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Your Three- and Four-Year-Old: As They Grow
From America's #1 family magazine, a guide to your three- and four-year-old's emotional and cognitive milestones.
The little person running around your home will amaze and amuse you as he asserts his newfound independence- and provides a running commentary on every day's events and activities. In Your Three- and Four-Year-Old , the expert editors of Parents magazine give a fascinating peek into your child's perpetually active mind, explaining why and what your three- and four-year-old may be thinking and feeling throughout the metamorphosis from baby to miniature individual. At the same time, you'll discover how to promote a stimulating, supportive environment in which your child can blossom.
Each chapter focuses on a unique developmental milestone- from verbalizing feelings and using his imagination to learning responsibility and appreciating the needs of others. Your Three- and Four-Year-Old helps you to understand your child's evolving and often erratic behavior by sharing his perspective on the world and the people around him, and offers specific advice for easing the inevitable conflicts that arise during his quest for independence, while he's still not physically and emotionally capable of doing everything he wants to do. This essential resource also provides straightforward, practical advice on dealing with issues from imaginary friends and increasing gender awareness, to common pre-schooler fears (of darkness, dreams, and being hurt) and frustrations. Your Three- and Four-Year-Old will help you and your child to grow and enjoy these wonderful years.
Each chapter highlights four main
* Developmental Milestone (what you can expect)
* Conflict (changes in behavior that result from this milestone)
* You and Your Child (how this stage of development affects you as a parent)
* Helping Your Child Grow (strategies, activities and ideas for creative play that enhance development)
Informative, recurring features
* How It Feels to Be Me (common scenarios explained from a child's perspective)
* Do Say/Don't Say (scripts of appropriate responses to various situations)
The little person running around your home will amaze and amuse you as he asserts his newfound independence- and provides a running commentary on every day's events and activities. In Your Three- and Four-Year-Old , the expert editors of Parents magazine give a fascinating peek into your child's perpetually active mind, explaining why and what your three- and four-year-old may be thinking and feeling throughout the metamorphosis from baby to miniature individual. At the same time, you'll discover how to promote a stimulating, supportive environment in which your child can blossom.
Each chapter focuses on a unique developmental milestone- from verbalizing feelings and using his imagination to learning responsibility and appreciating the needs of others. Your Three- and Four-Year-Old helps you to understand your child's evolving and often erratic behavior by sharing his perspective on the world and the people around him, and offers specific advice for easing the inevitable conflicts that arise during his quest for independence, while he's still not physically and emotionally capable of doing everything he wants to do. This essential resource also provides straightforward, practical advice on dealing with issues from imaginary friends and increasing gender awareness, to common pre-schooler fears (of darkness, dreams, and being hurt) and frustrations. Your Three- and Four-Year-Old will help you and your child to grow and enjoy these wonderful years.
Each chapter highlights four main
* Developmental Milestone (what you can expect)
* Conflict (changes in behavior that result from this milestone)
* You and Your Child (how this stage of development affects you as a parent)
* Helping Your Child Grow (strategies, activities and ideas for creative play that enhance development)
Informative, recurring features
* How It Feels to Be Me (common scenarios explained from a child's perspective)
* Do Say/Don't Say (scripts of appropriate responses to various situations)
- GenresParentingNonfiction
192 pages, Paperback
First published November 4, 2000
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April 3, 2008
What a waste of time. While I have enjoyed some of the other 'this is your 2 year old books', I decided to pick this one up from the library just to see what it would tell me.
It goes into what your child is going through emotionally, physically and socially and how you as a parent should help 'them' cope. When you see your child biting you should say no Timmy, Bobby doesn't like that. Please do not bite. Rather than the no biting Time out approach.
I think I'll stick with my 1,2,3 magic book. Thank you.
It goes into what your child is going through emotionally, physically and socially and how you as a parent should help 'them' cope. When you see your child biting you should say no Timmy, Bobby doesn't like that. Please do not bite. Rather than the no biting Time out approach.
I think I'll stick with my 1,2,3 magic book. Thank you.
December 14, 2015
Read what I wanted, skimmed the rest
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