Education : Parent Participation

Parents with school-aged children will find in this volume the help they need to create an unstressful learning environment in the home and motivate their youngsters to succeed in school. more...

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Why is left right and right left in the mirror? Baffled by the basics of reflection and refraction? Wondering just how the eye works? If you have trouble teaching concepts about light that you don’t fully grasp yourself, get help from a book that’s both scientifically accurate and entertaining--Light. By combining clear explanations, clever drawings, and activities that use easy-to-find materials, this book covers what science teachers and parents need to know to teach with confidence. more...

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One of America’smost celebratededucators teachesparents how to create extraordinarychildren—in theclassroom andbeyond. In his bestselling book, Teach Like Your Hair’s on Fire , readerswere introduced to Rafe Esquith and his extraordinary studentsin Hobart Elementary School’s Room 56. Using his amazing andinspiring classroom techniques, Esquith has helped thousands ofchildren learn to maximize their potential. In Lighting Their Fires ,Esquith shows that children aren’t born extraordinary; they becomethat way as a result of parents and teachers who instill values thatserve them not just in school, but for the rest of their lives.Framed by a class trip to a major league baseball game, Lighting Their Fires moves inning by inning through concepts thathelp children build character and develop enriching lives. Whetherhe is highlighting the importance of time management or offeringa step-by-step discussion of how children can become good decisionmakers, Esquith shows how parents can equip their kids withall the tools they need to find success and have fun in the process.Using examples from classic films and great books, he stresses thevalue of sacrifice, the importance of staying true to oneself, and thedanger that television can pose to growing young minds. Lighting Their Fires is that rarest of education books: one thatexplains not just how to make our children great students, but howto make them thoughtful and honorable people. more...

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An up-to-date overview of one of the longest-running home visiting programs, emphasizing school readiness and early literacy in toddlers more...

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Preparing, applying and sitting for a scholarship test can be a gruelling and competitive process for a child and the child’s parents, and the disappointment of not being awarded a scholarship can be demoralising. Scholarship tests aim to identify the very best potential students for an elite school from a pool of outstanding candidates. To be of any use, scholarship tests must identify very small differences in the academic performance of very high achieving students. more...

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