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Using footage of preschoolers in the classroom, dynamic graphics and interviews with teachers and caregivers, delivers a detailed overview of the cognitive development that takes place between the ages of three and five. Shows how the brain grows neural bridges and strengthens a childs intellect. Covers widely studied developmental theories of cognitive development and how to encourage it and characteristics of preoperational thought. Also covers language development, how children use symbolic thought and how theory of the mind helps preschoolers understand what the mind is and how it works. Demonstrates teaching methods to guide preschoolers to higher-order thinking skills. Closed captioned. | |