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any books on developing child's intelligence
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2.5 years old is my target age. I need something that is more than a cookbook, but rather something that explains what is happening in their minds and how learning can improve them. thanks. Do you mean how the child's intelligence develops, or how to *make* the child more intelligent? Because you can't really do the latter. Plenty of things you could do to make them dumber, but most of them I assume you're already not doing ;-) I recommend John Holt's books _How Children Learn_ and _How Children Fail_ (this is more about school-age children, but still interesting), and _Raising Lifelong Learners_, by Lucy McCormick Calkins. --Helen |
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any books on developing child's intelligence
The absolute best book I read on child development is "What's Going On In
There", by Lise Eliot. http://www.amazon. com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553378252/qid=1070985285//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i0_xgl14 /102-0978216-5589755?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 I've given it to every friend I have who's pregnant or trying to become pregnant, and every one of them raves about it too. |
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any books on developing child's intelligence
"Ignoramus25226" wrote in message ... 2.5 years old is my target age. I need something that is more than a cookbook, but rather something that explains what is happening in their minds and how learning can improve them. thanks. i I think my absolute basic book on development was "Magic Trees of the Mind" by Marian Diamond and Janet Hopson. This book is dedicated to the whole process of brain development that leads you into school classroom. It has a good chapter on how to stimulate the mind of children during preschool. But most of the book is on medical growth and social effects on child brain development adapted to parents (who like me are as far from medical language as can be). Another book dedicated to learning is "Your Child's Growing Mind" by Jane M Healy. The book with practical ideas "Entertaining and Educating Your Preschool Child" by Robin Gee and Susan Meredith - it has loads of examples what to do (things to look at, things to listen to, learning to talk, energetic play, messy play, imitating and pretending, outings and journeys, going swimming, etc.) with illustrations. On the back it says "the emphasis is on having fun, but the book also contains helpful information about the vital role of the various types of play in the learning and development of children." Let me know if you want me to scan a page for you and send it by email. -- Lejla/Lyla DD 02 Nov 2000 |
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