Developmental Profiles: Pre-birth through Twelve (Paperback)

~ (Author), Lynn Marotz (Author) "after reading this chapter, you should be able to: List at least five essential needs in children's physical development and in their psychological development..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

Review

My overall impression to this book is that it will serve a great need in Early Childhood Education. In addition to it being good childcare practice, producing written documents with accurate observations is especially important for some grant-funded childcare programs and this book makes that process for the childcare provider easier and more understandable.

My overall impression of the latest edition is favorable. The strengths include the concise, bulleted format with easy to access age/stage information, learning activities for practitioners, developmental alerts, and the expansion of coverage to include 9-12 years old.

The topics are presented in the correct order for developmental stages, and the chapters cover everything that is relevant to early childhood development. I think that the authors have covered the necessary material. This book would work in my course as I teach students about development from conception until middle childhood. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Description

Designed to help readers comprehend the complexity of child development, this edition of Developmental Profiles: Pre-birth through Twelve, 4E outlines major characteristics for each of the developmental domains in a concise, non-technical, point-by-point format. Coverage of developmental profiles has been expanded to include middle childhood, and content has been updated to reflect current information about prenatal care and brain research. A new feature identifying important safety considerations at each developmental stage is given along with suggestions for appropriate adult supervision. Each chapters offers objectives, key terms, and case studies, and each section includes tips for promoting children’s curiosity and learning. Web resources provide relevant information to chapter topics for further consideration of child development.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning; 4 edition (August 5, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0766837653
• ISBN-13: 978-0766837652
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #526,072 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Developmental Profile Overview, January 5, 2007

By	M. Reid (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Developmental Profiles: Pre-birth Through Twelve (Paperback)

An easy read... The information is quite familiar, if you have read other materials on health, safety, development, and nutrition issues for young children. The enclosed CD-ROM provides real and practical examples of classroom settings, setup, and activities--based on age.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars book, April 6, 2006

By	Christina Matsikis - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is an excellent book for Early Childhood Educators. The book is easy to read and it covers before birth to 12 years of age. It has excellent resources.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful information, March 19, 2006

By	Ry's Momma (Missouri, USA) - See all my reviews

Although this book is a textbook I purchased it as a new parent for use as a guide to my daughter's development. While it does contain a great deal of useful information it doesn't go into significant detail about any particular phase of development but rather gives an overview of each stage, hitting the highlights. Nonetheless I would buy it again and think it was a good investment.