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Magic Trees of the Mind: How To Nurture Your Child's Intelligence, Creativity, and Healthy Emotions from Birth through Adolescence.
Diamond, Marian; Hopson, Janet – 1998
Based on the premise that the brain is a highly plastic, constantly changing entity that is powerfully shaped by experiences in childhood and throughout life, this book presents information on enriching childhood brain development. Each stage of childhood development is profiled, with the changes in the brain described and their implications for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Brain, Child Rearing, Children
Effective Home Learning Environments in the Preschool Years.
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Carew, Jean V. – 1976
A total of 23 children were observed from age 1 to 3 in order to assess day-to-day learning environments and their effect on intellectual development. Observers used a time-sampling technique to code behaviors for one hour on three to five separate occasions during each of four periods: age 12-15 months, 18-21 months, 24-27 months and 30-33…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Early Experience, Family Environment, Home Instruction
How To Raise a Brighter Child: The Case for Early Learning. Revised.
Beck, Joan – 1999
This book for parents reports new research on the growth of children's intelligence during the first 6 years of life and translates this research from scientific journals, professional symposiums, and experimental laboratories into a form useful to those who live and work with small children daily. The book provides information and simple…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Brain, Child Development
A Head Start in the Nursery.
Pines, Maya – Psychology Today, 1979
In an interview, J. McVicker Hunt discusses the role of children's interactions with their environments in raising intelligence, the general effects of Head Start, and the role of mothers in affecting their children's intelligence. (MH)
Descriptors: Child Development, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience
ADULT STATUS OF CHILDREN WITH CONTRASTING EARLY LIFE EXPERIENCES, A FOLLOW-UP STUDY.
SKEELS, HAROLD M. – 1966
TO STUDY EFFECTS OF EARLY INTERVENTION ON CHILDREN, AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 13 SUBJECTS (AGED 7 TO 30 MONTHS, IQ 35 TO 89) WAS TRANSFERRED FROM AN ORPHANAGE TO THE INTENSE STIMULATION OF A MOTHER SURROGATE AT AN INSTITUTION FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED. A CONTRAST GROUP OF 12 SUBJECTS (AGED 11.9 TO 21.8 MONTHS, IQ 50 TO 103) REMAINED AT THE…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Child Development, Early Experience, Educational Status Comparison