Review MIND IN THE MAKING: The Seven Essential Skills Every Child Needs by Ellen Galinskyp.s. Montessori education helps children develop all of these skills.
There are hundreds
of books that give parents advice on everything from weaning to toilet
training, from discipline to nutrition. But in spite of this
overwhelming amount of information, there is very little research-based
advice for parents on how to raise their children to be well rounded
and achieve their full potential, helping them learn to take on life's
challenges, communicate well with others, and remain committed to
learning. "Education
goes far beyond the subjects we typically teach in school. Life skills
like focus and perspective taking are essential to building human
potential. Mind in the Making will be a powerful new resource for
teachers and families."
-Gaston Caperton, President of the College Board
"Ellen Galinsky has been one of our most thoughtful as well as
passionate advocates for children. In this book she assembles the
latest fascinating research from the very best scientists in the field
and presents it clearly and accurately, in a way that parents and
others will find most valuable."
-Alison Gopnik, Professor of Psychology, University of California at Berkeley and author of The Philosophical Child
"Ellen Galinsky-already the go-to person on interaction between
families and the workplace-draws on fresh research to explain what we
OUGHT to be teaching our children. This is must-reading for everyone
who cares about America's fate in the 21st century."
-Judy Woodruff, Senior Correspondent for The PBS NewsHour
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These are the
"essential life skills" that Ellen Galinsky has spent her career
pursuing, through her own studies and through decades of talking with
more than a hundred of the most outstanding researchers in child
development and neuroscience. The good news is that there are simple
everyday things that all parents can do to build these skills in their
children for today and for the future. They don't cost money, and it's
never too late to begin.
In Mind in the
Making, Ellen Galinsky has grouped this research into seven critical
areas that children need most: (1) focus and self control; (2)
perspective taking; (3) communicating; (4) making connections; (5)
critical thinking; (6) taking on challenges; and (7) self-directed,
engaged learning. For each of these skills, Galinsky shows parents what
the studies have proven, and she provides numerous concrete things that
parents can do-starting today-to strengthen these skills in their
children. These aren't the kinds of skills that children just pick up;
these skills have to be fostered. They are the skills that give
children the ability to focus on their goals so that they can learn
more easily and communicate what they've learned. These are the skills
that prepare children for the pressures of modern life, skills that
they will draw on now and for years to come.
Mind in the Making
is a truly groundbreaking book, one that teaches parents how to give
children the most important tools they will need. Already acclaimed by
such thought leaders as T. Berry Brazelton, M.D., David A. Hamburg,
M.D., Adele Faber, and Judy Woodruff, Mind in the Making is destined to
become a classic in the literature of parenting.
ISBN: 9780061732324
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