Parent Participation category: 664 books
by Charlotte Evans
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Today’s A levels can seem very confusing for students and their parents. Having just completed GCSE examinations and gone through the nerve-wracking process of waiting for results, it can be very daunting to consider tackling another two years of exams.
Questions such as, what subjects...
Math You Can Play Combo
Math You Can Play
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2015
Math Your Kids WANT to Do.
You'll love these math games because they give your child a strong foundation for mathematical success.
By playing these games, you strengthen your child's intuitive understanding of numbers and build problem-solving strategies. Mastering a math game can be...
Collaborating for Success With the Common Core
A Toolkit for Professional Learning Communities at Work™
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
Leverage teamwork to integrate the CCSS into your curriculum, and build on a foundational knowledge of PLCs. You’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of the shifts required to implement the standards in core content areas and find valuable tips and strategies for creating strong collaborative practices....
Counting & Number Bonds
Math You Can Play, #1
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Prepare your child for math success — by playing games!
You'll love these math games because they give your child a sturdy foundation for understanding mathematics.
Young children play with counting and number recognition. Older students explore place value, build number sense, and...
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2014
Even though in the past there has always been some kind of parental involvement in most educational platforms, of late parents are seeking to have more say in the general running and curriculum content the school follows.
But we need to be more involved.
Here’s an overview of this ultimate guide...
The Everything STEM Handbook
Help Your Child Learn and Succeed in the Fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
Projects and experiments to inspire and challenge your kids!
The STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math) are top education priorities in the United States--and they are growing fields with a high demand for jobs. If you want to make sure your children are prepared for the future...
In Schools We Trust
Creating Communities of Learning in an era of Testing and Standardization
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
We are in an era of radical distrust of public education. Increasingly, we turn to standardized tests and standardized curricula-now adopted by all fifty states-as our national surrogates for trust.
Legendary school founder and reformer Deborah Meier believes fiercely that schools have to win...
What Does it Mean to be Four?
A practical guide to child development in the Early Years Foundation Stage
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2012
What Does It Mean To Be Four, from child psychologist Jennie Lindon, will give you the tools you need to ensure that your work with children, whether in a school, nursery or home setting, is relevant to their individual stages of development.This books looks at the six areas of learning in the EYFS and...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Thirtysix of the best thinkers on family and community engagement were assembled to produce this Handbook, and they come to the task with varied backgrounds and lines of endeavor. Each could write volumes on the topics they address in the Handbook, and quite a few have. The authors tell us what they...
by Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
‘For most men and women expecting to become fathers and mothers, the formation of their child, its character, faculties, qualities and flaws all happen by chance – or by the will of God, which they have no very clear idea about. As they have, however, heard of the laws of heredity, they do expect...
Building Powerful Learning Environments
From Schools to Communities
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2016
Building Powerful Learning Environments takes a close look at the trends of the Post-Digital Era through the prism of how systems of education can meet the needs of our times and offers a systemic approach to creating a different canvas for learning that aligns to these changes. At the center of the...
by Todd Whitaker
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
This book provides tips and strategies to help school leaders improve, neutralize, or eliminate resistant and negative teachers. Learn how to handle staff members who gossip in the teacher's lounge, consistently say "it won't work" when any new idea is suggested, send an excessive number...
What Your Sixth Grader Needs to Know
Fundamentals of a Good Sixth-Grade Education, Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2013
Grade by grade, these groundbreaking and successful books provide a solid foundation in the fundamentals of a good education for first to sixth graders.
B & W photographs, linecuts, and maps throughout; two-color printing.
What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know
Fundamentals of a Good Fifth-Grade Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2013
What should your child learn in the fifth grade? How can you help him or her at home? This book answers these important questions and more, offering the specific shared knowledge that thousands of parents and teachers across the nation have agreed upon for American fifth graders. Featuring sixteen...