The developing brain : birth to age eight / / Marilee Sprenger

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813298303321
• Autore: Sprenger Marilee <1949->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Corwin, 2008
• ISBN: 1-4522-9505-0; 1-4833-2975-5; 1-4129-5535-1; 1-4522-0908-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 126 p.) : ill
• Disciplina: 612.8
• Soggetti: Developmental neurobiology; Child development
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface: You don't Know Jack!; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Introduction; What is Best Practice?; Brain-Compatible Teaching Principles; Early Childhood Practices; An Ounce of Prevention; About this Book; Chapter 1 - The Basic Biology of Brain Development; Brain Chemicals; Electroencephalograms; Windows of Opportunity; Experience Dependent and Experience Expectant; First Language; Second Language Learning; Motor Development; Memory Development; Music; Math; Emotion; Thinking about Brain Growth; Chapter 2 - Building the Brain through Age Two; Brain Development; Language and Reading DevelopmentPhysical and Motor Development; Gross Motor Skills; Fine Motor Skills; Social and Emotional Development; Cognitive Development; Developmentally Appropriate Activities from Birth through Age Two; Reading and Language Development; Physical and Motor Development; Cognitive Development; Chapter 3 - The Three-Year-Old Brain; Brain Development; Language and Reading Development; Physical and Motor Development; Social and Emotional Development; Cognitive Development; Developmentally Appropriate Activities for Three-Year-Old Brains; For Language and Reading Development; For Physical and Motor DevelopmentFor Social and Emotional ; Development; For Cognitive Development; Child Development Checklist: Three-Year-Olds; Chapter 4 - The Four-Year-Old Brain; Brain Development; Language and Reading Development; Physical and Motor Development; Social and Emotional Development; Cognitive Development; Developmentally Appropriate Activities for Four-Year-Old Brains; For Language and Reading Development; For Physical and Motor Development; For Social and Emotional Development; For Cognitive Development; Child Development Checklist: Four-Year-Olds; Chapter 5 - The Five-Year-Old BrainBrain Development; Language and Reading Development; Physical and Motor Development; Social and Emotional Development; Cognitive Development; Developmentally Appropriate Activities for Five-Year-Old Brains; For Language and Reading Development; For Physical and Motor Development; For Social and Emotional Development; For Cognitive Development; Child Development Checklist: Five-Year-Olds; Chapter 6 - The Six-Year-Old Brain; Brain Development; Language and Reading Development; Physical and Motor Development; Social and Emotional Development; Cognitive DevelopmentDevelopmentally Appropriate Activities for Six-Year-Old Brains; For Language and Reading Development; For Physical and Motor Development; For Social and Emotional Development; For Cognitive Development; Child Development Checklist: Six-Year-Olds; Chapter 7 - The Seven-Year-Old Brain; Brain Development; Language and Reading Development; Physical and Motor Development; Social and Emotional Development; Cognitive Development; Developmentally Appropriate Activities for Seven-Year-Old Brains; For Language and Reading Development; For Physical and Motor Development; For Social and Emotional Development
• Sommario/riassunto: This enlightening resource takes readers on an informative year-by-year tour of children's brain development from birth through age eight. Each chapter features a collection of developmentally appropriate activities ready for use in classroom or child care settings.