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Understanding 4-5-Year-Olds
Lesley Maroni
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Description for Understanding 4-5-Year-Olds
Paperback. Understanding 4-5-year-olds gives a thoughtful overview of the challenges that children face as they gradually move away from a strong attachment to their families and turn towards the wider world of school and life outside the family. Series: The Tavistock Clinic - Understanding Your Child. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMC; VFXC; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 138.
Understanding 4-5-year-olds gives a thoughtful overview of the challenges that children face as they gradually move away from a strong attachment to their families and turn towards the wider world of school and life outside the family.
Lesley Maroni discusses the critical social and emotional developments at this age, including identity, independence and sibling rivalry, the transition to school and friendships with peers, coping with illness and loss, and gender differences. The author also shows how 4-5-year-olds explore real issues using the protective safety of pretend play and their imagination.
This accessible book provides valuable insights and a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Series
The Tavistock Clinic - Understanding Your Child
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843105343
SKU
V9781843105343
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Lesley Maroni
Lesley Maroni, MA, MPsychPsych, MACP is a child and adolescent psychotherapist. She is currently in the process of setting up and running a child psychotherapy service in primary schools in Fulham. She is a visiting lecturer and seminar leader at the Tavistock Clinic.
Reviews for Understanding 4-5-Year-Olds
It is refreshing to read a book that focuses on this age group as young individuals, not as children who have to be fitted into adult-determined framework. Lesley Maroni explores sensitively how they try to make sense of daily life. She offers valuable descriptions of the ways children's perspective and confusion, emerge through their play and conversation. Like others in ... Read more