Dr. Toy's Smart Play: How to Raise a Child with a High PQ (Play Quotient) by Stevanne Auerbach, Edgar Klugman (Foreword by)
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: January 1998
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press
- Format: Paperback, 288pp
- ISBN-13: 9780312180898
- ISBN: 0312180896
- Edition Number: 1
- Edition Description: REV
Synopsis
We've all heard of IQ but do you know your child's PQ or Play Quotient?
A child's ability to play does more than provide for fund and diversion; it is critical for his or her emotion and intellectual growth, an teaches everything from social skills to analytical thinking. For the developing mind of a child, learning to play is paramount--but is your child getting the most out of playtime?
Stevanne Auerbach, Ph.D., more affectionately known as Dr. Toy has dedicated a lifetime to the importance of play and gives you specific advice on which toys to buy and what kind of games to play to emplower your child's overall development. You'll learn:
How to become your child's play Tutor How play can strengthen maturity levels and confidence The pros, cons, and facts of gender specific toys Guideance for the gifted and special-needs child
Plus practical advice on Evaluatin a toy's safety, learn which toy manufacturers Dr. Toy recommends Craft supplies you should always have on hand Dr Toy's 100 Best Children's Products And many more invaluable ways to make playtime a growing experience!
Biography
Stevanne Auerbach, Ph.D, is the director of the Institute of Childhood Resources, founded in 1975. She has written many book, and has a weekly syndicated column, "Dr. Toy," for King Features Syndicate, and a popular award-winning web site, drtoy.com.
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Dr. Toy's Smart Play: How to Raise a Child with a High PQ (Play Quotient)by Anonymous
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August 26, 2008: In a world where television and video games are dominating children?s lives, it is absolutely uplifting to know that Smart Play - Smart Toys, is a resource that can help enlighten parents, as well as educators, to the importance of play in a child?s life. More importantly, Smart Play ?Smart Toys reminds all of us that children can significantly excel their cognitive and emotional functions through engaging in creative, explorative, interactive, and cooperative behaviors, whether it?s at home or at school. As a parent, I never stopped to think about the importance of buying toys that best relate to a child?s developmental stage. However, after reading Dr. Auerbach?s book, Smart Play ? Smart Toys, I was delighted to understand, among many other things, that there are specific toys that can best parallel my child?s cognitive developmental juncture. Smart Play ? Smart Toys is the Dr. Spock book for raising a child?s ?Play Quotient.?
Dr. Toy's Smart Play: How to Raise a Child with a High PQ (Play Quotient)by Anonymous
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April 13, 2002: Even though Smart Play is written by someone who calls herself Dr. Toy, the book is much more about smart parenting than it is about toys. Yes, the book has a great deal to tell us about toys. But it's really not for parents who are looking for things to keep their kids occupied, busy, out of what remains of their parental hair. Toys, in Dr. Toy's remarkably informed view, are tools for good parenting. The right toy is the one that helps the parent connect to their children, and vice versa. In many ways, this is a great book for grandparents, because it takes the perspective of a grandparent to realize how incredibly valuable it can be to take the time play with your children - for the growth of the parent as well as the child.
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