Brain Power Through Picture Books: Help Children Develop with Books that Stimulate Specific Parts of Their Minds

Nancy Polette

McFarland, 1992 - Education - 138 pages

Current research shows that children's abilities to think, perceive, create, and reason can be enhanced through carefully chosen picture books that promote cognitive development. This detailed guide, designed for teachers, librarians and parents, provides a comprehensive strategy for stimulating thinking skills in children (preschool through the primary grades).The book also aids in selecting books to share with children in a manner that deliberately promotes cognitive development.

Contents

• Research Into Action: 1
• Developing Early Childhood Thinking Skills: 13
• Expanding the Horizons of Young Thinkers: 97
• Ages and Stages: 131

Bibliographic information

• Title: Brain Power Through Picture Books: Help Children Develop with Books that Stimulate Specific Parts of Their Minds
• Author: Nancy Polette
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: McFarland, 1992
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: May 21, 2007
• ISBN: 0899507085, 9780899507088
• Length: 138 pages
• Subjects: Education / Learning Styles; Education / Schools / Levels / Elementary; Literary Criticism / Children's & Young Adult Literature; Psychology / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition; Psychology / Developmental / Child