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  • A Guide to Child Psychology and Development for Parents of 0-5-Year-Olds
  • By: Sarah Ockwell-Smith
  • Narrated by: Sarah Ockwell-Smith
  • Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
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By: Sarah Ockwell-Smith
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Sarah Ockwell-Smith's essential guide to child psychology and development.

Beginnings is modern month-by-month reference guide for parents of 0-5-year-olds. It will answer all the questions that parents have about their baby's, toddler's and preschooler's physical and psychological development.

Topics covered: 

  • How a baby grows and develops, month by month, during pregnancy 
  • Physical development, month by month, in the newborn period 
  • Brain development from birth to five years 
  • How sleep develops and changes throughout the first five years 
  • The development of self and personality 
  • Social development, attachment and peer relationships 
  • Temperaments and the development of emotion regulation 
  • The development of memory 
  • Current and classic theories in child psychology 
  • Learning to sit, crawl, cruise and walk
  • Language acquisition and early literacy skills 
  • Early mark making—learning to draw and form letters 
  • Schemas—how children learn about the world around them
  • Food preferences and eating experiences in early childhood 
  • Play—including suggestions for entertainment at each age 
  • How parents and carers can encourage optimal brain development

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©2022 Sarah Ockwell-Smith (P)2022 Hachette Audio UK

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