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  • - 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
    av John Medina
    165,-

    Most of us have no idea whats really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should knowlike the need for physical activity to get your brain working its best.How do we learn? What exactly do sleep and stress do to our brains? Why is multi-tasking a myth? Why is it so easy to forgetand so important to repeat new knowledge? Is it true that men and women have different brains?In Brain Rules, Dr. John Medina, a molecular biologist, shares his lifelong interest in how the brain sciences might influence the way we teach our children and the way we work. In each chapter, he describes a brain rulewhat scientists know for sure about how our brains workand then offers transformative ideas for our daily lives.Medinas fascinating stories and infectious sense of humor breathe life into brain science. Youll learn why Michael Jordan was no good at baseball. Youll peer over a surgeons shoulder as he proves that most of us have a Jennifer Aniston neuron. Youll meet a boy who has an amazing memory for music but cant tie his own shoes.You will discover how:Every brain is wired differentlyExercise improves cognitionWe are designed to never stop learning and exploringMemories are volatileSleep is powerfully linked with the ability to learnVision trumps all of the other sensesStress changes the way we learnIn the end, youll understand how your brain really worksand how to get the most out of it.

  • - 70 Essential Parenting Tips Based on Science
    av Tracy Cutchlow
    186,-

    NOTE: This is the TEXT-ONLY paperback edition of Zero to Five. For full color, photographs, and a larger format, please see the hardcover edition. "The coolest‿and easiest‿book for new parents" (Parents magazine) You could read dozens of books on brain development, parenting styles, and positive discipline. You could spend hours searching online for baby/toddler/preschooler sleep, feeding kids, screen time, and “my kid is hitting me.â€?Or you could flip open Zero to Five: 70 Essential Parenting Tips Based on Science. Friendly and practical, Zero to Five draws on tried-and-true research from experts, covering an impressive range of the topics most important to parents today. Zero to Five draws on scientific research from a wide range of experts, including Diana Baumrind (parenting styles), Dimitri Christakis (screen time), Adele Diamond (neuroscience and executive function), Carol Dweck (growth mindset), Alison Gopnik (child psychology), John Gottman (marriage and conflict resolution), Megan McClelland (executive function), Patricia Kuhl (language acquisition), Ellyn Satter (feeding children), Dan Siegel (emotions), Paul Torrance (creative thinking), Grover Whitehurst (literacy and reading comprehension), and more. Then Cutchlow makes it all readable, for that 2-minute break you‿ve got during your sleep-deprived day. Zero to Five is the book she wished she had as a new mom. This parenting book is for you...if you want solid, not trendy, information‿studies that have stood the test of time‿if you are new to parenting or looking for new ideas‿if you want real-world examples of applying the research: not just what but how‿if you are tired of time-outs, bribing, and counting to 3‿if you want word-for-word examples for responding to tantrums, hitting, biting, not sharing, talking back, and not listening‿if you are worried about television and screen time‿if you want to do things differently than your parents did...if you work with families as a professional and need evidence-based resources (pediatricians, parent educators, child-care providers, home visitors, and family therapists all rate Zero to Five highly)‿if you want to enjoy parenting, not just survive it Zero to Five is your quick and easy guide to the best practices in parenting. Learn more at www.zerotofive.net

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