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DVD

Scientific secrets for raising kids who thrive.

Call Number

  • PARENTS DVD 649.1 SCIE (WSQ)

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Performers

Taught by Peter M. Vishton, College of William & Mary.

Publication Information

Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company, [2014]

Physical Description

4 videodiscs (720 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 218 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)

Audience

Not rated.

Notes

"Course no. 9542"--Disc label.

Contains 24 lectures, 30 minutes per lecture.

Contents

  • Self-control, from tummy time to tae kwon do
  • Seeing, hearing, thinking, learning infants
  • Sleep, getting enough "vitamin S"
  • Healthy eating habits for life
  • Baby talk, sign language, and speech
  • Shaping behavior, how kids and rats differ
  • Which style of parenting is best?
  • The joy of reading and the place of phonics
  • IQ hazards and boosting intelligence
  • Enhancing your child's memory
  • Parent as teacher, homework and beyond
  • Getting a jump on math, without math anxiety
  • Advantages of a second language
  • What tv and video can and can't teach
  • Values and pitfalls of video games
  • Promoting persistence and self-esteem
  • Encouraging cooperation, sharing, empathy
  • Peer conflicts and social development
  • Maria Montessori at home for young children
  • Schooling and the Montessori approach
  • Physical development and education
  • The adolescent brain
  • Becoming a parent-scientist
  • The great values of an unhurried childhood.

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