Beginning in small, private discoveries, the wonder and imagination of the young child easily ignites into a love of learning.

• The Magical Mind of the Young Child
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The Magical Mind of the Young Child

1. A Guided Tour of Brain Development
2.Willfulness to Willpower: The Growing Child
3. The Sympathetic Thinker in a Critical World
4. Awakening the Neurology of Peace NEW
5. Awakening the Natural Parent
6. The Inner World of Discipline
7. Meeting the World with Music

The Magical Mind of the Young Child

For all who are charmed by children, who wonder how they grow and develop, or are interested in reconnecting with their own early childhood. For parents • grandparents • preschool and elementary educators • therapists • students of child development • educational lending libraries

1. A Guided Tour of Brain Development

Now you can learn detailed neurological information pain-lessly. This tape presents a guided fantasy tour of a brain from birth through adulthood. Follow the spurts and plateaus of brain growth. The natural readiness of the developing brain forms a sensible basis for curriculum design and suggests optimal teaching and parenting strategies at each stage.

Some very special capacities which become available during adulthood are also described.

Audience: New Mexico School Psychologists Assn. and later recreated in a studio setting. 47 min. $9.95

2. Willfulness to Willpower: The Growing Child

Children naturally long to take control of their bodies, their speech and their minds. Too much discipline from us may actually weaken their will, making it harder for them to create a strong sense of self discipline. This talk blends brain science and insights as it addresses the key challenges children face from toddlerhood through grade school and how we can help.

Audience: Montessori symposium in Seattle. 93 min. $11.95

3. The Sympathetic Thinker in a Critical World

Young children learn in unique ways. They embrace their world. To them, ideas are friends and nature is a wonderland to be enjoyed like a concert. Brain research warns us that this wonderful early thinking style can easily shut down. This presentation explores ways we can support the gentle preschool mind in a not so gentle world.

Keynote address: Alaska Assn. for the Education of Young Children (AAEYC). 63 min. $9.95

4.Awakening the Neurology of Peace NEW

During the first three years of life, we select our neurological pathways and we do that based on our impressions about the world and the quality of care and coaching we receive. If the world seems peaceful and we are shown how to handle our energy well, we choose pathways that make learning, loving and living in harmony come easily. But if the world seems full of stress, uncaring or hostile, we choose stress response pathways in order to survive. This tape describes how we can help children choose those more peaceful neurological pathways in an increasingly stresstul world, and how can we support those children who are caught in stress responses, so they too can learn to live at peace in the world.

Keynote Address: Leave No Child Behind conference, Boulder, Colorado 93 minutes $11.95 (includes a handout)

5. Awakening the Natural Parent

With so many parenting and child development experts writing and speaking to us, we can lose sight of our own inner wisdom. We are all natural parents and, with a little help from our children, we can rediscover the child’s world and reawaken our natural parenting skills.

Keynote address: Midwest Montessori conference in Chicago.

63 min. $9.95

6. The Inner World of Discipline

What if the seeds of discipline already existed within the child? What if it were largely a matter of guiding the child in unfold-ing an inner will nature? This tape begins with these assump-tions and combines brain science findings, developmental patterns and gentle story examples to create a set of guide-lines for parents and teachers. These strategies are especially valuable for nurturing the sensitive, compassionate child.

Audience: a small group of home-based preschool educators.

93 min. $11.95

7. Meeting the World with Music

Music prepares the young child to meet the world more fully and more joyously. The teacher or parent who commits to bringing music to children can play an important part in helping them develop their movement skills, their love of music and their ability to cooperate and experience community. This tape explores the importance of introducing music to the young child from l8 months to 7 years of age.

Keynote address: National Kindermusik® Conference, Chicago.

73 min. $10.95 (This tape also listed in Arts section of catalog.)