Sarah Ockwell-Smith’s essential guide to child psychology and development.

Beginnings is a 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, toddler and pre-schooler’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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