Beginnings, Sarah OckwellSmith
Beginnings, Sarah OckwellSmith
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Beginnings
A Guide to Child Psychology and Development for Parents of 0–5-year-olds

Author: Sarah Ockwell-Smith

Narrator: Sarah Ockwell-Smith

Unabridged: 5 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/25/2022

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Pre-order 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, toddler 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

About Sarah Ockwell-Smith

Sarah Ockwell-Smith is the mother of four children. She has a BSc in Psychology and worked for several years in Pharmaceutical Research and Development. Following the birth of her first child, Sarah re-trained as a Paediatric Homeopath, Antenatal Teacher and Birth and Postnatal Doula. She has also undertaken training in Baby Massage, Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy. Sarah specialises in gentle parenting methods and is co-founder of the GentleParenting website (www.gentleparenting.co.uk). Sarah writes a parenting blog (www.sarahockwell-smith.com) which is read by 3 million parents per year, and is the author of BabyCalm, ToddlerCalm, The Gentle Sleep Book, The Gentle Parenting Book, The Gentle Discipline Book, The Gentle Potty Training Book, The Gentle Eating Book, The Second Baby Book, The Starting School Book Between: A guide for parents of eight to thirteen-year-olds, How to Be a Calm Parent and Beginnings. She frequently writes for magazines and newspapers, and is often called upon as a parenting expert for national television and radio.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kat on September 15, 2022

2 stars - it was literally OK. Not awful at all, but if you've read pretty much any of the author's other books - or any other parenting book along the gentle parenting lines - you don't need this one. It's also incredibly brief once you get past 12 months - perhaps I was just expecting too much fro......more

Goodreads review by Sam on September 08, 2023

Someone else wrote that this book as just OK, and I couldn’t agree more. It’s more of a book about 0-12 months in detail plus some tips for 1-5 year olds. I feel it was incredibly brief and very basic information which is much better covered in other parenting books. The information in this book is......more

Goodreads review by Paul on July 11, 2023

Informative and interesting. I particularly enjoyed the bits about physical development and recommended toys by age as I’d not come across these elements/suggestions in previous publications of a similar ilk.......more

Goodreads review by Haniva on August 26, 2023

Buku ini menjelaskan hal-hal yang lebih umum, namun lebih luas dari buku-buku lain dari penulis. Menurut saya, buku ini justru cocok sebagai perkenalan, sebelum membaca buku lain dengan tema yang lebih spesifik. Saya senang juga membaca buku ini karena memang banyak membahas dari sudut pandang Psiko......more

Goodreads review by Caitie Elam on June 23, 2024

This is one of the few parenting books I’d like to purchase and keep on my shelf for future reference as my little one gets older. Everything shared in this book is concise and evidence based, and follows child development psychology rather than behavior modification. Each stage’s milestones are dis......more