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Too Much, Too Soon?Early Learning and the Erosion of ChildhoodEdited by Richard House How to nurture young children's well-being and learning to reverse the erosion of childhood? Children's lives have been speeded up by commercialisation, ‘adultification’, and the government's ‘nappy curriculum’ which ‘schoolifies’ them and pushes quasi-formal learning too soon. Now, in twenty-three hard-hitting chapters, leading educators, researchers, policy makers and parents advocate alternative ways ahead for slowing childhood, better policy-making and, above all, the ‘right learning at the right time’ in children's growth: learning when they are developmentally ready. ISBN: 978-1-907359-02-6 Price: £20.00 |
The Genius of Natural ChildhoodSecrets of Thriving ChildrenSally Goddard Blythe Fifty-five per cent of parents say they never read to their child.Toddlers watch 4.5 hours of TV daily. More and more children are obese, enter school developmentally delayed and need special education. One cause could be the loss of traditional parenting wisdom, and not allowing the genius of natural childhood to flourish. So Sally Goddard Blythe draws on neuroscience to unpack the wisdom of nursery rhymes, playing traditional games and fairy stories for healthy child development. She explains why movement matters and how games develop children's skills at different stages of development. She offers a starter kit of stories, action games, songs and rhymes. ISBN: 978-1-907359-04-0 Price: £14.99 |
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