The Scientist in the Crib
Alison Gopnik, Andrew N. Meltzoff, and Patricia K. Kuhl · first published 2000 · ISBN 9780061661372
Three leading researchers show how babies think, learn language, and understand other people from day one. They describe experiments demonstrating that infants are not blank slates but active learners testing hypotheses about the world. The book covers how babies figure out objects, language, and minds through play and observation.
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This book is gold for anyone working with very young children or training teachers of early childhood. It demolishes the myth that babies are passive and shows why early language matters. Teachers and parents gain respect for how babies and toddlers already work as scientists.