Showing titles in Childhood Education

Theodore Sizer, the founder of The Coalition of Essential Schools, was a passionate advocate for the American school system. In this, his last audiobook, he offers a vision of what a future secondary education might look like.

This important book offers a practical guide to understanding how Howard Gardner's theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) can be used in the classroom. Gardner identified eight different types of intelligence: linguistic, logical, spatial, musical, bodily-kinesthetic, naturalist, interpersonal, and intrapersonal. Celebrating Every Learner describes the characteristics of each type of intelligence and follows up with ready-to-use lesson plans and activities that teachers can use to incorporate MI in their pre-K through six classrooms.

This unique, hands-on book is packed with tested ideas and strategies to help you create a classroom environment where good conduct and high achievement are the norm and where students become self- motivated and take responsibility for their actions. The second edition is fully revised and updated to reflect changes in the past decade.

If your child is starting life in college, there's a surprise around every corner.... But that doesn't mean you can't be prepared! The Naked Roommate: For Parents Only is a witty and wise guide to everything you need to know about the college experience. Harlan Cohen, America's most trusted college life expert, delivers the best advice, facts, stats, tips, and stories from parents, students, and experts across the country to ensure that you and your child will have an incredible and meaningful college experience.

Instead of focusing only on children's books for your kids to work through alone, get the family book that can help you with educational, positive parenting. Jumpstart Learning in Your Kids is for any parent who is having trouble ensuring their child is receiving the education they deserve - and who wants to encourage their children to continue learning for their entire lives. Parents will be supported with numerous resources to jump-start their child's education.

The Constitution was once the bedrock of our country, an unpretentious parchment that boldly established the God-given rights and freedoms of America. Today that parchment has been shred to ribbons. An important follow-up to Judge Napolitano's best-selling Constitutional Chaos, this book shows with no-nonsense clarity how Congress has "purchased" regulations by bribing states and explains how the Supreme Court has devised historically inaccurate, logically inconsistent, and even laughable justifications to approve what Congress has done.

In the Moment offers research-based guidance for conferring with your students in math. Jen Munson explains how, in just a few minutes, a math conference provides opportunities for supporting productive struggle, helping students grow their ideas, and differentiating instruction.

I Can Count on Spring by Liz. A Davis is a children's book that teaches children how to count, and it achieves this goal beautifully with the items you can find in nature. The items can be easily counted and recognized by children. Apart from this, the book also explores the topic of Spring as it mentions flowers blooming, rain pouring, the sun shining, and ducklings swimming. All of these subjects will keep the attention of children and can easily develop a better understanding of nature.

Sacred Sleep was created with this Biblical model of peace in mind, to form a unique bedtime experience that will help you get the rest you need while deepening your faith and drawing you closer to God.

How to Enjoy and Succeed at School and College is motivational speaker Lee Jackson's groundbreaking book for students. Do you go to school or college? Or are you a parent of a student? Then this is the book for you. How to Enjoy and Succeed at School and College is a completely unique book to help teenagers be their best. It is full of easy-to-understand and practical tips to help you (or your young adult) enjoy and succeed at school and college. Nothing complicated or boring, just the good stuff to help you to be your best.

A Is for Advocacy outlines five practical and effective strategies to let your voice be heard in determining your child’s academic future. After working through the chapters of this book, you’ll be equipped and confident enough to have a seat at the table and gain results. Emme brings her unique perspective from both sides of the table, serving as a high school counselor and as a parent to a special-needs son. Her down-to-earth style is sure to draw you in and power you forward. The act of advocating does not have to be complicated.

Just in time to manifest and improve for the new decade. 2020 is upon us! From the best-selling author of He Called Me Tin, this book is based on the number one question asked of Dr. Adrienne, an award-winning global health informaticist and humanitarian. Her second best seller (It's Called 24) shares practical and proven time management guidance that is non-forgiving.

Derek has big dreams, but the grownups in his life aren’t onboard. That doesn’t dissuade him, though. He’s determined to make his dream of flying a reality, even if the journey won’t be easy, because he knows if he believes, he can do anything. I Know I Can Fly is the story of a young boy, filled with determination and willpower, as he learns to ignore the naysayers to reach a big goal. It’s an encouraging story for people of all ages.

In this educational piece, Majoring in Fatherhood, we explore the process of becoming the ultimate father. Walk through the twist, turns, and climaxes of Calvin Crosby IV, the author of this transformational guide. Calvin teaches us how fatherhood is not easy but rather how it is possible to optimize. Leveraging his own experiences, trials, and tribulations he carefully places strategic and empathetic advice in a short, spiritual, and sure-to-keep your attention novel.

This is a personal daily journal of a month in the life of my family. So many families asked me: “How do you do it?” They wanted to know how much time I spent home educating (homeschooling) my children. I replied: “As much time as I spend being a parent!”

Children Want to Write is a collection of Donald Graves' most significant writings paired with recovered tapes that illuminate his research and his inspiring work with teachers. Hear the earliest documented use of invented spelling, the earliest attempts to guide young children through a writing process, and the earliest conferences.

Ser padre es algo importantísimo. Y a la primera pregunta que surge inevitablemente, «¿Seré capaz?», responde este divertido audiolibro: claro que sí, hombre, podrás, con la ayuda del mejor manual de instrucciones, el que tienes en las manos. Y además no solo puedes, debes. «Reivindicar el derecho a encargarnos del niño, aunque seamos torpes al principio y nos dé pánico, es el primer paso para entrar en el apasionante mundo de la paternidad», dice su autor. ¡Adelante!

Do you ever wonder how it is that only earth can support life yet there are at least eight planets in the solar system? Understanding the Atmosphere is just what you need to understand how the earth supports life while the rest of the universe cannot. Discover the aspects of the sun ant terrestrial planets that help life to or not to thrive. Children love nonfiction books that provide captivating details and ideas especially about the universe, the galaxy, the world, and life.

Sane Child vs. Insane Society: Some Thoughts on Education (2017) is a scholarly article that contends that children are born sane and are rendered more or less insane by an educational system that, till now, considers the human being as the impossible human - that is, a creature that is basically faulty and has to be improved and upgraded by education and morality.

Let’s Talk About Color! is the perfect audiobook for parents and toddlers to laugh and share together as they go on their journey of learning about all the colors in the world around us! Filled with fun characters and singsong rhymes, Let’s Talk About Color! will engage your child and make learning colors fun!