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Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
"Babies' actions often speak louder than words! Understanding those actions--and responding appropriately to them--is the key to giving your child a head start to a healthy and happy future. This comprehensive guide will help you help your child express emotions effectively, develop empathy, form healthy friendships, and cope with sepcific challenges"--Back cover.
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
Nearly 90% of all brain growth occurs in the first five years of life. Parents can capitalize on this impressionable time by improving and varying the sights, sounds, and smells in a child's immediate surroundings. With this eminently practical guide in hand, parents can actively promote the motor, cognitive, and social skills that will make a difference in a child's readiness for formal, academic learning later on. Ideal for busy parents, Make Your...
Author
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
Examines infant development from the perspective of discoveries in neuroscience and developmental psychology, arguing that human emotion and the sense of self originate not in the first year after birth, but in the womb, and looking at what parents can do to help actualize their child's full potential.
Pub. Date
[c2000]
Description
Explains the importance of the first three years of life in the healthy development of children. Summarizes brain research and gives parents specific tips on how to build stronger bonds with their babies. Covers a wide range of parenting topics including: bonding and attachment, communication, discipline, self-esteem, health and nutrition, and child care.
Author
Pub. Date
[1998]
Description
""In the winter of 1995, in a dimly lit room in Atlanta, Georgia, I witnessed a birth. Not the birth of a baby, but of a new science, ethnopediatrics." Thus begins Dr. Meredith F. Small's new book on the study of parents and infants across cultures and the way different caretaking styles affect the health, well-being, and survival of infants." "Each culture, and often each family, offers advice and directives on the right and wrong way to raise and...
Pub. Date
[c2000]
Description
Explains the importance of the first three years of life in the healthy development of children. Summarizes brain research and gives parents specific tips on how to build stronger bonds with their babies. Covers a wide range of parenting topics including: bonding and attachment, communication, discipline, self-esteem, health and nutrition, and child care.
Pub. Date
2002.
Description
Presents shapes as they are found in the world--in toys, nature, kinetic art, and geometric forms. Colorful puppets and an animated clown present a field trip through a shape-filled world of sights, motion and sound. Also contains a concert of classical favorites by Antonio Vivaldi.
Pub. Date
[c2000]
Description
"When you hold a baby lovingly and talk, sing, or read to her, the emotional closeness and language experiences you provide are an important part of preparing her to learn when she is old enough for school. There are many things parents and caregivers can do to help build a child's literacy skills from the time he is born. This video provides helpful information about: The importance of communicating with your newborn, establishing reading routines,...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Watch your baby blossom as they learn and grow through the Best of BabyFirst's TV programs. The adorable characters introduce your child to basic building blocks like numbers, colors, animals, art, music and more. Enjoy rich, innovative content specifically designed for children aged six months to three years. Children will enjoy classic fairytales like Rumpelstiltskin and The Ugly Duckling that teach morals and lessons appropriate for young viewers...