Baby and Toddler Body Language Phrasebook

Baby and Toddler Body Language Phrasebook
Author: Emma Howard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2008
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781592239474

Offering parents helpful insights into a child's emotional and cognitive development, an illustrated guide to the language and communication skills of small children offers a look at babies' and toddlers' facial expressions, body language, and sounds and what they mean at various stages of development.

Sign Language for Babies and Toddlers

Sign Language for Babies and Toddlers
Author: Christopher Brown
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005
Genre: Child rearing
ISBN: 9781592234059

"Waaaah!" The frustration of trying to communicate without words has led parents to the new trend of teaching sign language to their babies. Christopher Brown, an expert in American and British sign language, gives parents and their little ones the tools they need to express their feelings, wants and needs through the use of basic sign language. Ideal for teaching hearing-impaired and hearing children alike, this friendly pocket guide incorporates practical pointers and 400 easy-to-understand illustrations and 100 photographs. Baby Signs makes a great gift for new parents and parents-to-be.

The Baby Signing Book

The Baby Signing Book
Author: Sara Bingham
Publisher: Robert Rose
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: American Sign Language
ISBN: 9780778804512

This second edition (9780778804512) replaces the first edition (9780778801634) Now with 100 additional American Sign Language (ASL) symbols plus more case studies. The interest surrounding baby signing continues to increase as more and more parents embrace this special world of communication, which allows babies to communicate before they can talk. Sign language gives them a way to express their wants and needs, easing frustration for both baby and parent. Being able to communicate effectively with a very young child is positively thrilling. Part 1 of the book is an introduction to signing with babies and young children, providing the basic knowledge, skills and strategies to get started. Age-specific guidelines offer advice on signing with children from birth to age 3 and up. Part 2 is a handy dictionary of 450 ASL signs, each clearly illustrated with tips on how to form and remember the signs. Part 3 provides favorite songs and rhymes to sign with a child. Special features include: The top 5 signing tips A program that parents can customize according to their family's needs Answers to frequently asked questions Instructions on the 5 distinct components of ASL signs: body space, hand shape, movement, palm orientation, and facial expression Age-specific advice on how to teach sign language as a child develops. By simply following this book, a special world of communication awaits.

Baby and Toddler Development Made Real

Baby and Toddler Development Made Real
Author: Sandy Green
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2017-02-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1136800522

Following the progress of Jasmine Maya, the book examines every part of baby care and development, including: bathing, changing, clothing; health and safety, immunisation; the role of the midwife and health visitor; feeding and weaning; play, stimulation, toys and books; and theories and theorists.

When Babies Read

When Babies Read
Author: Audra Jensen
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2005-08-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1846422493

Audra Jensen' son began reading when he was only two years old. She shares her experiences - both the challenges and joys - of raising a child with autism and hyperlexia - an early and obsessive interest in the written word associated with social deficits and significant difficulty in understanding verbal language. The author stresses the importance of diagnosis of the condition for successful implementation of effective teaching strategies and encouragement of more typical childhood development. As well as useful advice, this guide provides a comprehensive reading curriculum specially designed for young, challenged children to help promote their reading ability. With practical suggestions on how to modify teaching and therapy programmes to suit a child's individual learning style, this practical guide will prove invaluable for parents of children with autism and hyperlexia.

Everything Your Baby Would Ask

Everything Your Baby Would Ask
Author: Kyra Karmiloff
Publisher: Firefly Books
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2004
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781552979075

A delightful and informative reference. One of the most daunting adjustments for new parents is understanding their baby's mind. This is especially true when trying to determine the source of their infant's discomfort. Far from being helpless or passive, babies display extraordinary skills and capabilities that largely go unnoticed simply because adults don't know what to look for. Babies communicate in many ways including conveying anxieties and fears that parents can soothe. Everything Your Baby Would Ask is an enchanting and ultimately practical book that offers unique insight into what life is really like for a baby. Using a series of questions babies might ask if only they could talk, the book provides insight into the mind of an infant and documents the early months -- from the baby's point-of-view. Chapters include: My Life In Utero Being Born Relating to Myself and Others The Road to Language Learning to Move Around Learning to Use My Hands My Developing Intelligence The text is lively, charming and exceptionally informative, and includes the latest scientific research on how and why babies develop as they do. Color photographs and whimsical drawings appear throughout the book. Everything Your Baby Would Ask reveals what babies are thinking as they stare up at their mothers while feeding, babble away to themselves and play endless games of pull-myself-up-and-drop-back-to-the-floor. This is an ideal book for parents who want to understand and successfully meet their baby's emotional and physical needs.

See and Spy Shapes

See and Spy Shapes
Author: Julie Aigner-Clark
Publisher:
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2004
Genre: Form perception
ISBN: 9781741118438

Shapes invite babies and young children to identify different shapes in bold, graphic illustrations featuring the Baby Einstein characters. Playful poems will inspire children to seek out shapes in the world around them.

Teaching Children to Care

Teaching Children to Care
Author: Ruth Charney
Publisher: Center for Responsive Schools, Inc.
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2002-03-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1892989085

"Ruth Charney gives teachers help on things that really matter. She wants children to learn how to care for themselves, their fellow students, their environment, and their work. Her book is loaded with practical wisdom. Using Charney's positive approach to classroom management will make the whole school day go better." - Nel Noddings, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, and author of Caring This definitive work about classroom management will show teachers how to turn their vision of respectful, friendly, academically rigorous classrooms into reality. The new edition includes: More information on teaching middle-school students Additional strategies for helping children with challenging behavior Updated stories and examples from real classrooms. "Teaching Children to Care offers educators a practical guide to one of the most effective social and emotional learning programs I know of. The Responsive Classroom approach creates an ideal environment for learning—a pioneering program every teacher should know about." - Daniel Goleman, Author of Emotional Intelligence "I spent one whole summer reading Teaching Children to Care. It was like a rebirth for me. This book helped direct my professional development. After reading it, I had a path to follow. I now look forward to rereading this book each August to refresh and reinforce my ability to effectively manage a social curriculum in my classroom." - Gail Zimmerman, second-grade teacher, Jackson Mann Elementary School, Boston, MA

How Children Learn the Meanings of Words

How Children Learn the Meanings of Words
Author: Paul Bloom
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2002-01-25
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780262523295

How do children learn that the word "dog" refers not to all four-legged animals, and not just to Ralph, but to all members of a particular species? How do they learn the meanings of verbs like "think," adjectives like "good," and words for abstract entities such as "mortgage" and "story"? The acquisition of word meaning is one of the fundamental issues in the study of mind. According to Paul Bloom, children learn words through sophisticated cognitive abilities that exist for other purposes. These include the ability to infer others' intentions, the ability to acquire concepts, an appreciation of syntactic structure, and certain general learning and memory abilities. Although other researchers have associated word learning with some of these capacities, Bloom is the first to show how a complete explanation requires all of them. The acquisition of even simple nouns requires rich conceptual, social, and linguistic capacities interacting in complex ways. This book requires no background in psychology or linguistics and is written in a clear, engaging style. Topics include the effects of language on spatial reasoning, the origin of essentialist beliefs, and the young child's understanding of representational art. The book should appeal to general readers interested in language and cognition as well as to researchers in the field.