Thirty million words
Subtitle: building a child's brain : tune in, talk more, take turns
By: Dana Suskind, MD, Beth Suskind, Leslie Lewinter-Suskind
Contributors: Suskind, Beth, author; Lewinter-Suskind, Leslie, author
Publisher: Dutton
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780525954873
Subjects: Child development; Brain; Growth; Cognitive neuroscience; Cognition in children; Neuroplasticity
Other titles: 30 million words; Building a child's brain
Description: "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 how parents can best put it into practice"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-291) and index.
Table of contents: title: Connections : why a pediatric cochlear implant surgeon became a social scientist; title: The first word : the pioneers of parent talk; title: Neuroplasticity : riding the revolutionary wave in brain science; title: The power of parent talk : from language to an outlook on life; title: The three Ts : setting the stage for optimum brain development; title: The social consequences : where the science of neuroplasticity can take us; title: Spreading the words : the next step; title: Epilogue: Stepping off the shoreline