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Well, there's General Relativity for Babies so.. yeah. Maybe the "STEM for babies" series needs a "Gender for Babies" entry.
DAMN YOU FOR ALREADY HAVING IT!
Hurry up amazon!
I suppose Ill be back when I get it
Also to anyone who wants to buy it but is unsure of it cause of pricing, its nine bucks on amazon
Edit I got it!
(Straight up Amazon/non affiliate link) Get it for your kids!
According to the Star Wars: The Force Awakens The Visual Dictionary written by Pablo Hidalgo
>Rey’s interaction with offworlders has allowed her to learn nonhuman languages such as Wookiee and astromech binary.
And yes- He calls the language "Wookiee" not "Shyriiwook"
I have four daughters, yes! I teach college myself (not my full time job but I wish) so you better believe I push education. My oldest is 17 and already has enough college credits to be a Sophomore, she loves learning so much. Last week she got her ACT score back and got a 32 so I think that will get her into most colleges. Unfortunately some of her choices are the extreme Christian ones that hate gay people so I wont support those but we will see what happens. My second daughter doesn’t care for school as much but who knows what will happen, yes though I push education a lot. I let them know that girls have brains in their head and shoes on their feet and they can change the world. The littler girls at night I read a book called Daring Girls and I tell them stories of great women who have done so much with their lives.
“One child, one teacher, one pen, one book can change the world”
-Malala Yousafzai
For some reason the cover reminded me of those old castle cross-section books from years past. Like this one on amazon, but I'm pretty sure there was a series and not just one of them. They went over how castles functioned too, so a good resource for fleshing out functioning castles.
We've got a lot of books for starters. My wife picked up all the books by the guy who did General Relativity for Babies. Yeah, it's a bit simplified. lol We've also got the fuzzy touch books and such.
https://www.amazon.com/General-Relativity-Babies-Baby-University/dp/1492656267
We're minimizing mindless screentime as much as possible. Zero commercial television. He actually loves seeing nature videos and loves walking tours. We were using these to do a pandemic staycation of the places we didn't get to go and he was fascinated to see all the faces. He also loves Hey Bear animations, especially the dancing clams. That'll calm him down half the time.
We're making all his food at home. We had a few of the prepackaged ones for on the go but he dislikes them. Makes sense if he's accustomed to fresh. He goes mad for avocado, hummus, chicken. He also loves spicy food. He wants everyone to share and gets upset if people are eating anything different and I gave him some of the curry I made and he was all giggles. He won't drink his bottle if anyone is having an open-topped cup, he demands to drink out of something similar so we put his milk in a shotglass and he's happy.
I'll add the Baby Bum to the mix. I bet he'll love it.
Not from a Jedi.
This was a gift fit my best friend after Two generations of all boys. https://www.amazon.com/Daring-Book-Girls-Andrea-Buchanan/dp/0062208969/ref=asc_df_0062208969/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312693971719&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2914220040867239666&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvde... it’s a great book. It may take her a while for her to read it but you can enjoy it until then.
From the Amazon page:
>... this installment of the Baby University board book series is the perfect way to introduce basic concepts to even the youngest scientists. After all, it’s never too early to become a quantum physicist!
When I was a kid, we got that visual dictionary for Episode I, and it has little lines pointing to specific costume pieces and character design elements that they've labeled (like a specific type of blaster or a small hidden pocket in a robe).
Sebulba's page had a label on his face that just said "Crowd pleasing grin," and it's been a joke in my family since 1999.
Non-mobile: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1465435506/ref=pd_aw_sim_b_1?refRID=1TNPEX3V2DZ9804XB6RX
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There's no real way to ELI2 Quantum Physics without this book, but the closest I can get is that the physics of the super tiniest things is super weird and makes it so that the electrons don't want to hang around that close to a nucleus for any sustained amount of time, just the just zip around close by
I've heard some of those, I love my girls and wouldn't trade this for anything ...
You mentioned sharing interests ... if you've not seen it I recommend this book:
https://www.amazon.com/Daring-Book-Girls-Andrea-Buchanan/dp/0062208969
There's one for boys as well, but this one is great for girls.
This is the one I have: https://www.amazon.com/Visual-Dictionary-Star-Wars-Episode/dp/0789447010
I found it in my school library in the 6th grade and purchased it for myself later. I enjoyed Phantom Menace when I first saw it anyway and this book allowed me to bask in all the costumes and other props. So good.
LOL I had a battle rap phase too. Used to be able to freestyle too. But I picked up the guitar and keyboard, so I moved to songwriting.
Just saw the assassin. Reminds me of the book: Stephen Biestys crosssections castle.
https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-Biestys-Cross-sections-Castle-14th-Century/dp/1465408800
Gosh, I want to buy this again. Follows the assassin throughout the sections of the castle
For context: this is a book series that explains all sorts of weird concept to babies, like general relativity for babies.
I just got back from reading Quantum Physics for Babies and am sad to report to everyone that /u/AngeloCaruso91 may have been bullshitting us.
My son has a baby book on Quantum and it's actually very good. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Quantum-Physics-Babies-Baby-University/dp/1492656224/ref=asc\_df\_1492656224/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310848077451&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=10886853934870726617&hvpone=&hvptwo=&h...
>https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Physics-Babies-Baby-University/dp/1492656224
Did you look through the photos? Did you see what the actual "material" of the book was? That's not teaching a child anything. They just like the colors.
Hackeran, just so you know, I have never seen someone completely make up something that's as easily disproven as what you just said. You should be proud of yourself for that.
Chris Ferrie has a large range of science books that are specifically for reading to babies. They're illustrated with fun colors and simple short text.
The idea is that because babies have very impressionable brains, if you read them these books, then they'll develop a more scientific way of thinking earlier in life.
Babies won't know the exact meaning, so it'll stop help them fall asleep just like any "happily ever after" bedtime story.
This one right here! Not my original photo previously but had the book. Know that they made a series of books for the original trilogy and at least Episode 2-3 also. https://www.amazon.com/Visual-Dictionary-Star-Wars-Episode/dp/0789447010
Yep, it's called Best Start.
It's about a 15-20min one on one with the teacher so they know where each of their kids are at. They'll play a bit, read some books together, do some counting etc.
Lets the teacher know where each of the kids are at so they're not starting the lessons with counting 1,2,3 when the kids are up to your usual Kindy quantum physics level already.
The Visual Dictionary of Star Wars, Episode I - The Phantom Menace https://www.amazon.com/dp/0789447010/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_navT_g_WD5YWK5G9HJX972VFNGM?psc=1
It looks like DK is the publisher perhaps.
When I was a kid about that age I was given a copy of The Way Things Work by David Macaulay https://www.amazon.com/New-Way-Things-Work/dp/0395938473 It's a great introduction to a lot of the fundamentals of how a broad swath of machines, technologies, and processes work, and it's illustrated with mammoths which is what held my attention as a child.
It's admittedly not interactive and my parents had to read it to me at first, but as I grew up with it I learned more and more from it and eventually grew up to become a chemical engineer.