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  • You Are Your Child's First Teacher, Third Edition

  • Encouraging Your Child's Natural Development from Birth to Age Six
  • By: Rahima Baldwin Dancy
  • Narrated by: Amanda Ronconi
  • Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (13 ratings)

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You Are Your Child's First Teacher, Third Edition

By: Rahima Baldwin Dancy
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Summary

The first book in America to popularize the insights of Rudolf Steiner, founder of the Waldorf schools, regarding the developmental needs of young children, this revised and updated edition offers new ways for parents and educators to enrich the lives of children from birth to age six.

Today's society often pressures us into overstimulating young children with flashcards, workbooks, videos, and electronic gadgets in a well-meaning attempt to give them a head start. But children are not little adults - they learn and grow in radically different ways at different ages, and what we do to help could actually hurt instead.

Some of the most important learning years happen before your child reaches school. In You Are Your Child's First Teacher, respected Waldorf educator Rahima Baldwin Dancy explains the different stages of learning that children go through from birth to age six, giving you the wisdom and understanding to enrich your child's natural development in the right way at the right time.

A trusted classic for over 20 years, this newly revised edition contains updated resources and additional information on discipline, early childhood programs, toilet training, using home life as curriculum, and more. From language and cognitive development to appropriate toys and nourishing your child's artistic abilities, Dancy speaks up for a rational approach to child-rearing, one that helps children be children while we fulfill our important role as parents and first teachers.

©2012 Rahima Baldwin Dancy; Copyright 1989 by Rahima Baldwin (P)2018 Tantor
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Really insightful.

This was a confidence booster. Really helpful guide for parents. Definitely worth reading. highly recommend

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A must for any parent or parent to be.

I wish I'd read this before I had given birth but it is still so useful with my 3 year old.

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Not great

The principal is fine, nothing really new. It's comes across as a bit condisending, but redeems itself at some points. I wouldn't recommend for parent of children with nerurodevelopmental conditions, lots of it comes across as ableist

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