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You Are Your Child's First Teacher: What Parents Can Do With and For Their Chlldren from Birth to Age Six Paperback – August 1, 2000

by Rahima Baldwin Dancy (Author), Rahima Baldwin (Author)
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Nowadays parents are bombarded by any number of approaches about how to be with their children. YOU ARE YOUR CHILD'S FIRST TEACHER introduces a new way of understanding the human being so that parents can be best equipped to serve as their own children's best teachers. Chapters include: Caring for the Newborn, Helping Your Toddler's Development, The Development of Fantasy and Creative Play, Nourishing Your Child's Imagination, Rhythm and Discipline in Home Life, Readiness for School, and more.
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  1. Print length
    400 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Celestial Arts
  4. Publication date
    August 1, 2000
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 1 x 9.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    9780890879672
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0890879672
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0890879672
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Celestial Arts; Revised edition (August 1, 2000)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780890879672
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0890879672
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 9.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 56 ratings

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Gabriel Ricci
5.0 out of 5 stars Asian compassion and wisdom in child development for the western head
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2006
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I just purchased a copy of this book in English, because my wife has been translating the Thai version form me and we are both completely impressed by the wisdom contained in this book. My wife is Thai and her parents raised her with the same considerations and compassionate love that the book uses as the foundation for guiding parents how to raise their children. Currently, we are experimenting with the classic US style of education at the American School of Bangkok and will also try one of the Thai Waldorf school near our home and observe how the child responds the each on all levels of development. We, because of living in Bangkok, have the multiple education options incudintg British system, French system, Australian system, Multiple Intelligenc system, Montisori system, Christian schools etc..., and are very impressed with what we have seen in the Waldorf schools. Regardless of which education modality we choose the foundations in this book will guide our child development decisions.

I am completely put off by reviewers splattering their judgements of cultish, religous etc around this book. I just don't get it. If someone writes about Montisorei they reference Maria Montisori. If someone writes about Multiple Intellegence education they reference Harvard's Garnier. The primary researcher is always the source of the knowledge. Let's stick to what we know and not conjecture and judge what we do not know. Steiner was definitely on the something, and in today's world we definitely need all the help we can get in raising a new breed of human.
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Dez Stephens
5.0 out of 5 stars BEST "baby" book EVER
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2009
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this book has taught me more about positive child rearing than all the books I've read combined - whether you plan to have your child go to a Waldorf school or not, this book is invaluable for "raising" a child well
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N Sordelet
4.0 out of 5 stars great book but the information on breastfeeding is not accurate
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2012
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I have a used older copy of this book so I am not sure if the information has been updated or not. However, in my copy the author states that "once a child is able to eat table foods, around nine months, the nature of breastfeeding changes to fulfilling a need that is more emotional that nutritive."

Thanks to new scientific research we now know this is erroneous. Here are some more up to date facts on breastfeeding past 12 months:

Breast milk continues to provide substantial amounts of key nutrients well beyond the first year of life, especially protein, fat, and most vitamins
In the second year (12-23 months), 448 mL of breast milk provides:
29% of energy requirements
43% of protein requirements
36% of calcium requirements
75% of vitamin A requirements
76% of folate requirements
94% of vitamin B12 requirements
60% of vitamin C requirements
Human milk expressed by mothers who have been lactating for greater than one year has significantly increased fat and energy contents, compared with milk expressed by women who have been lactating for shorter periods. Also some of the immune factors in breastmilk increase in concentration during the second year and also during the weaning process. Not coincidentally this is the time when toddlers need more immune protection and extra energy as they are more interactive and explorative with their surroundings and other children.

Breastfeeding toddlers between the ages of one and three have been found to have fewer illnesses, illnesses of shorter duration, and lower mortality rates.
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S. Hansen
5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful and informative
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2008
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This is a great book for any new parent. Informative and helpful for issues from infant to six years old. Easy to read and use as a reference. The recommended reading sections have led to many other excellent resources.
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Henry
3.0 out of 5 stars A Review
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2008
Dancy's book provides a good introduction to Waldorf and Steiner child-raising. I think it is helpful and valuable in that respect. But it is important to bear in mind that it is really just an opinion book, without much science or studies to back it up. Her two main sources of information are Rudolf Steiner and Barry L. White. Steiner got all of his ideas from his spiritual insights. Barry L. White is a researcher with Harvard associates who wrote two books about early childhood development. I googled White, and could not find a web page about him, nor a Wikipedia entry. I found out nothing more about him.

I think this book is a good way to learn more about the Waldorf and Steiner perspective, but do not expect much in the way of factual evidence. Instead she relies on anecdote, and sometimes her own perception of what she has seen.

Example: Dancy says that children should be given natural and unfinished toys like dolls without finished faces and gives a couple reasons. I agree that these toys are more attractive and interesting to children and toddlers, but it's her backup examples that were purely speculative. One reason was that she once saw a photopgraph of a child holding a finished toy with a smile, and she thought the child was blindly imitating the toy's expression. Her second reason was that she heard a story about a girl who was droopy and listless and always carried around a doll that was droopy and listless. When the girl was given a new toy that was more natural, then the girl perked right up.

Overall, this book provides an interesting perspective, but it is suffused with Steiner's spiritual insights (which sometimes sound a bit wierd). Dancy offers her reader a very loving and caring approach to child raising that make one more aware. The book allows for some thoughtful reflection on the part of her audience. But do not read this book expecting much in the way of research. She makes a lot of statements and contentions that do not have any citation or evidence to back them up. Thankfully, she does refer to the work of David Elkind, professor at Tufts, a few times and his research into child development.

I read this book with thoughtful interest and brought along a grain of salt.
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Norma
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2012
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I recived more of what I was hopping with this used book, wich resulted as new!... love it. I totally recommed it.
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Cyclist
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource
Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2009
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This book is a great read whether you are interested in Waldorf Education or not. It gives wonderful insights into raising and educating your young children.
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amancs
5.0 out of 5 stars The only n=book you'll ever need to raise a child !
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 9, 2016
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If you only read one book on raising a child, make it this one.
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farzin
3.0 out of 5 stars a little old and expensive
Reviewed in Canada on September 22, 2023
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a little old and expensive
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mousy
1.0 out of 5 stars Nonsense
Reviewed in Canada on April 4, 2015
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I bought this thinking that it would give me ideas and inspiration for activities and real life. It actually just goes into Waldorf philosophy in a big way. I don't love the philosophy behind waldorf- I think a lot of it is actually ridiculously bad advice. Some examples from this book- only read your kid three books because toddlers like repetition, Pregnant women should meditate on raphaels paintings of madonnas because they were Steiner's faves, stop breastfeeding at 9 months because after that too much of the mothers 'life essence' flows through her milk into her kid who then won't differentiate themselves from her. I do like some of the play and toy methods from Waldorf though- and thought this book would go more into those ways of helping your child's imagination grow- it doesn't. On the upside now I know that waldorf id certainly not for me...
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