Happy New Year 2015

Best wishes for a wonderful new year!
Bonne année à tous!
Prosperity, health and happiness to all of you!

 

 

New E-book My First Book CHRISTMAS - BUY IT / GIFT IT

 Just in time for the season!

New E-book  My First Book CHRISTMAS! Check it out!

available on kindle

 

 

New E-book My First Book CHRISTMAS - BUY IT / GIFT IT

 

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My First Book Series review by June of the Moon

 

My First Book Series

by June of the Moon

 

 

 These books are a great teaching tool for both my six month old and my three year old.

Read full review:
http://www.juneofthemoon.com/2014/09/sophies-books.html 

Next Generation Stay At Home Mom highly recommends and gives it 5 stars to My First Book Series by Sophie Helenek!

Book Review: My First Book Series

by Next Generation Stay At Home Mom

 

My 2years old loves the books! I also took the liberty of testing these books out on a friends' infant and they were a hit there as well!

I certainly applaud Sophie Helenek on her children's series as these are fantastic first books to give to someone you know!

 

 

 

 

Next Generation Stay At Home Mom highly recommends
My First Book Series by Sophie Helenek and gives it 5 stars!

BREAKING NEWS!!! BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014

Here one of those very proud author moments

My First Book series is the Creative Child Magazine BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014 for the Board Books for Babies & Toddlers category



Creative Child Magazine awards feature rigorous reviews by mothers and educators. In order to be picked for these awards, submissions have to stand out as products that will nurture children’s creativity. http://www.creativechild.com/toy-guide

- press release is coming soon -

Baby Books review by The Fisk Files

Baby Books

My First Book Series Review by The Fisk Files

 

 

All of my kids love My First Book your (ages 0-4)!

 

My First Book Series Review by Elefantitas Alegres

My First Book Series Review by Sophie Helenek

by Elefantitas Alegres

 

I think these books would be the perfect addition to your

infant's library or a wonderful gift for a new mom!  

You've officially earned yourself four new fans!  

 

 

'My First Book' Series Review | Best Baby Gift! by Becoming The Barr's

'My First Book' Series Review | Best Baby Gift!

by Becoming The Barr's

 

 

 

[Review] Fabulous little books for my fabulous littles! by Sarah for A Lovely Little Life

Fabulous little books for my fabulous littles!

Review: My First Book Series

by A Lovely Little Life

 

 

Elise and Leighton enjoying reading My First Book series ;-)

 

Read full review:
http://www.alovelylittlelife.com/2014/08/fabulous-little-books-for-my-fabulous.html

Breaking News: Sophie's baby books are winner of the Mom's Choice Award Gold Seal

Mom’s Choice Awards® Gold Recipient Press Release My First Book Fruits, My First Book Musical Instruments, and My First Book Shapes is a recipient of the prestigious The Mom’s Choice Awards® Gold medal. The Mom’s Choice Awards® (MCA) is an international awards program that honors excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. An esteemed panel of judges including educators, Emmy-winning media members, business experts, parents, children, New York Times Best-Selling authors, librarians, artists and others determines the winners. Parents, educators, librarians and retailers look for the Mom’s Choice Awards Honoring Excellence seal of approval when selecting quality materials for children and families.  Click here to buy your copy on Amazon or on Publisher Website !

[Review] My First Book Series by Erin from My Subscription Box Mom

 

[Review] My First Book Series

 

Final Thought: I really enjoyed this series. Not all board books are created equal.  My First Book Series is an engaging group of books, that T loved.  T is working on learning new words, and these books really stimulated his curiosity. I love that he asks to be read to now, and these have been our go to books the last several days.  If you want to get these books, check them out on Amazon HERE

[Review] My First Book Series by Erinn from Strawberry Swing and other things

[Review] My First Book Series

 

My First Book series - gets an official Dad Network Star rating of 5 / 5 stars and wins award of recommendation

The Dad Network reviews hundreds of products

each of them are reviewed with scrutiny

All products are given an official Dad Network star rating.

To get 5 / 5 stars, the product needs to go above and beyond our expectations

 

THE DAD NETWORK RECOMMENDATION AWARD

The Dad Network award of recommendation seals only products which exceed expectations, recommends the very best products to parents across the world. 

 

 

Outside Magazine Online - 7 Questions with Mountaineer Mom Sophie Helenek

7 Questions with Mountaineer Mom Sophie Helenek
"Raising our baby girl is our new Everest."

You can call Sophie Helenek many things: a recovering investment banker, the youngest French woman to climb Mount Everest, and—as of 2013—a mother. But having her daughter wasn't going to terminate Helenek's six-year love affair with climbing. We caught up with Helenek via email to talk about staying active during pregnancy, exploring with babies, and her book series written for infants.
 
