It is a book about children's mental health written by Thelma Freburg in America. The author is one of the founders in the field of children's mental health and developmental mental health treatment in the United States, and a famous child psychoanalyst. Magical Years is one of her most important works.
This book compares children to magicians. There are "magic" before the age of 6, which vividly helps to analyze and understand the physiological characteristics and changes of children of this age, especially the psychological characteristics and changes, so that parents can put aside excessive protection for their children and help them solve problems such as anxiety, defecation and self-discipline. At the same time, it also mentioned a lot about how to discipline children.
2. "Your N-year-old Children Series"
Every year of children is a qualitative change, especially the period of 0-6 years old, which is a very magical age, and each age has its own different characteristics. This set of books will be published separately for children aged 0-6 (the subsequent series will be extended to 1- 14), so that parents can understand the different characteristics, changes and needs of their children every year, which is necessary for novice parents.
3. Children's learning on scaffolding
Vygotsky, a psychologist in the former Soviet Union, is the founder of the theory of "culture-history". His "zone of proximal development" and "scaffolding theory" (or scaffolding theory) have extensive influence and application in the field of early childhood education.
This book introduces Vygotsky's theory and how to apply it to children's learning, and makes parents understand this seemingly roundabout but practical content with some examples in simple terms.
4. The sensitive period of catching children
An important concept in Montessori is the concept of "sensitive period" or "critical period". Taking this as a starting point, this book introduces in detail several sensitive periods that children need to go through from birth through a large number of examples and comments, helping parents and teachers intuitively understand and grasp these opportunities, miss them, understand and respect their hearts, respect their characteristics and choices, and conduct correct and scientific guidance.
5. Developmental Psychology (9th Edition)
This book introduces the development process from prenatal development to adolescence, and systematically expounds various theoretical viewpoints and important research in important development fields such as physiology, cognition, intelligence, language, emotion, personality, gender role consciousness and sociality.
This edition focuses on analyzing the important influence of development background on children's psychology from both family and society. With its vivid and detailed contents, accurate grasp of readers' problems and concerns, and exercises for readers to test learning effects and stimulate thinking, this book has become a popular and well-received developmental psychology textbook.