Parent Participation category: 664 books
by Barbara Frank
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2014
Today's children will reach adulthood in an economic environment unlike anything the world has ever seen. The 21st century global economy is powered by an increasing rate of technological change as well as growing foreign competition; both are contributing to the high U.S. unemployment rate and...
by Jennifer Prior
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Build the skills that all fifth graders need to succeed using this engaging resource! Based on today's standards, the activities in this book are designed to develop students' skills in reading, word study, language, writing, mathematics, social studies, and science. It also features fun, yet challenging,...
Support Your Child With Literacy
In Their First Year at School
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2012
The first day at school is the day when an adventure of life-long learning begins and with a positive attitude your child will learn all the skills needed to equip them for adult life. The first year in school sets down the building blocks upon which all other learning takes place. Supporting your child...
User-Friendly Math for Parents
Learning and Understanding the Language of Numbers Is Key
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
User-Friendly Numbers in Math for Parents shares stories of students’ reasoning, thinking, and sometimes misunderstandings about numbers - stories that provide the opportunity to see math differently. Most of the students are visual-spatial, creative, daydreamers who may miss the details in math,...
The Elements of Skill
A Conscious Approach to Learning
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
Why do so many beginners, both children and adults, fail to master chosen skills? The Elements of Skill was inspired by—and addresses—that question with a program based on proven techniques. The book, written by a renowned practitioner of the Alexander Technique, outlines an educational system...
The Search for a Theology of Childhood
Essays by Jerome W. Berryman from 1978-2009
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Assembled for the first time in one collection are some of the major writings of Jerome W Berryman, fourth generation interpreter of the Montessori tradition, and founder of Godly Play an approach to religious education and the pastoral care of children which is today being drawn upon all over the world....
by Kristen J. Amundson, president/CEO, National Association of State Boards of Education
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Kindergarten is no longer just a time when children play and sit in a circle. Today’s kindergarten students are exposed to a much more academic curriculum. So what should children know and be able to do so they’ll be ready for the modern kindergarten classroom? Based on the latest research, this...
Fun Facts About Penguins
Fun Facts About Animals
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2015
This particular book is about penguins. In it you will learn if penguins fly, where they live, what they eat and more!The Fun Facts About Animals series is a part of a read along book series, designed to help parents have fun reading interesting, educational books to their children.There´s...
The Making of Them
The British Attitude to Children and the Boarding School System
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2018
In the 21st century British society is still shaped by a private education system devised to gentrify the Victorian middle classes and produce gentlemen to run the Empire. Yet it is not on the political agenda; it is rarely the subject of public debate, and we remain blind to its psychological implications....
Children's Literacy Practices and Preferences
Harry Potter and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Over the past few decades there have been intense debates in education surrounding children’s literacy achievement and ways to promote reading, particularly that of boys. The Harry Potter book series has been received enthusiastically by very many children, boys and girls alike, but has also been...
by Eric Reese, Bernice Cullinan, Brod Bagert
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Regular practice is the best way to reinforce concepts and allow students to gain confidence and mastery of skills.
With Helping your Child Learn to Read you get reading and critical thinking exercises for students for every day of the school year.
Presented in a consistent format from...
The Erosion of Education in America
Foundations and the Cultural Shifts That Have Undermined It
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018
The Erosion of Education in America, written by a veteran educator with over 30 years of classroom experience, examines the cultural shifts, both philosophical and practical, that have impacted American education.
Rather than presenting a single focus on what schools themselves can do internally,...
by Ailei Xie
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Research in school success in contemporary China has argued that market reforms have reproduced the advantages for children from the cadre and the professional families while simultaneously creating new opportunities for children of the new arising economic elites. However, it has performed less for...
by Suci Kreatif
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
This is a simple ebook for kids with fast and easy instructions on how to draw using a basic shapes. The process of learning to draw is a lengthy one and it's often measured in years, depending upon a child's fine motor skills and cognitive development. Pushing a child too quickly will only result...