Pre-order Sarah Ockwell-Smith's essential guide to child psychology and development.

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