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Community Schools in Action: Lessons from a Decade of Practice
ISBN: 9780195169591 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A community school differs from other public schools in important ways: it is generally open most of the time, governed by a partnership between the school system and a community agency, and offers a broad array of health and social services. It often has an extended day before and after school, features parent involvement programs, and works for community enrichment. How should such a school be structured? How can its success be measured? Community Schools in Action: Lessons from a Decade of Practice presents the Children's Aid Society's (CAS) approach to creating community schools for the...
A community school differs from other public schools in important ways: it is generally open most of the time, governed by a partnership between the s...
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Rocket Your Child Into Reading: New Ideas * Great Tips * Fun Games for Reading Success
ISBN: 9780207199264 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written in award-winning author French's inimitable style, this book contains a wealth of advice, anecdotes, games and tips. While the primary aim is to help parents and teachers identify and overcome children's reading difficulties, it also discusses different learning styles and how to encourage a culture of reading.
Covering specific issues including vision, memory and attention disorders, French also draws on her own experience of being dyslexic to show that there are many fun and rewarding ways to improve your child's reading abilities and stimulate a love of books. Written in award-winning author French's inimitable style, this book contains a wealth of advice, anecdotes, games and tips. While the primary aim is ...
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How Communities Build Stronger Schools: Stories, Strategies and Promising Practices for Educating Every Child
ISBN: 9780312238919 / Angielski / Twarda / 347 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If it takes a village to raise a child, Anne Wescott Dodd and Jean L. Konzal feel that it takes a community to make a school. Not content with the idea of a school being contained within four walls and existing only for a few hours every day, Dodd and Konzal know that a school which looks after the complete child exists far beyond its four walls and for the whole 24 hours in each day. They present a radical democratic vision of the public school where everyone-not just students, teachers and parents-plays a part in shaping our children and, consequently, our future.
If it takes a village to raise a child, Anne Wescott Dodd and Jean L. Konzal feel that it takes a community to make a school. Not content with the ide...
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Miseducation: Preschoolers at Risk
ISBN: 9780394756349 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. David Elkind s new book is designed to help parents avoid the miseducation of young children that is on the increase today.
Across the country in schools and in homes educational programs intended for school-age children are being misappropriated for the instruction of preschoolers. Books, lectures, and the media propagate the idea that only a superkid can grow up to compete successfully in the adult world thereby encouraging parents to teach infants and young children academic and athletic skills. Yet, there is considerable evidence that early instruction can do lasting harm that young... David Elkind s new book is designed to help parents avoid the miseducation of young children that is on the increase today.
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Mothering for Schooling
ISBN: 9780415950534 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book looks at the relationship between the work women do with and for their children in relation to schooling. The authors break their analysis down by class lines, examining the ways in which women's economic positions further affects the experiences their children have. While many books have looked at the relationship between class differences and schooling itself, Smith and Griffith's work stands apart in its examination of the hidden gendered labor behind the scenes of school success and failure. Based on longitudinal interviews with mothers of school-age children, this book exposes...
This book looks at the relationship between the work women do with and for their children in relation to schooling. The authors break their analysis d...
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747,55 |
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Mothering for Schooling
ISBN: 9780415950541 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Griffith and Smith explore the innumerable, hidden, seemingly mundane tasks like getting kids ready for school, helping with homework, or serving on the PTA can all have profound effects on what occurs within school. Based on longitudinal interviews with mothers of school-age children, this book exposes the effects mothers' work has on educational systems as a whole and the ways in which inequalities of educational opportunities are reproduced.
Griffith and Smith explore the innumerable, hidden, seemingly mundane tasks like getting kids ready for school, helping with homework, or serving on t...
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Homeschooling for Success: How Parents Can Create a Superior Education for Their Child
ISBN: 9780446678858 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For the more than two million parents who currently homeschool their children--and the countless others who are considering this educational option--the founders of the #1 homeschooling Web site, Homeschool.com, present a comprehensive, nondenominational guide that can help anyone create a customized education to suit the strengths and weaknesses of their child.
For the more than two million parents who currently homeschool their children--and the countless others who are considering this educational option--t...
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106,77 |
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Overcoming Underachieving: An Action Guide to Helping Your Child Succeed in School
ISBN: 9780471170327 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Help your child succeed
If your child is falling behind in school, you know what heartache is --watching the struggle, feeling the frustration, yearning to help --but what can you do? You can do a lot In Overcoming Underachieving two nationally recognized experts in children's school problems show you how to become your child's advocate, coach, and guide through the educational process. Using numerous case examples, they help you pinpoint your child's unique learning patterns and the problems that interfere with learning, behavior, and achievement. ... Help your child succeed
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Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education with or Without School
ISBN: 9780471349600 / Angielski / Miękka / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. GUERRILLA LEARNING IS CREATING A HOME ENVIRONMENT THAT FILLS YOUR CHILD WITH THE JOY OF LEARNING Let your daughter read her library books instead of finishing her homework . Ask your eleven-year-old's beloved third grade teacher to comment on his poetry. Invite a massage therapist to dinner because your daughter wants to go to massage school instead of college. Give your child the freedom to pursue his interests, develop her strengths, cultivate self-discipline, and discover the joy of learning throughout life. If you've ever felt that your child wasn't flourishing in school or simply...
GUERRILLA LEARNING IS CREATING A HOME ENVIRONMENT THAT FILLS YOUR CHILD WITH THE JOY OF LEARNING Let your daughter read her library books instead ...
