The Secret Language of Your Child: How Children Talk Before They Can Speak

by David Lewis

What is a toddler trying to say by touching his ears or tilting his head? Dr David Lewis pioneered the study of how young children communicate with each other using gestures and facial expressions and his detailed research explains how toddlers can already communicate before they learn to speak. The Secret Language of Your Child explains the facial and body expressions of the under-fives, helping parents to understand what their child is trying to communicate and to recognise when a child is feeling anxious, aggressive or distressed. Using a wealth of illustrations that interpret the secret language of your child, David Lewis reveals how to communicate with a child during its formative years. Learn how to understand your child and how to reply in the same language. The Secret Language of Your Child is an essential handbook for all new parents, carers and nursery staff in its revelations of the body language and the behaviour of the under-fives. It will make every reader look at under-fives in an entirely different way.

265 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 1980

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Reviews

[Elda Adele · Rating 3 out of 5]

Manuale del '78, ma uno dei pochi nel suo genere per essere molto analitico, corredato da alcune foto, e moltissimi esempi descritti di studi su bambini osservati. Forse troppo accademico nello stile, non scorre affatto e leggendolo pare di star a preparare un esame universitario. Analizza dai 0-5 anni.
Consigliato a chi è davvero motivato ad imparare ad osservare per più tempo il proprio bambino :-)

[Catherine Glover · Rating 3 out of 5]

Certainly interesting, but waffley, impractical and patronising in places.