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Super Bright Baby: 50 Things You Really Need to Know
From pregnancy to toddlerhood, Super Bright 50 Things You Really Need to Know will help parents nurture their child's burgeoning mind. Expert author John Farndon recommends strategies - including ways to bond, intelligence-building play and teaching your child to read - that can be used throughout every stage of a baby's development.
With a timeline covering learning and growing milestones, boxes outlining the scientific facts for each topic, and quotes from leading childcare experts, this book is the smart choice for parents who want a great future for their children.
With a timeline covering learning and growing milestones, boxes outlining the scientific facts for each topic, and quotes from leading childcare experts, this book is the smart choice for parents who want a great future for their children.
- GenresParenting
208 pages, Paperback
First published November 7, 2013
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About the author
John Farndon
633 books31 followersJohn Farndon is an internationally known author, as well as a playwright, composer and songwriter, whose work has been performed at such theatres as the Donmar and Almeida in London and the Salisbury Playhouse and selected for showcases, such as Beyond the Gate.
He has written hundreds of books, which have sold millions of copies around the world in most major languages and include many best-sellers, such as the award-winning Do Not Open, which received rave reviews in the USA and became a cult-hit as well as featuring on the New York Times and Washington Post best-seller lists. In earlier years, he wrote mostly for children, and has been shortlisted a record four times for the junior Science Book prize. Books such as How Science Works and How the Earth Works each sold over a million copies worldwide. But recently he has written much more for adults.
Many of his books focus on popular science, and in particular earth science, nature, and environmental issues. His Practical Encyclopedia of Rocks and Mineral is widely used as a reference work by geologists, while The Atlas of Oceans, his big book on endangered life in the oceans for Yale in the USA (A&C Black in the UK and Australian Geographic in Australia), garnered glowing reports prepublication from major figures such as the Cousteaus, Carl Safina, Nancy Knowlton and Harm de Blij.
But he has covered a wide range of topics, from contemporary China to the food market. The history of ideas and intellectual curiosity is a particular speciality.
In 2010, his book for Icon Do You Think You're Clever? was a best-seller, reaching the top 20 on Amazon and the top 10 in South Africa and Turkey, and was shortlisted for the Society of Authors Education Award. The follow-up The World’s Greatest Idea was selected as one of the top 50 Wish List books of the year in South Africa.
He has been interviewed extensively on radio and TV stations around the world, and conducted talks, demonstrations and displays at many events, from the Brighton Science Festival to the Oxford Literary Festival.
He has written hundreds of books, which have sold millions of copies around the world in most major languages and include many best-sellers, such as the award-winning Do Not Open, which received rave reviews in the USA and became a cult-hit as well as featuring on the New York Times and Washington Post best-seller lists. In earlier years, he wrote mostly for children, and has been shortlisted a record four times for the junior Science Book prize. Books such as How Science Works and How the Earth Works each sold over a million copies worldwide. But recently he has written much more for adults.
Many of his books focus on popular science, and in particular earth science, nature, and environmental issues. His Practical Encyclopedia of Rocks and Mineral is widely used as a reference work by geologists, while The Atlas of Oceans, his big book on endangered life in the oceans for Yale in the USA (A&C Black in the UK and Australian Geographic in Australia), garnered glowing reports prepublication from major figures such as the Cousteaus, Carl Safina, Nancy Knowlton and Harm de Blij.
But he has covered a wide range of topics, from contemporary China to the food market. The history of ideas and intellectual curiosity is a particular speciality.
In 2010, his book for Icon Do You Think You're Clever? was a best-seller, reaching the top 20 on Amazon and the top 10 in South Africa and Turkey, and was shortlisted for the Society of Authors Education Award. The follow-up The World’s Greatest Idea was selected as one of the top 50 Wish List books of the year in South Africa.
He has been interviewed extensively on radio and TV stations around the world, and conducted talks, demonstrations and displays at many events, from the Brighton Science Festival to the Oxford Literary Festival.
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May 9, 2016
Overall this book wasn't really what I was looking for but I still gave it 4 stars because I think it's a good resource, especially for new parents. If you already have kids then you have probably heard a lot of this advice, but there are some good ideas for activities to stimulate your baby or toddler. Also, I like how the author refers to scientific studies.
A couple of my favorite tips:
Babies and young children are natural scientists running their own "experiments" as they learn about the world. Their play is not as random as it may first appear.
The resonance circuit and mirror neurons. If you do something certain neurons fire and then when you watch someone else do the same thing, the same neurons fire even though you're not doing the action yourself. Emotions are mirrored in our brains as well. Yawns are contagious, laughter spreads, negative emotions are catching as well. Your baby mirrors you (but this seems to have infinite applications).
A couple of my favorite tips:
Babies and young children are natural scientists running their own "experiments" as they learn about the world. Their play is not as random as it may first appear.
The resonance circuit and mirror neurons. If you do something certain neurons fire and then when you watch someone else do the same thing, the same neurons fire even though you're not doing the action yourself. Emotions are mirrored in our brains as well. Yawns are contagious, laughter spreads, negative emotions are catching as well. Your baby mirrors you (but this seems to have infinite applications).
May 6, 2014
A brilliant book, full of ideas and inspiration for parents who want to give their children the best possible start. This is broken down into fifty short (four-page) chapters. The structure of each chapter is very formulaic, with a main body of information, a section containing practical ideas, and finishing with a one-sentence summary of what the chapter has discussed. This makes it very accessible and user friendly. I found the book very helpful as a parent-to-be, and it has given me some great ideas to use in parenthood.
July 3, 2014
well-intentioned but very generic information.
August 30, 2016
A lot of not so brief information about your baby/toddler. For me this book is really helpful to unlock insights to understand how my toddler think and behave.
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