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50 Things to Know About Being an Elementary Teacher by author McKenna Johnsen offers an approach to the secrets behind elementary teaching. Most books on being a teacher tell you to pursue the career because of the positive aspects such as getting to work with kids all day, or having summer months off. Although there's nothing wrong with that, before pursuing an elementary teaching license you also need to examine the field through the honest lens of a public school teacher, and determine for yourself whether a teaching career is the best fit for you.

Bloomsbury presents Just Great Teaching written and read by Ross Morrison McGill. 'Bursting with fresh ideas, packed with practical tips, filled with wise words, this is an inspiring guide for all teachers.' Lee Elliot Major, Professor of Social Mobility, University of Exeter and co-author of...

50 Things to Know About Getting Started with Homeschool: Simple Tips for Any Family, by Amanda Walton, offers an approach to homeschool that is easy and practical.

Girls are beautifully and wonderfully made in God’s image. This comprehensive collection of stories focused on 50 women of the Bible shows how God worked in their lives and continues to have a plan and a purpose for his beloved daughters today. In a world that too often tells girls that they...

In this book, you'll discover what it means to be a preschool teacher. This book will help you understand different learning styles, the difference between preschool and babysitting, and a new perspective on certain situations that happen in the classroom. By the time you finish this book, you will know that the average one-year-old knows more than they let on, and that patience really does stretch and grow.

50 Risks to Take with Your Kids is an easy-to-use framework of challenges for children aged up to 10. You’ll find risks that build physical skills, social confidence and character development, plus some all-important parenting risks that will encourage you to think a little differently about raising children. This book is not about developmental KPIs, and it’s certainly not about judgement. It’s about teaching kids to recognise and assess risk before they enter those ‘risky’ teenage years and about readying them to take on life and all that it brings. 

To most of us "mainlanders," the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are resort destinations, summer homes for the Kennedys, the Obamas, and Patriots coach Bill Belichick. But after the tourists and jetsetters leave, the cold weather descends, and the local shop owners, carpenters, and fishermen ready themselves for the main event: high school football. For over 50 years, the local teams have been locking horns every November. They play for pride, a coveted trophy, and, very often, a shot at the league championship.