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The Smarter Preschooler: Unlocking Your Child's Intellectual Potential

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This is a "user-friendly" book that speaks to parents and educators alike. It covers a wide range of topics of interest for parents who want to be proactive in their children's lives. There are many research findings included in each topic with pertinent examples sprinkled throughout each chapter. There are lots of great "down to earth" ideas that parents can easily incorporate into their child's life. If you have questions about raising your preschooler, here's the book for you!

This book was wonderful to read. As a father of three toddlers, it's very important to me to give my children the best possible chance at success. Although this book is focused on slightly older children, it's helped me turn almost every minute I spend with the kids into a learning opportunity. The best part is how straight forward and practical it is.

This book covers many topics, almost all backed by research. The authors discuss those activities that help my children learn, and those that don't. After making some adjustments suggested in the book, we're already seeing some positive results. This book is a great practical guide for maximizing a child's potential. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in their children's future.

As the mother of two young children I found this book was filled with practical ideas to help children reach their full potential while still developing a love of learning. It's not always easy to know when an environment is stimulating instead of suffocating and this book helped define some of those issues. It was filled with inexpensive and simple ideas that I believe will benefit my kids as they grow during these important preschool years.

Parents often get obsessive about how to help their baby be the very best - best schools, best activities, best opportunities, best skill development. The focus has gone from enjoying the sweetness of childhood to pushing pushing pushing kids - into early academics and early competition. Forget about play; toddlers need to get to work. All the parents' dreams are on the line here, Junior.

This book shows the futility and counter-productiveness of this push for early excellence. It emphasizes play and time with parents as the best indicators of future potential.

Parents, even when they are not teachers, offer something even top preschools never can: a total commitment to and love for the child.

Lots of tips for parents, and things to talk about even before the children come along.

The roots for a smart child should be planted early in life. "The Smarter Preschooler: Unlocking Your Child's Intellectual Potential" is a guide for parents who are stressing over giving their children all the benefits they need to make the most of their child's potential intelligence. With tips on valuable skills to learn, the power of readers, classical music, television, and much more, "The Smarter Preschooler" is a must for any who want their child to have a leg up on the world.

I didn't find this book to be very helpful. I wish I hadn't bought it. It was commonsense information, nothing new.