On Becoming Preschoolwise
Who Can Understand The Mind Of A Preschooler? You can! Know that above all else, a preschooler is a learner. His amazing powers of reasoning and discrimination are awakened through a world of play and imagination. Through home relationships, he learns about love, trust, comfort, and security; through friends he learns to measure himself against a world of peers; and through unconditional love, a child establishes his own unique self-hood. The growth period between ages three and five years is...
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Who Can Understand The Mind Of A Preschooler? You can! Know that above all else, a preschooler is a learner. His amazing powers of reasoning and discrimination are awakened through a world of play and imagination. Through home relationships, he learns about love, trust, comfort, and security; through friends he learns to measure himself against a world of peers; and through unconditional love, a child establishes his own unique self-hood. The growth period between ages three and five years is all about learning, and On Becoming Preschoolwise is all about helping parents create the right opportunities and best environment to optimize their child's learning potential. Now influencing over two million homes worldwide, trusted parenting authors Gary Ezzo and Dr. Robert Bucknam once again bring their collective wisdom, experience, and insight to bear on this critical phase of preschool training. From teaching about the importance of play to learning how to prepare a preschooler for the first day of school, from organizing your child's week to understanding childhood fears and calming parental anxiety, sound advice and practical application await the reader. You will find this resource as practical as it is informative, curative as much as it is encouraging.
Introduction9Chapter 1Children Need to Play13Chapter 2Factors of Learning29Chapter 3The Voice Within45Chapter 4The Choice Addiction65Chapter 5Structuring Your Preschooler's Day83Chapter 6Getting Ready for Kindergarten--Now113Chapter 7Developmental Placement--A Key to School Success137Chapter 8Laws of Correction for Preschoolers153Chapter 9Odds and Ends and Helpful Tools173Appendix AToys and Things203Appendix BThe Land of Good Reason217Subject Index238
