Thirty million words building a child's brain : tune in, talk more, take turns
"The founder and director of the Thirty Million Words Initiative, Professor Dana Suskind, explains why the most important--and astoundingly simple--thing you can do for your child's future success in life is to talk to him or her, reveals the recent science behind this truth, and outlines precisely...
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New York, New York :
Dutton,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- Connections : why a pediatric cochlear implant surgeon became a social scientist
- The first word : the pioneers of parent talk
- Neuroplasticity : riding the revolutionary wave in brain science
- The power of parent talk : from language to an outlook on life
- The three Ts : setting the stage for optimum brain development
- The social consequences : where the science of neuroplasticity can take us
- Spreading the words : the next step
- Epilogue: Stepping off the shoreline