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Attention Games: 101 Fun, Easy Games That Help Kids Learn To Focus
ISBN: 9780471736547 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. If you want to focus children's attention, you first have to capture their interest. Attention Games is filled with interesting and child-tested activities that can help children of all ages become better at focusing and paying attention. By sharing the upbeat, joyful activities in Attention Games, you can enhance your child's intelligence, boost his confidence, increase his ability to concentrate on one thing for long periods, and show that you care. Developed by Barbara Sher--parent, teacher, play therapy specialist and pediatric occupational therapist--these activities are...
If you want to focus children's attention, you first have to capture their interest. Attention Games is filled with interesting and child-teste...
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73,22 |
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Kindergarten Success: Everything You Need to Know to Help Your Child Learn
ISBN: 9780471748137 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this new addition to the Knowledge Essentials series, Kindergarten Success shows you how to enrich your child's classroom learning and take an active role in your kindergarten's education by exploring:
In this new addition to the Knowledge Essentials series, Kindergarten Success shows you how to enrich your child's classroom learning and take ...
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Bad Teachers: The Essential Guide for Concerned Parents
ISBN: 9780671529345 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through sample situations and a wealth of information on today's educational system, Guy Strickland--a teacher and school administrator for over 30 years--offers a practical approach to determine if a child's learning roadblocks stem from a bad teacher, and if so, how to solve that problem right away.
Through sample situations and a wealth of information on today's educational system, Guy Strickland--a teacher and school administrator for over 30 ye...
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Arts & Crafts Busy Book
ISBN: 9780684018720 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Arts & Crafts Busy Book should be required reading for anyone raising or teaching children. It is written with warmth and sprinkled with humor and insight. The Arts & Crafts Busy Book contains 365 screen-free, fun, creative and educational arts and crafts projects for children ages two to six that provide a great alternative to using TV as a babysitter. It shows parents and daycare providers how to: --Stimulate creativity and self-expression with activities that encourage a child to explore his or her place in the world. --Create experiments with...
The Arts & Crafts Busy Book should be required reading for anyone raising or teaching children. It is written with warmth and sprinkled ...
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Reading Reflex: The Foolproof Phono-Graphix Method for Teaching Your Child to Read
ISBN: 9780684853673 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reading is the single most important skill for any child to develop. And the key to learning how to read effectively is recognizing the sounds that letters and words represent. With the help of the revolutionary system known as Phono-Graphix(TM), you and your child can discover the sound-picture code that is the foundation of the written English language. Help your child unlock the sound-picture code. An effective and easy-to-understand approach, Phono-Graphix enables you to teach your child to read in one-tenth the time of phonics with a 100 percent success rate. In just eleven...
Reading is the single most important skill for any child to develop. And the key to learning how to read effectively is recognizing the sounds that le...
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Choosing Schools: Consumer Choice and the Quality of American Schools
ISBN: 9780691092836 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. School choice seeks to create a competitive arena in which public schools will attain academic excellence, encourage individual student performance, and achieve social balance. In debating the feasibility of this market approach to improving school systems, analysts have focused primarily on schools as suppliers of education, but an important question remains: Will parents be able to function as "smart consumers" on behalf of their children? Here a highly respected team of social scientists provides extensive empirical evidence on how parents currently do make these choices. Drawn from... School choice seeks to create a competitive arena in which public schools will attain academic excellence, encourage individual student performance... |
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Our Labeled Children: What Every Parent and Teacher Needs to Know about Learning Disabilities
ISBN: 9780738203652 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Twenty percent of all school-aged children in this country have been labeled Learning Disabled. But what is a genuine learning disability? How does it differ from garden-variety poor learning? How can we more accurately assess and then teach to individual learning strengths instead of merely pinpointing learning weaknesses? In this passionately argued yet clear-headed book, internationally acclaimed cognitive psychologist Robert Sternberg and research scientist Elena Grigorenko tackle these controversial issues, urging that we understand the full range of factors that contribute to learning...
Twenty percent of all school-aged children in this country have been labeled Learning Disabled. But what is a genuine learning disability? How does it...
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106,77 |
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The Mom Book Goes to School: Insider Tips to Ensure Your Child Thrives in Elementary and Middle School
ISBN: 9780743257541 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Renowned parenting expert Stacy DeBroff offers the ultimate guide to becoming a school-savvy parent. The Mom Book Goes to School combines DeBroff's trademark pragmatic, insightful advice with the collective wisdom of hundreds of teachers and parents to offer more than 1,500 tips on school-related issues, such as:
Renowned parenting expert Stacy DeBroff offers the ultimate guide to becoming a school-savvy parent. The Mom Book Goes to School combine...
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Involving Latino Families in Schools: Raising Student Achievement Through Home-School Partnerships
ISBN: 9780761931379 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Please update SAGE UK and SAGE INDIA address on imprint page.
Please update SAGE UK and SAGE INDIA address on imprint page.
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303,66 |
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Involving Latino Families in Schools: Raising Student Achievement Through Home-School Partnerships
ISBN: 9780761931386 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author provides practical strategies for cultivating communication with Latino parents and including the Latino family in developing sustained academic improvement. The author provides practical strategies for cultivating communication with Latino parents and including the Latino family in developing sustained ... |
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132,18 |
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Quick and Easy Ways to Connect with Students and Their Parents, Grades K-8: Improving Student Achievement Through Parent Involvement
ISBN: 9780761931799 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This hands-on guidebook provides simple strategies for creating a supportive environment where parents, students, and teachers all work toward success in the classroom.
This hands-on guidebook provides simple strategies for creating a supportive environment where parents, students, and teachers all work toward success...
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303,66 |