Showing titles in Childhood Education

As seen on PBS’s POV An unprecedented guide to helping black boys achieve success at every stage of their lives—at home, at school, and in the world Regardless of how wealthy or poor their parents are, all black boys must confront and surmount the “achievement gap”: a divide that...

The Perfect Score Project is an indispensable guide to acing the SAT – as well as the affecting story of a single mom’s quest to light a fire under her teenage son. It all began as an attempt by Debbie Stier to help her high-school age son, Ethan, who would shortly be studying for the SAT...

An essential book for parents to help their children get the education they need to live happy, productive lives from The New York Times bestselling author of The Element and Creative Schools Parents everywhere are deeply concerned about the education of their children, especially now, when...

Martine’s parents are killed in a fire, and she must leave her home in England to live on a wildlife reserve in Africa with a grandmother she never even knew she had. As soon as Martine arrives at the reserve, she hears whisperings of a mythical animal living there–a white giraffe. No one...

In 1994, Driven to Distraction sparked a revolution in our understanding of attention deficit disorder. Widely recognized as the classic in the field, the book has sold more than a million copies. Now a second revolution is under way in the approach to ADD, and the news is great. Drug therapies...

Count 'em–a dozen carrot topped, freckle-faced kids. Dad, a jovial optimist, successful inventor and efficiency expert is fond of doing his work at home. Mom, a psychologist, is busy putting everything she knows into practice. Listen along and discover the strange things that happen when Dad's...

“Instead of trusting kids with choices . . . many parents insist on micromanaging everything from homework to friendships. For these parents, Stixrud and Johnson have a simple message: Stop.” —NPR “This humane, thoughtful book turns the latest brain science into valuable practical advice...

From two leading child and adolescent mental health experts comes a guide for the parents of every college and college-bound student who want to know what’s normal mental health and behavior, what’s not, and how to intervene before it’s too late. “The title says it all...Chock full of...

“In the very beginning, God’s love bubbled over when there was nothing else—no trees, no birds, no animals, no sky, no sea—only darkness.” Let There Be Light shares the love and warmth of Nobel Peace Prize Winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu. This retelling of the biblical story of creation...

Explore the joys and benefits of home education through the lives of ten home-educated figures from history. Reimagine Home Education with these Ten Historical Heroes Institutional schools are falling short, not only in fostering creativity and virtue in children but in nearly every key area...

Kids today can learn more from a five-minute YouTube video or AI chatbot than they can from a full day of lectures. So what then is our role as classroom teachers? In this groundbreaking book, seasoned educator Kyle Wagner explains the new role of the teacher in the fourth industrial revolution...

AN ESSENTIAL GUIDE FOR ALL TEENAGERS CONSIDERING EDUCATION OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL Does any of this sound like you? · You find regularly attending school difficult or you have been excluded · School makes you feel unhappy, ill or overwhelmed · You get so angry at school that you just can't keep...

Un ratoncito se salva de caer en las fauces de un enorme león. Un día, el león cae en una trampa y se encuentra de nuevo con el ratoncito, quien, a pesar de su pequeño tamaño, demostrará su gran valentía. Una pequeña historia que no conoce de medidas.

End the exhaustion of daily homework meltdowns and transform your parenting with proven emotional regulation strategies. When you feel burnt out by constant power struggles, you need immediate, practical relief rather than complicated child psychology. Discover how to reframe defiant behavior as...

There’s a new face in Sleepyside, and Trixie Belden is sure this stranger is up to no good. Too bad no one else believes her. But if anyone can get to the truth of this visitor’s real motives, it’s detective Trixie! Trixie Belden hasn’t talked to Diana Lynch in a long time—not since...

Die Qualität der Beziehungen und die Art und Weise der Interaktionen bestimmen ganz wesentlich die Qualität der Arbeit in einer Kindertagesstätte. Das Buch beleuchtet die unterschiedlichen Arten von Beziehungen im Kita-Alltag: innerhalb des Teams, zu den Kindern, zu den Eltern und zu sich selbst. Zahlreiche Übungen und Geschichten aus der Praxis helfen, GFK-Wissen umzusetzen und praktisch zu leben.

ワクワクしながら未来を考えよう！ 可能性に充ちた子どもたちの進路を「進路図」を用いて具体的に解説し、子どもが社会に出るまでの道筋とその情報を全て網羅する、夢と勇気の進路ガイド。

Dieses Hörbuch basiert auf einer einzigartigen Zusammenfassung bewährter Erziehungsratgeber und liefert dir sofort umsetzbare Tipps für den Alltag mit Kindern – klar, einfühlsam und praxiserprobt. Egal, ob du strengere oder freiere Erziehung bevorzugst – du wirst lernen, mit Liebe, Geduld und Cleverness eine starke Eltern-Kind-Bindung aufzubauen. Die erfahrene Pädagogin und Mutter Jasmin Zurbriggen teilt in diesem Werk wertvolle Erkenntnisse aus mehr als zwei Jahrzehnten Berufserfahrung.

Read by the author, Frank Cottrell-Boyce. 'No home, no school, and especially no library should be without this story and this book' - Michael Morpurgo 'Original, surprising and compassionate without being earnest . . . Frank's book left me enraged, informed and moved' - Sathnam Sanghera 'Lively...

Sometimes life is not fair! In this second book in the Ly-Lan Finds A Way chapter book series about a daughter of Vietnamese immigrants, Ly-Lan navigates the school book fair—complete with anticipation and disappointment, surprising injustices (why did prices go up?), and finding a way to...