The Complete Idiot's Guide to Baby Brain Games

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Baby Brain Games
Author: Lawrence E. Shapiro
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2008
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781592577019

Play that stimulates young minds. Play is the language that babies know best. Here, readers will find over 300 games to play with infants from one week to eighteen months old. Divided into games that stimulate cognitive, language, emotional, and social development, this book will delight parents and babies as it helps foster mental and physical growth. • Written by an internationally recognized authority on brain games for babies • No other book on infant play has as many games or is as effective in linking games with their mental and physical health benefits • Focused on helping parents teach their babies how to learn, rather than pushing them beyond their developmental level

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Baby Brain Games

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Baby Brain Games
Author: Jennifer Lawler Ph.D.
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2008-04-01
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1101217138

Play that stimulates young minds. Play is the language that babies know best. Here, readers will find over 300 games to play with infants from one week to eighteen months old. Divided into games that stimulate cognitive, language, emotional, and social development, this book will delight parents and babies as it helps foster mental and physical growth. • Written by an internationally recognized authority on brain games for babies • No other book on infant play has as many games or is as effective in linking games with their mental and physical health benefits • Focused on helping parents teach their babies how to learn, rather than pushing them beyond their developmental level

The Complete Idiot's Guide to 40,000 Baby Names

The Complete Idiot's Guide to 40,000 Baby Names
Author: Marcia Layton Turner
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2009
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781592578412

An entertaining parents' guide to naming their baby features more than 200 lists of popular names in different categories, along with an alphabetized name section, name histories and meanings, and information and advice on selecting the perfect name. Original.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding the Brain

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding the Brain
Author: Arthur Bard
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2002-07-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 144062576X

You’re no idiot, of course. You know your own mind, but when it comes to understanding what’s really going on in your head—all those synapses! all those neurons!—you feel like you’re just about brain-dead. Don’t let it unnerve you! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Understanding the Brain proves that you don’t need to be a genius to be in the know—and gives you lots of fun stuff to think about, too. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get: • The history of human knowledge of the brain. • Insights into what causes brain disorders—and how best to treat them. • Thoughtful tips about the many different ways we learn new information. • Fascinating, little-known facts about the nervous system.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Game Theory

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Game Theory
Author: Edward C. Rosenthal Ph.D.
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2011-03-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1101478845

Gain some insight into the game of life... Game Theory means rigorous strategic thinking. It is based on the idea that everyone acts competitively and in his own best interest. With the help of mathematical models, it is possible to anticipate the actions of others in nearly all life's enterprises. This book includes down-to-earth examples and solutions, as well as charts and illustrations designed to help teach the concept. In The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Game Theory, Dr. Edward C. Rosenthal makes it easy to understand game theory with insights into: • The history of the discipline made popular by John Nash, the mathematician dramatized in the film A Beautiful Mind • The role of social behavior and psychology in this amazing discipline • How important game theory has become in our society and why

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Child and Adolescent Psychology

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Child and Adolescent Psychology
Author: Jack C. Westman M.D., M.S.
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 483
Release: 2011-07-05
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 110151678X

Simplifying a complex subject. Child psychology is required for college level psych and elementary education majors. It is a complex subject that can include developmental psychology, biology, sociological psychology, and various schools of theory and therapies. The only sources of information about this complex subject are long, expensive textbooks. Until now. This, the first trade book to give a detailed, easy to understand explanation of the subject. • Age-by-age discussion of the psychological development of children.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to World War II

The Complete Idiot's Guide to World War II
Author: Mitchell Geoffrey Bard
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 436
Release: 2004
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781592572045

WWII began in 1939 as a European conflict between Germany and an Anglo-French coalition but eventually widened to include most of the nations of the world. It ended in 1945, leaving a new world order dominated by the United States and the USSR. This book features updated and expanded coverage of the fateful D-Day invasion, a critical timeline of major WW II events, and a WW II timeline highlighting the crucial and most important events of the war. It will include details about major battles on land, in the air, and on the sea - starting with Hitler's rise to power and his goal of European conquest; to Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbour; to the decisive battles such as D-Day and the Battle of Midway, which turned the tides of the war toward the Allies.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Baby Sign Language, 2nd Edition

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Baby Sign Language, 2nd Edition
Author: Diane Ryan
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2009-02-03
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1101022183

You had me at ~wave~ More and more parents are learning and using baby sign language to communicatewith their little ones. This guide introduces parents to the 150 most common signs babies can understand and use, including 50 new illustrations. Included are steps to teach the signs, an expanded section on verbal development, and much more. - Signing boosts baby's language skills, literacy, and brainpower - A popular topic in the parenting section - 50 new illustrations for this edition - Includes fun activities and a special 'Sign Language Express' for parents with little time - Download a sample chapter

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Baby Sign Language

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Baby Sign Language
Author: Diane Ryan
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2009
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781592578627

“You had me at [wave].” More and more parents are learning and using baby sign language to communicate with their little ones. This guide introduces parents to the 150 most common signs babies can understand and use, including 50 new illustrations. Included are steps to teach the signs, an expanded section on verbal development, and much more. ·Signing boosts baby's language skills, literacy, and brainpower ·A popular topic in the parenting section ·50 new illustrations for this edition ·Includes fun activities and a special “Sign Language Express” for parents with little time Download a sample chapter.