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Bestsellers:
The Cradle of Thought by Peter Hobson
The Human Voice: the story of a remarkable talent by Anne Karpf
The Science of Parenting by Margot Sutherland
Why Love Matters: how affection shapes a baby's brain by Sue Gerhardt
BabyTalk by Sally
Ward
Everyday Babycare: learning
to talk by Prof James Law
Small Talk: From
First Gestures to Simple Sentences by Dr Richard C. Woolfson
Foundations of
literacy by Sue Palmer and Ros Bayley
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The Cradle of Thought by Peter Hobson - subtitled "Exploring the Origins of Thinking", this book explores the view that what gives us the capacity to think is the
quality of a baby's exchanges with other people over the first 18 months of
life. |
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The Human Voice: the story of a remarkable talent - A highly readable exploration of all aspects of the human voice, the key to communication and our ability to read between the emotional lines. |
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The Science of Parenting by Margot Sutherland - Based on over 700 scientific studies into children's development, BMA award-winning author and child psychotherapist Dr Margot Sunderland explains how to develop your child's potential to the full. |
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Why Love Matters: how affection shapes a baby's brain by Sue Gerhardt- A lively interpretation of the latest findings in neuro-science, psychology, psychoanalysis and biochemistry explains why love is essential to brain development in the early years of life. |
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BabyTalk
by Sally Ward - a new child-care programme that aims
to optimise your child's language development, enhance
the ability to concentrate and learn, enrich imaginative
play and maximise potential intelligence. |
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Everyday
Babycare: learning to talk, written by Prof James
Law for DK publishers and Johnson's, 2004. A practical,
user-friendly guide answering the key questions parents
ask about their child's language development. |
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The
Social Baby, Lynne Murray and Liz Andrews, CP Publishing,
2000.
Pages of photographs of very young babies showing parents
how to understand and value the way they communicate. |
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How
to talk to your baby, Dorothy P Dougherty,
Avery/Penguin Putnam Inc, USA, 1999. Looks at how to incorporate
talk into your daily routine. |
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Small
Talk: From First Gestures to Simple Sentences, Dr
Richard C. Woolfson, Hamlyn, 2002. Covers how to understand
and encourage your child's gestures, facial expressions,
babbling and speech. Covers birth to three. |
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Foundations
of Literacy: A Balanced Approach to Language, Listening
and Literacy Skills in the Early Years, written by
Sue Palmer, Ros Bayley. This book outlines seven strands
of practice for the foundation years upon which successful
teaching of literacy skills depends. |
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Language and Literacy In
The Early Years, written by Marian R. Whitehead. |
Early years resources
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