	79	(12)
Birth to Six Months	80	(1)
Cooing, Babbling, and Gurgling	80	(1)
Singing and Nursery Rhymes	80	(1)
Reading	81	(1)
Naming and Labeling	81	(1)
Describing	81	(1)
Six to Twelve Months	81	(2)
Sounds	82/	(1)
Making Words	82/	(1)
Touching	82	(1)
Rhymes	82	(82)
Alphabet Sounds	82	(1)
One to Two Years	83	(2)
Describing II	83	(1)
Repeating	84	(1)
Expansion	84	(1)
Expatiation	84	(1)
Learning to Read While Learning to Talk	84	(1)
Two to Three Years	85	(2)
Questions	85	(1)
Describing III	86	(1)
Big and Small	86	(1)
Sorting II	86	(1)
Reading II	86	(1)
Three to Four Years	87	(1)
Recalling Events	87	(1)
Rhymes II	87	(1)
Opposites	87	(1)
Writing Notes	88	(1)
Simon Says	88	(1)
Four to Five Years	88	(3)
Scene Drawing	89	(1)
Talking about Pictures	89	(1)
Categories	89	(1)
Finishing the Story	89	(1)
Listening and Talking	90	(1)
PART THREE Childcare Parameters	91	(50)
All about Play	93	(12)
Play Is Child's Work	94	(1)
Play Is Experiential	94	(1)
Play Is the Voice of Curiosity	95	(1)
Overseeing the Process of Play	95	(3)
Teaching Colors and Rotating Toys	95	(1)
Teaching Letters	96	(1)
Teaching Numbers	96	(1)
Teaching Shapes	96	(1)
Teaching Reading	97	(1)
Play Is Freeform and Dynamic	97	(1)
Playing with Your Child	97	(1)
Toys and Play	98	(3)
Play Value	99	(1)
Diversifying Play	100	(1)
More Purpose to the Play	100	(1)
Personalized Toys	101	(4)
Computers	101	(1)
Make-Your-Own Toys	102	(3)
The Three Parts of Health	105	(17)
Nutrition	106	(8)
Nutrients	110	(1)
Water	110	(1)
Begin at the Beginning	111	(1)
Nutrients and What They Do	111	(1)
Calories	112	(1)
Eating Patterns	112	(2)
Exercise	114	(4)
Cardiovascular Activity	114	(1)
Warm Up and Cool Down	115	(1)
Stretching	115	(1)
Muscle Development	116	(1)
The Importance of Exercise	117	(1)
Exercise and Nutrition	117	(1)
The Exercise Routine	117	(1)
Sleep	118	(4)
How Much Sleep?	118	(1)
When to Sleep	118	(1)
The Importance of Sleep	119	(1)
What about Bedtime?	120	(1)
The Circle of Health	121	(1)
The Parent-Teacher Relationship	122	(11)
How the Partnership Should Work	123	(2)
The Role of Childcare Professionals	123	(1)
Parenting Knowledge	123	(2)
The Critical Partnership	125	(1)
Children and Relationships	125	(3)
Relationships	128	(1)
Character Education	128	(1)
Carrying It Out	128	(5)
First Year	128	(1)
Second Year	129	(1)
Third Year	129	(1)
Fourth and Fifth Years	130	(1)
Two Helpful Techniques	130	(3)
The New Brain Research	133	(8)
What We Have Known	134	(2)
What Is New	136	(1)
What to Do about It	137	(2)
Classical Music	138	(1)
Midline	139	(1)
The X and X-ercise	139	(1)
Where to Go from Here	139	(2)
Epilogue	141	(3)
Tips	142	(1)
Summary	142	(2)
Bibliography	144	(3)
Appendixes	147	(34)
A Food Guide	147	(1)
B Five-Year Limited Warranty	148	(1)
C Important Message	149	(1)
D Parenting Tips	150	(9)
E Recommended Websites	159	(1)
F Games for Cognitive Development	160	(2)
G Games for Motor Development	162	(2)
H Games for Social Development	164	(2)
I Games for Language Development	166	(2)
J Activities by Age (Alphabetical Listing)	168	(4)
K Activities for Two or More Children	172	(2)
L Activities for Both Outdoors and Indoors	174	(1)
M Vignettes	175	(6)
Index	181