QI Skills for Parents and Caregivers-the Early Years

Dr. Jana says it best: soft skills are the new hard skills, because they're not soft at all. They're the essential abilities children (and adults) need to thrive in today's world. By naming and framing them through her QI Skills methodology, she's elevated what truly matters in parenting and education. She shows us, step by step, how to foster this vital learning in the everyday moments. The ones that prove most formative and foundational in raising whole, resilient children. Celena Aponte-VP of Strategy and Development, Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center and mom of two A groundbreaking perspective on teaching critical life skills to children. Ari Brown, MD-Pediatrician and author of the Baby 411 book series As a pediatrician with over twenty-five years of experience, I love how this book helps parents and caregivers understand their children's development while also introducing a fresh framework of skills (QI Skills) essential in today's high-tech world-skills such as asking meaningful questions, learning from mistakes, and connecting deeply with others. Without requiring flashcards or expensive equipment, it offers practical, low-tech strategies for nurturing the abilities that prepare young children for success at every stage of life-whether at age three, thirteen, or thirty-three. Julie Kardos, MD-Pediatrician and mom of three Dr. Jana's QI Skills framework beautifully captures what we all know to be true-that who our children become is as important as what they know. Jo Kirchner-CEO, Primrose Schools This book will help you successfully unlock your child's cognitive and creative potential right from the start, not to mention your own powerful potential as a parent. Colleen A. Kraft, MD, MBA, FAAP-Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, and Past President of the American Academy of Pediatrics At our organization, one of our core values is maximizing every child's potential. This book gives parents the same practical tools we use at our center to do just that. Having already made QI Skills for the Early Childhood Classroom required reading for our staff, I hope to be able to give every new family their own copy of QI Skills for Parents and Caregivers. We are in this together to make a better future for all of our children. Robert Patterson-CEO, Kids Can Community Center