Pre-order Sarah Ockwell-Smith's essential guide to child psychology and development.

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