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Direct linkGonzalez-Mena, Janet – Young Children, 2007
Hungarian pediatrician Emmi Pikler theorized that freedom of movement facilitates infants' development and learning. The self-education promoted by freedom to move gives an infant a lasting view of herself as a competent learner. Pikler's approach also emphasizes the importance of helping each child feel respected and secure. The author examines…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Problem Solving, Hunger, Infants
Middlemiss, Wendy – Early Child Development and Care, 2004
Providing families with information about infant sleep can positively impact parents' well-being and infants' sleep habits. Few parents receive professionally based information about sleep, perhaps due to contradictory information found in the literature. This review summarizes: (1) normative sleep patterns for infants; (2) factors that affect…
Descriptors: Infants, Sleep, Intervention, Psychological Patterns
Acredolo, Linda; Goodwyn, Susan – 2000
Recent research points to the inborn abilities of infants and shows how early experiences influence cognitive skills. This book presents activities for parents and their infants--building on activities babies instinctively love--to develop their unique abilities. The book is organized around six intellectual skills: (1) problem solving; (2)…
Descriptors: Brain, Cognitive Development, Creativity, Early Experience
Download full textAmerican Toy Inst., New York, NY. – 1994
When children play with a broad variety of toys, the experiences help them to develop to their fullest potential. This booklet is designed to help parents provide the best play opportunities for children. It describes how the toy industry and government work together to ensure toy safety and offers simple charts to guide parents in toy shopping.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Check Lists, Child Safety, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedHonig, Alice S. – Young Children, 1985
Discusses research which shows the development of compliance in infants and young children. Describes the relationships between compliance and attachment to parents, childrearing style, timing and setting of control techniques, and development of self-control and problem-solving abilities. Discusses the importance of mother-child relationships for…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Rearing, Cooperation, Discipline
Castle, Kathryn – 1994
Noting that care and teaching can be provided simultaneously by a knowledgeable, responsive, warm and loving parent or child care workers, this infant and toddler handbook provides developmentally sequenced cognitive, social, motor, and language activities, called "invitations," for infants and toddlers from birth to 24 months. Chapter 1,…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role, Child Development, Classroom Environment
