Boosting Your Baby's Brain Power

by Holly Engel-Smothers, Susan M. Heim

Overview

A newborn baby’s brain is quite phenomenal, with over 100 billion neurons that would stretch more than 60,000 miles! These neurons generally must form connections within the first eight months of a baby’s life to foster optimal brain growth and lifelong learning. From the day a baby is born, behaviors of moms, dads, and caregivers are crucial to ensuring that babies reach their full potential. This parent guidebook offers many suggestions for developing and nurturing maximum brain power during the essential early years. Parents will learn that babies don’t need toys or DVDs or fancy mobiles nearly as much as they need simple interaction, eye contact, and conversation from the adults who care for them.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013352018
Publisher:	Great Potential Press, Inc.
Publication date:	01/01/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	124
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Holly Engel-Smothers is a former Parent Educator for the Parents as Teachers early childhood program and continues to work as a consultant for Parents as Teachers, especially for families with twins. Since 1990, she has been an educator specializing in teaching parents and their children up to age seven. She works in a Title I program teaching low-level students and is on her district’s Communication Arts Committee and Literacy Team. She has a Master’s Degree in Teaching Reading. Holly’s writing credits include “The Read and Respond” series, consisting of six curriculum guides based on children’s literature, and “The Real World” series—three books for practical applications of reading, math, and science. Holly has had numerous articles published in magazines and is a contributing author to several books.

Susan M. Heim is an author and editor specializing in parenting, multiples, and women’s issues, and she is a former Senior Editor for the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series. She has written several books, and her articles and essays have appeared in many books, magazines, and websites. She writes a regular online column for Mommies Magazine, as well as a blog for parents called “Susan Heim on Parenting” (www.susanheim.blogspot.com). Susan is also an expert on twins and multiples for AllExperts.com and ParentsConnect.com, as well as a parenting expert for SelfGrowth.com. She is a member of the National Association of Women Writers and the Southeastern Writers Association. Susan maintains websites at www.susanheim.com, ababywillchangeyourlife.com, and www.twinstalk.com.

Editorial Reviews

Boosting Your Baby's Brain Power is the perfect combination of learning and loving!

Patty Hansen

Babies' brains undergo tremendous development in the first year of life, and there is much parents can do to stimulate this growth from the very first days. Essential reading for all parents.

Jennifer Youngs

Inside that sweet-smelling head is the most complex structure on earth--the human brain! Boosting Your Baby's Brain Power shows parents how to interact with their baby to encourage optimal development. A must-read for anyone caring for a new baby!

Diana Hoppe, M.D., OB/GYN

Boosting Your Baby's Brain Power is an important tool for teaching expectant and new parents about their baby's intellectual development. ...brimming with practical information.

Michael H. Popkin, Ph.D.