  -  How did you make the decision to start a family?
  -  How did you stay active and fit during your pregnancy?
  -  Has it been difficult to get back into shape since having the baby?
  -  Describe the process of writing your books.
  -  How do you incorporate books into parenting?
  -  As an adult, what books do you enjoy?  -  Do you encourage your daughter to lead an active, adventurous life?

read more on http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/the-current/the-stream/Mountaineer-Sophie-Helenek.html

New mom in 2013 I also embarked on the new journey of writing a baby book series

 

NEW BABY BOOK SERIES CONCEIVED FROM INFANTS PERSPECTIVE SUPPORTS SENSES AND BONDING 

Imagine the wonder as a mother’s face becomes clear to a baby who has only heard her voice before? At birth, a newborn’s vision is between 20/200 and 20/400; by eight months their acuity improves to 20/30.  Therefore, infants reflexively prefer to look at high-contrast edges and patterns. So, imagine their ongoing propensity to learn as their senses develop each day. 

New to bookshelves, the My First Book series, by Sophie Helenek, includes four delightful board books, specially dedicated to infant’s developmental growth milestones.  Each of the four books, FRUITS, SKY WONDERS, SHAPES and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS include high contrast, black and white and bold color illustrations which promote visual and speech stimulation. Each picture is accompanied by a simple word that your bundle of joy will love repeating and which will help their speech development. They are not just picture books or bedtime stories but rather activity books conceived to stimulate a baby’s senses. 

 

“These books are not for parents, they are for their beautiful babies—to learn and to grow,” says Helenek.  “I wanted to provide parents a way to captivate, interact and bond with their baby that also aids in the child’s developmental growth.”

Learn more, visit www.nurserybooks.net

A novel look at how stories may change the brain

Reading a novel can make real, physical changes to your brain, according to research from Emory University. For two weeks, study participants read sections of a novel in the evenings, then had their brains scanned in the morning to track structural changes. Researchers found increased connectivity in areas of the brain associated with receptivity to language, as well as motor areas — which may explain why it can feel like you’re transported into the body of a character.

“The neural changes that we found associated with physical sensation and movement systems suggest that reading a novel can transport you into the body of the protagonist,” Berns says. “We already knew that good stories can put you in someone else’s shoes in a figurative sense. Now we’re seeing that something may also be happening biologically.”

Researchers believe that the increased connectivity is lasting, like a muscle memory, since these effects were still seen days after the novel was finished. Is there a novel that’s made a big impact on your brain?

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READ the full article:
A novel look at how stories may change the brain
By Carol Clark | Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Emory University Research news
http://esciencecommons.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-novel-look-at-how-stories-may-change.html

Want To Be More Productive? Buy Some Desk Plants

Adding a plant to your workspace could boost your cognition and help you be more productive. Two recent studies found that participants performed better at attention tasks while seated at a desk surrounded by plants and flowers than while seated at an empty desk. These findings add to past research showing the benefits nature can have on cognition. Researchers believe that because nature engages our minds in an effortless way, it offers our brains a micro-restorative break from tasks — like working — that require us to pay direct attention. Do you have plants near your work station, or do you have a view of nature from your desk?


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READ the full article: Fast Company’s Co.Design | Eric Jaffe | November 19, 2013
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3021742/evidence/want-to-be-more-productive-buy-some-desk-plants


*** Post dedicated to my sister. A gifted artist and brilliant florist
www.lesjardinsdemarianne.com
 

BABY developmental milestones, a Neurodevelopmental Approach

One would expect for a newborn are certainly different than a 2, 6 or 12-month-old infant: check out the Pediatric NeuroLogic Examination Videos and Descriptions... a Neurodevelopmental Approach
 
Learn more:  http://library.med.utah.edu/pedineurologicexam/html/18month.html

 

Your Social Circle Decoded ?

No matter how many friends you have on Facebook, the number of truly close friends you can maintain throughout your life may be hardwired. Researchers logged the phone calls of teenagers transitioning out of high school and into either the workforce or college for 18 months. Even as the teens made new friends, the structure of their social circles remained the same: if they had four close friends at the beginning of the study, they had four at the end of the study as well -- though not always the same four friends. Each of us appears to have an individual “social signature” that determines how much time and emotional capital we have to expend on our friends. Has the number of close friends you have remained constant over time?

 

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READ the full article: The Atlantic | Emily Badger Jan 07, 2014
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2014/01/your-social-circle-might-be-seared-your-brain/8029/

Sophie summit Mount Everest 5 YEARS ago

5 Year Anniversary

 

Sophie summit Mount Everest

on May, 21st 2008

"Everything is Possible"

 

 

Enjoy my Expedition pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 VIDEO

 

LAST STEPS TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD
Dernières étapes pour le toit du monde

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S1we7CwVAQ&feature=player_detailpage

 

 

I DEDICATED MY SUMMIT TO MY GRAND FATHER
J'ai dédié ma victoire à mon Grand-père

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYLnC6r8hNo&feature=player_detailpage