Einstein Never Used Flash Cards: How Our Children Really Learn-- And Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek Ph.D., Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Diane Eyer Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Einstein Never Used Flash Cards: How Our Children Really Learn-- And Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less
Book Review: Thank The Lord
Summary: 5 Stars
As an early childhood teacher I truly love the research based message of this book. You have no idea how misinformed parents are when it comes to how children truly learn and the programmed, hyper way they believe they must "challenge" their children...if I had a dime for every time I hear the word "challenge"...oh brother...now that we are beginning to see how the brain functions through MRIs and other technologies and because of thorough research many of these hyper myths are being debunked...
As for one of the reviews below that somehow talks about how we can all program young children to read in just a minute a day is off the mark...the problem is that reading isn't just decoding words...it's understanding the message of print...unfortunately, I've seen children who have been pushed by these so-called canned reading programs and "hyper-parents" at an early age...they come into class lacking motivation and then the parents want us to continue to push them because of this same lack of motivation..it becomes a terrible cycle for these children...here's the reality...
talk to your children, get down with them, engage them at an early age...help them make sense of the world and expose them to print in a very natural, purposeful way...remember, the children of many foreign nations with the best reading scores do not expose their children to phonic instruction until the age of 7 or 8...when they do read in a more systematic way they then have more life experience to make sense of print and then...what do you know...they have more natural, internal motivation to read...
Oh, and by the way, the new research is showing that free play actually "recharges" wiring in the brain allowing children to work better and with more focus...
Find a "hyper-parent" and slip them this book...give their kids a break...
Book Review: The freedom to enjoy being a parent
Summary: 5 Stars
I love this book. It takes a lot of the pressure off parents to "create" an intelligent child -- love your baby and play with him or her. Learning should be fun, not rote memorization. I like that the authors explain in plain English the science behind their theories and provide real-life examples. They also provide practical exercises to put their approach to work. Definitely worth a read. I plan to wear my copy out as I'll refer back to it while my little girl grows up.
Book Review: The most awesome book ever!
Summary: 5 Stars
I am not one to buy a lot of books, as long as I can get them from the Library. Not one to reread books, to have the urge to own it.
But when I was reading this book. I find myself wanting to refer back to it,and read it over and over again. So informative, and instructional.
I just had to buy it.
Love it!
Book Review: Too negative
Summary: 3 Stars
The first two chapters from this book are almost unbearable to read for me. It's a non-stop piece of negativity about "industry" that is typical of an academy mindset, where the authors are either blindly repeating their own prejudice against the economy that affords them their positions or simply using that coded language to preach to the choir. The authors go on and on about the simplistic brain theories behind certain products, and then present their own grossly oversimplified brain theory.
I enjoyed many of the sections of the book for their focus on positive and fun activities to do with your toddler. In particular, the book presents good ideas about games to play to assess and develop mathematical reasoning.
However, the overall tone of the book is so negative (even the title is a negative), that I cannot strongly recommend it. The authors should extract their small quantity of positive, unique ideas into a pamphlet or a website and not surround them with their rant against modernity, marketing, the automobile, and capitalism in general.
Book Review: still a worry book
Summary: 1 Stars
still a worry wart book advocating parents to do X Y and Z according to them and "research." The same research that shows putting a child in day care is fine. maybe it is. maybe play is great. maybe flash cards are great. to each their own