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Professor Roberta Michnick Golinkoff |
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Preface: Play or Enrichment? A Perfectly Reasonable Question |
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Series Introduction The Seed in the Palm of Your Hand |
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i Consider the Bamboo --- a Lesson in Preparation |
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ii A Rose by Any Other Name... |
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iii Is there Life beyond the Hot-house? |
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iv The Bonsai --- Art, or Arrested Development? |
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vi The Power of `Child's Play' |
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viii Expanding the `Comfort Zone' |
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Chapter One The Science: What Research Tells Us About the Needs of a Child |
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A Attachment and Bonding: Planting the Seed |
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ii What Is Attachment Theory? |
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iv How Much Bonding Is Enough? |
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v What If I Have More Than One Child? |
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vi Are All Fun Family Experiences Bonding Experiences? |
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vii Characteristics of Children and Adults with Secure Attachment |
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viii How Do Parents of Securely-Attached Children Behave? |
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ix Bonding---the Easiest Parenting Task of All! |
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B A Hierarchy of Needs: First Things First---I Can't Be a Genius If I'm Hungry! |
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i All That a Human Being Needs Can Be Found in a Pyramid! |
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ii Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs |
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iii But What Do All These Labels Mean? |
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iv Attachment, Bonding and Maslow |
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vi SEEs and Maslow's Needs |
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Chapter Two The Physical Needs: Understanding Your Child's Basic Physical Needs --- Healthy Development Through Sensible Decision-Making |
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Tyler Restating the Obvious |
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A Sleep Strategies for Parents: In Defence of Sleep |
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i Sleep, Concentration and Memory Formation |
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iii Behaviours of Tired Children |
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iv Tired Children Struggle Academically |
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v Better Sleepers Are Better Readers and Learners |
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vi How Much Sleep Does My Child Need? |
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vii How Do We Develop Good Sleep Habits? |
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B Healthy Nutrition: How to Encourage Your Pre-schooler to Enjoy Healthy Food |
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i Quit Clowning Around with Nutrition --- Managing Marketing and the Mass Media |
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ii So, What Are Healthy Foods? |
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iii A Word about Carbs... |
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v How to Encourage Positive Food Choices |
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C The Many Benefits of Laughter: Giggles that make the `Grey-Matter' Grow! |
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ii The Physiological Benefits of Laughter |
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iii The Health Benefits of Laughter |
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iv Incongruity and Laughter --- Humour as Training for Creative Thinking |
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v `Silliness' --- a Building Block of Social Skills, Cognition and Creativity |
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vi How to Make Your Child Laugh at Any Age |
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vii Language Games to Make Children Laugh |
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D Getting Your Child Moving: The Importance of Exercise in Early Childhood |
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iii What Is Structured Play? |
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E The Importance of the `D' Factor: The `Dark Side of Tanning'---the Bright Side of U-V Radiation |
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