West Routt Library District

In response to the crisis in American education, more than 5,000 public and private schools across the nation have adopted the time-less Montessori method of teaching for those under six.

New parents are often overwhelmed with advice and information on how to maximize their child's potential. This book answers their questions and shows that it isn't the right 'edu-tainment' that nurtures an infant's brain. It is as simple as Attention, Bonding, and Communication, and it's within every parent's ability to provide.

Parents will welcome the unique features of this important new guide. First the authors profile four very different children, followed throughout these years in a delightful and revealing narrative that applies the touchpoints theory to each of the great cognitive, behavioral, and emotional leaps that a child makes from ages three through six. The second part of the book, arranged alphabetically by topic, offers guidance to parents facing contemporary...

Included in this book: Characteristics of age five; the child and others; discipline; accomplishments and abilities; the child's mind; school; individuality.

Award-winning science journalists Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman demonstrate that many of modern society's strategies for nurturing children are in fact backfiring--because key twists in the science of child development have been overlooked. The authors discuss the inverse power of praise, why insufficient sleep adversely affects kids' capacity to learn, why white parents don't talk about race, why kids lie, why evaluation methods for "giftedness"...

With toddlers, yelling, screaming, wailing, and flailing are a normal part of life. Very young children don't yet have the words to express strong feelings, and they're still learning social skills.

"Stanley Greenspan, internationally known for his work with infants, young children, and their families, and his colleague, nationally recognized child psychologist Serena Wieder, have for the first time integrated their award-winning research and clinical experience into a definitive guide to raising a child with special needs. In this essential work they lay out a complete, step-by-step approach for parents, educators, and others who work with developmental...