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Beginnings
- Author
- Sarah Ockwell-Smith
- Narrator
- Sarah Ockwell-Smith
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 25 August 2022
- Run Time
- 5 hours 17 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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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Details
- Author
- Sarah Ockwell-Smith
- Narrator
- Sarah Ockwell-Smith
- Duration
- 5 hours 17 minutes
- Release Date
- 25 August 2022
- ISBN
- 9781405552318
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Parenting, parenthood: advice, topics and issues, Age groups: children, Early childhood care and education
Synopsis
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
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