Child Development category: 2058 books
The Brightening Glance
Imagination and Childhood
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
In this remarkable book, Ellen Handler Spitz shows how to promote children’s creative and emotional growth by making the most of the unlimited possibilities of everyday experiences.Through delightful anecdotes about real children and their treasures, bedrooms, play spaces, music, scary things, and...
Baby Knows Best
Raising a Confident and Resourceful Child, the RIE Way
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Raise self-confident, self-reliant children using the RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers) Approach.
Your baby knows more than you think. That's the heart of the principles and teachings of Magda Gerber, founder of RIE (Resources for Infant Educarers), and Educaring. BABY KNOWS BEST is based...
by Philip J. Greven, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2013
Bringing together an extraordinary richness of evidence—from letters, diaries, and other intimate family writing of the 17th and 18th centuries—Philip Greven, the distinguished scholar of colonial history explores the strikingly distinctive ways in which Protestant children were reared, and the...
Banished Knowledge
Facing Childhood Injuries
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
In direct opposition to the Freudian drive theory, the author of the best-selling The Drama Of The Gifted Child believes that children, at birth, are inherently good, and she traces all forms of criminal deeds to past mistreatments.
The Moral Intelligence of Children
How To Raise A Moral Child
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2011
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the bestselling The Spiritual Life of Children now explores how to develop character in children, from infancy through the teenage years. During three stages in the "moral archaeology of childhood, " Coles shows how to spot moral crossroads, and what to do about them.
by Charlotte Mason
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Ourselves, the fourth volume of Charlotte Mason's Classic Homeschooling Series, is a character curriculum book written directly to children. Book I, Self-Knowledge, is for elementary school students; Book II, Self-Direction, is for older students. Self-Knowledge discusses our human desires and appetites;...
Gender Born, Gender Made
Raising Healthy Gender-Nonconforming Children
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2011
A groundbreaking guide to caring for children who live outside binary gender boxes
We are only beginning to understand gender. Is it inborn or learned? Can it be chosen—or even changed? Does it have to be one or the other? These questions may seem abstract—but for parents whose children...
by Alfred Binet
Language: French
Release Date: May 30, 2015
Language: French
Release Date: May 30, 2015
Les Idées modernes sur les enfants est un livre écrit par le psychologue français Alfred Binet (1857 – 1911). Ce livre numérique comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement mise en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique....
by Sigmund Freud
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection we have compiled a series of historical and informative publications on the...
by V.T.
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Excited being a father? Totally lost not knowing what to do or how to handle a crying baby? Well, I've been through that stage too.
It's such a wonderful feeling to come back home and see your precious little baby waiting for you. You want the best for it. And therefore, you need to know what's...
What Kindergarten Teachers Know
Practical and Playful Ways for Parents to Help Children Listen, Learn, and Coope rate at Home
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2008
A kindergarten teacher's ability to guide children through an entire day of activities does not happen by accident. There are secrets teachers know about our kids that let them calmly and gracefully manage a group of students who only hours earlier were arguing and negotiating with their parents about...
Rodale's Nontoxic Back-to-School Shopping Guide
More Than 200 Expert-Approved, Ecofriendly Ideas to Help Your Kids Focus on Their ABCs--without PVCs, VOCs, BPAs, and Other Harmful Stuff
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2011
Unfortunately, many manufacturers of school-related products deserve an "F" for selling items laced with chemicals that are linked to developmental and learning problems, among other ailments. Some of these products also take a toll on the health of our planet, adding to the mountains of...
by Pamela Evbota
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2011
1Gain new insights into how a simple, everyday lifestyle can open up a world of fun both for you and your kids. Being a mother shouldn’t mean an end to evolving into who you are meant to be as a person; instead it propels you to your authentic self.
Our lives are inundated with so much activities...
by Sarah Rose Gregory
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Is your child a fussy eater? Are family mealtimes a struggle? Do you want to spend quality time reading with your kids? Take Another Mouthful stories combine two fundamentals that we believe make us human, Social Eating and Story Telling. Our mission is simple, using the power of stories to help make...