Baby teacher : nurturing neural networks from birth to age five / Rebecca Shore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shore, Rebecca, 1957-

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child development.

Early childhood education.

Physical Description:

xix, 185 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2002.

Summary:

Ever wonder what is going on in a baby's brain? Or how you can best nurture a child's natural development? Or why exactly Bach is better than Mozart for babies? This book will explain why. No technical knowledge is necessary, as Dr. Shore makes recent neurological findings accessible to all those who come into contact with young children. Everything a baby experiences in his or her first five years is building the foundation of life's learning potential through the formation of neural networks in the brain. Through increasing the complexity of the early childhood environment in developmentally appropriate ways, we can nurture these neural networks. The visionary educational leader must look beyond the traditional boundaries of the K-12 system, and towards the space between the maternity ward and the kindergarten door.

Contents:

1 Finding Faulty Assumptions 1

2 Brain Science for Nonneurologists 11

3 How We Know What We Know 25

4 Nurturing Our Nature 45

5 Music Matters 57

6 The Bach Effect 81

7 Implications for Education 113

8 Curricular Considerations 143

9 Creating Complex Curriculum for the Crib and Beyond 153.

Notes:

"A Scarecrow Education book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-183).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

081084284X

OCLC:

48966591