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I've referred to this book many times over the years. This book is a great gift to give to new parents.
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Your Child's Growing Mind: Brain Development and Learning from Birth to Adolescence
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The classic guide to understanding children’s mental development is now updated and better than ever!
Hailed by parents and educators, Your Child’s Growing Mind is a window into the fascinating process of brain development and learning. It looks at the roots of emotion, intelligence, and creativity, translating the most current scientific research into practical suggestions for parents and teachers.
Dr. Healy also addresses academic learning, offering countless suggestions for how parents can help without pushing. She explains the building blocks of reading, writing, spelling, and mathematics and shows how to help youngsters of all ages develop motivation, attention, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
Using the science of childhood development, she also examines today’s hot issues, including learning disabilities, ADHD, influences of electronic media, and the hazards of forced early learning. From infancy to adolescence, this is the perfect guide to helping and enjoying a youngster’s mental, personal, and academic growth.
Hailed by parents and educators, Your Child’s Growing Mind is a window into the fascinating process of brain development and learning. It looks at the roots of emotion, intelligence, and creativity, translating the most current scientific research into practical suggestions for parents and teachers.
Dr. Healy also addresses academic learning, offering countless suggestions for how parents can help without pushing. She explains the building blocks of reading, writing, spelling, and mathematics and shows how to help youngsters of all ages develop motivation, attention, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
Using the science of childhood development, she also examines today’s hot issues, including learning disabilities, ADHD, influences of electronic media, and the hazards of forced early learning. From infancy to adolescence, this is the perfect guide to helping and enjoying a youngster’s mental, personal, and academic growth.
432 pages, Paperback
First published January 1,1986
This edition
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432 pages, Paperback
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May 25, 2004 by Harmony/Rodale/Convergent
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9780767916158
- ASIN
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0767916158
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English
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Really solid overview of child development aimed at parents, though I also found it useful as someone who works with youth. Most of the information in here isn't new to me, but the presentation is fantastic: clear, accessible, with practical suggestions about what adults can do to nurture children and teens. Healy is especially opposed to pressuring children to grow up to fast--I'd love to give a copy of this to some of the loving but overinvolved parents that I see at the branch.
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I am honestly impressed with how relevant this book still is. Much of the science and data are still true and the core tenets still apply. I found it useful, practical, and interesting.
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I loved this book! I love the way Jane Healy explains the science in layman terms and then offers very practical suggestions in how to actually use the information to help your child. You can read more of my review here: http://thefilesofmrse.com/archives/2569
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I bought this book in 1999 and my sister in law borrowed it right away. She liked it so much, I've only just gotten it back!
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Straightforward and solid, both detailed but covering a broad range of subjects.
Would have helped if there was more of a summary/ maybe dumbing-down of the whole book at the beginning or end. I'd have to read it multiple times to feel like I actually fully grasped the gist of everything--very thick. Definitely not a 'simple' guide by any means.
Would have helped if there was more of a summary/ maybe dumbing-down of the whole book at the beginning or end. I'd have to read it multiple times to feel like I actually fully grasped the gist of everything--very thick. Definitely not a 'simple' guide by any means.
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Your Child's Growing Mind: Brain Development and Learning from Birth to Adolescence covers how the brain develops throughout the beginning years and then how that is portrayed as the child begins to learn via reading, math, science, writing, spelling and through creativity. Part one covers brain development at various ages and how the brain changes and grows. Part two covers the foundations of learning, gender and hemisphere differences, learning styles, handedness and early language and memory. Part three covers how to teach children how to learn the basic subjects such as reading, math, writing & spelling, creativity, etc.
My mother-in-law gave me this book to read, from the collection she amassed in her years as a preschool specialist. I have to say I was very so-so on this book and really only read it because she gave it to me. I'm not at quite the right space to really read and apply this book and, if my daughter were a bit older (say around age 4), its contents would be a lot more meaningful to me. The beginning chapters on brain development were, quite honestly, way over my head. I think, however, if you have children just about to start attending school or if you have children in the early school years, this book could be pretty helpful with the practical aspects of how to encourage your children to learn in a natural, "fun" way. That being said, I thought that there were some chapters that were very interesting, particularly the chapter on how to teach children to read. I think it might be good to keep this book in mind and reread it in a few years once it's more applicable.
My mother-in-law gave me this book to read, from the collection she amassed in her years as a preschool specialist. I have to say I was very so-so on this book and really only read it because she gave it to me. I'm not at quite the right space to really read and apply this book and, if my daughter were a bit older (say around age 4), its contents would be a lot more meaningful to me. The beginning chapters on brain development were, quite honestly, way over my head. I think, however, if you have children just about to start attending school or if you have children in the early school years, this book could be pretty helpful with the practical aspects of how to encourage your children to learn in a natural, "fun" way. That being said, I thought that there were some chapters that were very interesting, particularly the chapter on how to teach children to read. I think it might be good to keep this book in mind and reread it in a few years once it's more applicable.
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Highly recommended for any parents &/or teachers out there.
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