Knack Raising Your Toddler: A Complete Illustrated Guide from First Steps to Preschool (Knack: Make it Easy) - Softcover

Greenberg, Marsha

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1599216205 ISBN 13: 9781599216201

Publisher: Knack, 2009

Synopsis

Books on toddler development are typically heavy on words, and what photographs they do contain tend to show cute kids, but ones that don't truly relate to the information in the text. Knack Raising Your Toddler is different. Packed with 375 full-color photographs of care essentials, emotions, and stages of growth (12-36 months), it gives busy parents a visually-driven reference filled with general advice, parenting tips, toddler behaviors, and resources in easy-to-understand format. * 375 full-color photos* 25 illustrations* Coauthored by a parenting expert who is an M.S.W.* Organized by age and stage

About this title

About the Author

Marsha Greenberg, M.S., M.S. W., has a masters degrees in Child and Family Development and Social Work from the University of Michigan. As the Director of the Health Systems Child Care Program for over 14 years, she was responsible for over 250 children between the ages of 6 weeks and 6 years of age. She wrote the training manual for the program, designed the physical spaces and trained over 200 teachers specializing in infant toddler care including the training of Head Start staff in southeast Michigan. Marhsa is also a certified childbirth educator. She has taught childbirth, postpartum, and newborn care classes for over 30 years in Michigan, New York and Atlanta. Marhsa has lived in New York City since 2003, and she currently runs groups for new mothers, for mothers of toddlers, for mothers with special needs children and for working mothers. In She speaks regularly for Babybytes, a mother's luncheon group that meets monthly all over NYC, and Swellbeing, a support program for parents. She has discussed the struggles of working parents on-air in a Martha Stewart radio program. Marsha teaches in the Early Childhood Special Education department at NYU and has a private psychotherapy practice in NYC. Marsha is a mother of three grown sons and two grandsons, 3 and 7 months old. Sue Barr is an award-winning editorial and advertising photographer whose work has appeared in Parents, Working Mother, Wondertime, Parents, and Family Fun magazines among many others. Visit the photographer at www.suebarr.com

From the Back Cover

It's exciting when our children become toddlers--but those first steps lead to some messy and complicated changes. After twelve months of being protected, nurtured, and fully dependent on us, babies are ready to explore their world in much more challenging ways. Let Knack Raising Your Toddler come to the rescue. Packed with 375 full-color photographs and expert advice on care essentials, emotions, and stages of growth (12-18, 18-24, 24-36 months)--and informed by the author's experience as an educator, therapist, and parent--this one-of-a-kind, visually driven guide provides a wealth of step-by-step advice and parenting tips to help you and your little one through this key developmental stage. 375 full-color photos Milestones for Every AgeToddler Groups * Language & Early Learning * Sleep * Safety * Travel * Nutrition * Food AllergiesSocializing * Separation Anxiety * Potty Training * Discipline

About this edition

• Publisher: Knack
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1599216205
• ISBN 13: 9781599216201
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256