What Stimulation Your Baby Needs to Become Smart

Download or read book What Stimulation Your Baby Needs to Become Smart written by William H. Staso and published by . This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHAT STIMULATION YOUR BABY NEEDS TO BECOME SMART is presented in a workbook format & provides specific ideas for parents & other caretakers to help infants ages birth to 8 months optimally develop their intelligence. The ideas are based on the very latest research on the types & intensities of stimulation that promote efficient & useful neurological networks. Suggestions for activities are presented in a clear, simple & readable style. Such topics as visual development, knowledge needs, & language skills are organized at each of 4 separate age levels: birth to 4 weeks, 4 weeks to 12 weeks, 3 months to 5 months & 6 through 7 months. Space is made available for parents to record their ideas, plans & results, helping to ensure the value of the activities & interactions. Several appendices provide materials that can be used for visual stimulation, ideas for mobiles & a more technical section on recent research & theory. The book is suitable as a gift for or direct purchase by expectant & new parents, as a reference for programming by caretakers in infant centers & even as a supplemental text at schools teaching infant development & care. Published by Great Beginnings Press, P.O. Box 2187, Orcutt, CA 93457-2187. (805) 937-9051.