A guide to child psychology and development for parents of 0-5-year-olds
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BEGINNINGS is modern month-by-month reference guide for parents of 0-5-year-olds. It will answer all the questions that parents have about their baby, toddler and preschooler's physical and psychological development.
Topics Covered:
- How a baby grows and develops, month by month, during pregnancy
- Physical development, month by month, in the newborn period
- Brain development from birth to five years
- How sleep develops and changes throughout the first five years
- The development of self and personality
- Social development, attachment and peer relationships
- Temperaments and the development of emotion regulation
- The development of memory
- Current and classic theories in child psychology
- Learning to sit, crawl, cruise and walk.
- Language acquisition and early literacy skills
- Early mark making - learning to draw and form letters
- Schemas - how children learn about the world around them.
- Food preferences and eating experiences in early childhood
- Play - including suggestions for entertainment at each age
- How parents and carers can encourage optimal brain development
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