The importance of being little : what preschoolers really need from grownups /

""Teach your children well. It's easier to sing than do. Erika Christakis wants to foment a revolution in early childhood education, and with this deeply insightful, scientifically grounded, and utterly original book, she may just get her way." --Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christakis, Erika (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Viking, [2016]
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Table of Contents:
  • Little learners : the classroom called childhood
  • Goldilocks goes to daycare : finding the right zone for learning
  • Natural born artists : the creative powers of childhood
  • The search for intelligent life : un-standard learning
  • Just kidding : the fragmented generation
  • Played out : habitat loss and the extinction of play
  • Stuffed : navigating the material world
  • The secret lives of children : fear, fantasy and the emotional appetite
  • Use your words : hearing the language of childhood
  • Well connected : the roles grownups play
  • Hiding in plain sight : early learning and the American Dream.