[ { "product_id": "77", "product_title": "The Sacred Urge to Play Book | Signed | NZ Made", "product_content": "The Sacred Urge to Play: Unfolding your child's intelligence, imagination, creativity and joy for life. A guide book to play for parents and teachers of young children from 0-7 years. Within the pages of this book you’ll find all you need to make play central in the lives of your own children and\/or in the lives of the children you teach.Neuroscientists have isolated three pivotal factors for “a complex brain to create itself” during the first seven years of life. The first factor isemotional nurture, that warm, empathetic relationship that grows into trust in human beings. Along with emotional nurture goes conversation; the child and adult enjoy each other’s company, they enjoy talking together. The third factor is play and lots of it.  ​The living and learning that happen through play offers each child their best chance for health, happiness, and success in education and living - both now and in the future. There is no hurry for ‘school’ learning. Study after study shows that leaving formal cognitively-based learning until after the brain has laid down the foundations required for abstract learning gives our children a ‘head’ start. Soft cover, 192 pages, 210mm X 163mm Published in 2016 by Good Egg Books, Thames, New Zealand  Signed by Pennie Brownlee! About Pennie Brownlee Pennie is the mother of one, grandmother of two, and she began her primary school teaching career way back in 1967.Her early childhood experience began with motherhood, and it grew when their daughter Clare and her attending Thames-Parawai Playcentre in 1975.They both loved it so much and it was there Pennie had the time and space to observe what happens when children play and learn.After five years of observing many children's creativity unfolding, she wrote \"Magic Places: An Adults' Guide to Young Children's Creativity\".In 2004, 2006, 2013 & 2014 Pennie attended Summer Schools at the Emmi Pikler Institute in Budapest, Hungary. There her eyes were opened to what respect really looks like with infants, toddlers and young children. Wanting to share the information that so inspired her, she wrote \"Dance With Me in the Heart: An Adults' Guide to Great Infant-Parent Partnerships\". Pennie has been facilitating workshops for parents and teachers, and parent classes and retreats throughout New Zealand. She is an absolutely lovely lady, truly inspirational. Get a copy of one of her books and find out more.", "product_order": "0", "product_icon": ".\/media\/commerce_products\/77\/The-Sacred-Urge-to-Play-Pennie-Brownlee-child-intelligence-imagination-creativity-joy-parent-mum-dad-caregiver-teacher-early-childhood-PB01.jpg", "product_brand_id": "27", "product_price": "39.9900", "product_price_ex_tax": 34.474137931034, "product_price_local_tax": "39.9900", "product_created_datetime": "2026-06-17 21:19:35", "product_code": null, "product_barcode": null, "product_is_unorderable": "0", "product_is_shipping_required": "1", "product_inventory_level": null, "product_uri": "\/products\/pennie-brownlee-the-sacred-urge-to-play-book-signed-nz-made\/" }, { "product_id": "76", "product_title": "Dance with me in the Heart Book | Signed | NZ Made", "product_content": "Every baby arrives on this planet expecting partnership, and every child is genetically coded to be one half of that sacred first partnership.Dance With Me in the Heart offers guidelines for parents and teachers in following their hearts. It is 'heart intelligence' that weaves warm, loving partnerships between adults and babies, and it is this first partnership that lays the blueprint for every other relationship to follow. We adults are the senior dance partner, and our babies are relying on us to get the steps of the Heart Dance right.\"When my eldest daughter announced recently that she was expecting her first child, she asked me to recommend a book that was \"consistent with all the brain research but also just told you how to do it\" - I gave her this book.\" - Nathan Wallis, M.Ed, Educational Cognitive Neuroscientist“Pennie’s simple yet profound approach will give you more parenting pleasure and your children will thrive. I recommend Dance with me in the Heart for all parents everywhere.” - Dr Sarah Buckley, MB, ChB, Dip Obst. Author of “Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering”This book is inspired by the work of Dr Emmi Pikler and Joseph Chilton Pearce.  Soft cover, 128 pages, 210mm x 163mm Published in 2016 by Good Egg Books, Thames, New Zealand  Signed by Pennie Brownlee! About Pennie Brownlee Pennie is the mother of one, grandmother of two, and she began her primary school teaching career way back in 1967.Her early childhood experience began with motherhood, and it grew when their daughter Clare and her attending Thames-Parawai Playcentre in 1975.They both loved it so much and it was there Pennie had the time and space to observe what happens when children play and learn.After five years of observing many children's creativity unfolding, she wrote \"Magic Places: An Adults' Guide to Young Children's Creativity\".In 2004, 2006, 2013 & 2014 Pennie attended Summer Schools at the Emmi Pikler Institute in Budapest, Hungary. There her eyes were opened to what respect really looks like with infants, toddlers and young children. Wanting to share the information that so inspired her, she wrote \"Dance With Me in the Heart: An Adults' Guide to Great Infant-Parent Partnerships\". Pennie has been facilitating workshops for parents and teachers, and parent classes and retreats throughout New Zealand. She is an absolutely lovely lady, truly inspirational. 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Our task is to ensure they stay that way.This little book, first published in 1983, has all the information and inspiration adults need to make sure that every child in their care retains their creativity. It addresses the question people have about what art activities are suitable for the child under three when children's consciousness is a world away from our own creative consciousness.​Guardians of children's creativity pave the way for children to become initiators. artists, innovators and inventors in the chosen fields - be that the science, education, engineering, the arts, technology... or parentingWritten for parents and teachers of children up to 11 years.This book is setup in three parts:- The first part covers the four stages of creativity with guidelines for adults to support each stage.- Part two details the stages of creative development of children under seven,- Part three gives practical tips on setting up an environment which is 'creativity heaven' for young children. ​Illustrated throughout with photos and children's art work, this book is essential reading for all adults who believe that children's creativity is too precious to squander unwittingly. Soft cover, 120 pages, 210mm x 163mmPublished in 2016 by Good Egg Books, Thames, New ZealandSigned by Pennie Brownlee!About Pennie BrownleePennie is the mother of one, grandmother of two, and she began her primary school teaching career way back in 1967.Her early childhood experience began with motherhood, and it grew when their daughter Clare and her attending Thames-Parawai Playcentre in 1975.They both loved it so much and it was there Pennie had the time and space to observe what happens when children play and learn.After five years of observing many children's creativity unfolding, she wrote \"Magic Places: An Adults' Guide to Young Children's Creativity\".In 2004, 2006, 2013 & 2014 Pennie attended Summer Schools at the Emmi Pikler Institute in Budapest, Hungary. There her eyes were opened to what respect really looks like with infants, toddlers and young children. Wanting to share the information that so inspired her, she wrote \"Dance With Me in the Heart: An Adults' Guide to Great Infant-Parent Partnerships\".Pennie has been facilitating workshops for parents and teachers, and parent classes and retreats throughout New Zealand. She is an absolutely lovely lady, truly inspirational. 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