BABY MINDS
Brain-building games your baby will love
Linda Acredolo, Susan Goodwyn


Price: £12.99


Publisher: Vermilion


Can singing a song or blowing a dandelion under a toddler's nose help her mind to blossom? Can your baby count, remember events and solve problems even before he can talk? According to the authors of this remarkable book, the answer to both questions is YES!

ABOUT THE BOOK


Recent research has revealed that experiences during the first years of life profoundly influence intelligence, creativity and language development. In Baby Minds Linda Acredolo and Susan Goodwyn have created a guide for parents based on the most up-to-date knowledge of how babies discover the world.


Learn how to:
- stimulate your three-month old's ability to solve problems
- help your two-year old to make logical connections
- use nursery rhymes and special reading-aloud techniques to foster your child's love of reading
- develop Baby Signs to help your toddler communicate before he or she can talk
stimulate your child's natural number skills with puppets and counting games
- nurture budding creativity with humour and fantasy play


Including over 65 games and activities that babies instinctively love and which will help develop their brainpower, Baby Minds will also make the daily interaction with your child more enjoyable - for both of you.


CONTENTS:


Your baby's amazing brain; What's love got to do with it?; Figuring out the world: Problem solving; Memory 101: The foundations of learning; Baby signs and first words: Learning to talk; Letters, rhymes and love of books: Preparing to read; Counting really counts: Thinking about numbers; Scribbles, jokes and imaginary friends: Fostering creativity; Putting it all together


ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)


Linda Acredolo, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at the University of California at Davis, and has served as associate editor of Child Development, the leading professional research journal. Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D., received her Masters in language development from the University of London, is Professor of Psychology and Child Development at California State University, Stanislaus, and holds an associate researcher position at the University of California, Davis. They are both active members of the International Society for Infant Studies.