Think Like a Baby
33 Simple Research Experiments You Can Do at Home to Better Understand Your Child's Developing Mind
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In Think Like a Baby, coauthors Amber and Andy Ankowski—The Doctor and the Dad—show parents how to re-create classic child development experiments using common household items. These simple step-by-step experiments apply from the third trimester through age seven and beyond and help parents understand their children's physical, cognitive, language, and social development. Amazed parents won't just read about how their kids are behaving, changing, and thinking at various stages, they'll actually see it for themselves while interacting and having fun with them at the same time. Each experiment is followed by a discussion of its practical implications for parents, such as why to always bring more than one toy to a restaurant, which baby gadgets to buy (and which ones to avoid), how to get kids to be perfectly happy eating just half of their dessert, and much more.
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Release date
April 1, 2015 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781613730669
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781613730669
- File size: 2093 KB
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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May 15, 2015
Designed to help parents understand how a child's mind develops, this latest book on the topic of experimenting on baby comes from "the doctor and the dad" team of developmental psychologist Amber and technical writer Andy Ankowski, parents of two children. Their investigations are divided into age categories and include ability tests such as problem solving, language development, motor skills, and memory. Using information on everything from mobile placement to scrambled faces, the scientifically inclined parent can track baby's progress by implementing the authors' "tips to help your child" and "tips to help yourself." VERDICT The Ankowskis have a flip style that is meant to be humorous but often misses the mark. Despite that, this work on understanding cognitive development is a valuable addition to the parenting literature. Libraries should also consider Shaun Gallagher's Experimenting with Babies.
Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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