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Thirty million words : building a child's brain : tune in, talk more, take turns

30 million words (parallel title)
Building a child's brain (portion title)
Suskind, Dana (author.). Suskind, Beth (author.). Lewinter-Suskind, Leslie (author.).

Summary: "The founder and director of the Thirty Million Words Initiative, Professor Dana Suskind, explains why the most important--and astoundingly simple--thing you can do for your child's future success in life is to talk to him or her, reveals the recent science behind this truth, and outlines precisely how parents can best put it into practice" --provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525954873
  • ISBN: 0525954872
  • Physical Description: print
    308 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Dutton, [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-291) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Connections : why a pediatric cochlear implant surgeon became a social scientist -- The first word : the pioneers of parent talk -- Neuroplasticity : riding the revolutionary wave in brain science -- The power of parent talk : from language to an outlook on life -- The three Ts : setting the stage for optimum brain development -- The social consequences : where the science of neuroplasticity can take us -- Spreading the words : the next step -- Epilogue: Stepping off the shoreline
Subject:
Cognitive neuroscience
Cognition in children
Brain Growth
Child development
Neuroplasticity

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