How Your Baby and Child Learns : Give Your Baby and Child the Best Start

by Shore, Penny; Leach, Penelope; Sears, William; Sears, Martha; Weininger, Oto; International Advisory Council on Parenting

• ISBN13: 9781896833163
• ISBN10: 1896833160
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Parent Smart Books

Summary

Based on a parenting program developed by Penelope Shore for the Pentagon, this reader-friendly guide is designed for busy new parents seeking critical information about raising children from newborn to age 3. Full-color illustrations.

Table of Contents

Introduction	9	(4)
Healthy Brain Development	13	(8)
Bonding and Attachment	13	(1)
Early Brain Development	14	(1)
How Your Baby Learns to Smile	15	(3)
Creating Your Child's Learning Environment	18	(3)
Your Learning Baby	21	(21)
Language and Caring Communication	22	(4)
How You Talk to Your Baby	26	(3)
Feeding Your baby	29	(1)
Interacting with Your Baby	30	(1)
Baby Decor	31	(1)
Feelings	32	(2)
Music and Learning	34	(3)
Baby and Books	37	(1)
Numbers and Quantitative Thinking	38	(1)
Putting Play on the Agenda	39	(3)
Your Learning Toddler	42	(13)
Communication	43	(6)
Playing and Exploring	49	(2)
Real and Symbolic	51	(1)
Toddlers and Television	52	(1)
Social Learning	53	(2)
Your Learning Preschool Child	55	(12)
Learning by Pretending	56	(2)
Learning Through Friends	58	(1)
Social Responsibility	59	(1)
An Independent Mind	60	(1)
Talking and Listening	60	(2)
Keep Reading	62	(2)
Learning Through Play	64	(1)
Healthy Curiosity	65	(2)
Understanding Your Child's Learning Style	67	(8)
Wanting to Learn	69	(1)
Seven Basic Learning Styles	70	(5)
Learning Disabilities	75	(2)
Other Special Needs	77	(2)
When to Look for Expert Advice	79	(9)
How to Talk to Experts	80	(8)
Preschool Opportunities	88	(6)
Choosing a Playgroup or Preschool	90	(4)
Summing Up	94	(7)
Your Parenting Journal	101	(8)
Index	109