Mind in the Making: Volume 1, iPad Edition 1.1

Mind in the Making: Volume 1, iPad Edition - How do you prepare a child to succeed in our world How do you make this child a

This version of Mind in the Making: Volume 1, iPad Edition is optimized for the iPad, meaning that you can enjoy the full Mind in the Making: Volume 1, iPad Edition experience on the big screen.

How do you prepare a child to succeed in our world? How do you make this child a lifelong learner, who is not afraid to take on challenges, who can understand the perspectives of others, and stay focused and in control despite the onslaught of distractions?For the first time, the most important skills that children need to thrive now and in the future are distilled from the latest research in child development in MIND IN THE MAKING: THE ESSENTIAL LIFE SKILLS EVERY CHILD NEEDS by Ellen Galinsky. In the Vook version of MIND IN THE MAKING, the book is enhanced with video content and links to the Internet to create a truly rich and rewarding reading experience. The Vook version separates the main book into three separate volumes, each offering valuable treatments and explorations of different developmental skill sets. In this first volume, Galinsky focuses on the skill of Focus and Self Control and the skill of Perspective Taking.For the last eight years, Ellen Galinsky, president of Families and Work Institute, a specialist in child development and education, former President of the National Association of the Education of Young Children, and a work life researcher, worked with more than 75 top researchers in the field, collaborating with New Screen Concepts to film their experiments and studying their results in an unprecedented collaborative effort to bring the science of early learning to families and all those who work with children. In MIND IN THE MAKING, she shares what these leading researchers have discovered and how they have discovered it. She then takes their findings a step further, identifying seven life skills that will help children reach their full potential and arm them to succeed in our fast-paced, multi-tasking world. Most importantly, she shows others how to instill these skills in their children by doing everyday things in new ways – and in playful, fun ways. It will be news to most parents that these life skills must be taught and don't always come naturally in today's world.• Rich Social Media functionality• Updated Table of Contents• Video sharing functionality• UI Enhancements: easier text navigation• Fixed difficult swiping• Fixed occasional video crashing• Reduced load timesFor the last eight years, Ellen Galinsky, president of Families and Work Institute, a specialist in child development and education, former President of the National Association of the Education of Young Children, and a work life researcher, worked with more than 75 top researchers in the field, collaborating with New Screen Concepts to film their experiments and studying their results in an unprecedented collaborative effort to bring the science of early learning to families and all those who work with children. In MIND IN THE MAKING, she shares what these leading researchers have discovered and how they have discovered it. She then takes their findings a step further, identifying seven life skills that will help children reach their full potential and arm them to succeed in our fast-paced, multi-tasking world. Most importantly, she shows others how to instill these skills in their children by doing everyday things in new ways – and in playful, fun ways. It will be news to most parents that these life skills must be taught and don't always come naturally in today's world.

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