Parent Participation category: 664 books
You Can Do It
How to Boost Your Child's Achievement in School
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2009
California State University professor and educational psychologist Michael Bernard shows parents how to help their children succeed in school to the very best of their abilities. "You Can Do It!" reveals the various types of underachieving students, tells how to prevent problems before they...
by Sylvia Edwards
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Find your way round the Special Educational Needs system in English schools – and get results!
Is your child struggling to learn? Want to help but not sure how?
This book offers all you need to know to help your child succeed at school.
First in a series of books for parents.
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Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
This volume offers both theoretical and research-based accounts from mothers in academia who must balance their own intricate knowledge of school systems, curriculum and pedagogy with their children’s education and school lives. It explores the contextual advantages and disadvantages of "knowing...
by Kristy Stark
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Set third graders up for success using this must-have 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, critical-thinking...
by Jodene Lynn Smith
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2017
Build the foundational skills that all first graders need 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,...
Amazing Minds
The Science of Nurturing Your Child's Developing Mind with Games, Activities and More
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2010
A noted parenting expert provides the latest research on child development and offers games and activities parents can use to support their child's natural abilities.
Drawing on the latest fascinating research in child brain development, noted parenting expert Jan Faull gives parents the essential...
by Andrea Bizzocchi
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2014
When Santa Claus returns home on Christmas day after having delivered toys to children all over the world, he doesn't feel so well. He doesn't feel at all like his jolly and energetic self. He decides that a little r&r is all he needs to get him back into tip-top shape. However, Santa is unable...
Managing Conversations with Hostile Adults
Strategies for Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Teachers: Now you can identify and apply the proven strategies to deal successfully with hostile adults in schools.
Skill in communicating is essential for teachers—and now the wisdom of your colleagues can help you to deal with one of your most difficult challenges: hostile adults.
In...
29 Rules for Smart Parenting
How to Raise Children without Being a Tyrant
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
If we could look into the hearts and minds of our children, we would often realize how little contact there is when we are teaching them. Teaching without a relationship is like swimming without water! This means you cannot raise a child if there is no real relationship. Of course, it is all about...
Partnering with Immigrant Communities
Action Through Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In a period of increasing economic and social uncertainty, how do immigrant communities come together to advocate for educational access and their rights? This book is based on a 5-year university partnership with members from Indonesian, Vietnamese, Latino, Filipino, African American, and Irish American...
Home, School, and Community Collaboration
Culturally Responsive Family Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2018
Home, School, and Community Collaboration uses the culturally responsive family support model as a framework to prepare teachers to work effectively with children from diverse families. Authors Kathy B. Grant and Julie A. Ray skillfully incorporate numerous real-life vignettes and case studies to...
Live, Love and Learn
How Young Children Learn to Speak, Read & Write through Everyday Life with You
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In the first six years of life, children are learning to listen, speak, read and write, in contexts that are increasingly mediated through technology. Learning in home and community contexts occurs through everyday interactions between children, and between children and adults. The aims of this book...
No Biting, Third Edition
Solutions and Support for Toddler Programs
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2019
The first edition of No Biting sold 20,000 copies.
Over 50% new content.
Author Gretchen Kinnell shows how to record and analyze data to find a reason for the biting. Then how to make a strategy to avoid the biting.
A new, comprehensive chapter for infant-toddler specialists helps...
What We Learned from PISA
The Outstanding Performance of Students in Hong Kong and East Asia
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2017
The outstanding performance of East Asian societies in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is one of the most widely discussed topics in international assessments. PISA is a worldwide study of scholastic performance, conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...