Robert Fisher
Teaching thinking and creativity
Developing creative minds and creative futures
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Head Start: How to Develop Your Child's Mind
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Head Start (1999) Souvenir Press ISBN 0285634933 £10.99
Head Start is a unique ten point plan for parents to help their children expand all aspects of intelligence. This book provides techniques to improve thinking, literacy and maths, scientific and visual skills, musical awareness and physical intelligence. It shows how to help children to function better at a personal and social level, and to how to help them solve problems through discussion and reasoning.
- 'This is an immensely readable book, based on the latest research on aspects of intelligence. It clearly illustrates how children's development can be supported through exciting activities. Most importantly, it shows how all children can be encouraged to succeed and how their natural curiosity can be nurtured - both of which are crucial to genuine lifelong learning. Unmissable' - TES
- 'I think I appreciate what my son can do more since I read this' - parent
- 'Parents quite often ask how they can help their children. Now I suggest they have a look at this book' - teacher
This book has been translated into Spanish (Barcelona: Ediciones Obilisco, 2000) and into Russian (2006)
This book is in print and should be available through any good bookshop.