Mind in the Making
Book Description

Mind in the Making is a powerful new resource that brings the science of early learning to families and to professionals who work with children in an easy-to-understand fashion. This book is full of practical examples and everyday activities to help children learn skills they need to reach their fullest potential, throughout their life, not just in school.

Author Ellen Galinsky has spent her career studying early childhood development. At leading research centers, she has met with the top child experts and researchers, filmed their experiments and collaboratively studied their results. Mind in the Making shows parents and early learning professionals how to use this research with their children.

Galinsky, President & Co-founder of the Families and Work Institute and former NAEYC President, has subtitled her book “The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs.” Each chapter of the book is dedicated to one of the seven skills — “Focus and Self Control,” “Perspective Taking,” “Communicating,” “Making Connections,” “Critical Thinking,” “Taking on Challenges,” “Self-Directed Engaged Learning” — and outlines how to teach each skill by providing concrete examples and tips to foster each skill.