Beginnings

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's, toddler's 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

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