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Schluss mit Ängsten und Blockaden: Lernen kann und muss Spaß machen! Schlechte Noten, Frust bei den Hausaufgaben, hoher Leistungsdruck: Für viele Familien sind Schule und Lernen ein rotes Tuch. Wie bekommen Kinder wieder Freude am Lernen, Neugierde auf Neues? Wie überwindet man Stagnation und Resignation? Caroline von St. Ange hat die Lösung und kombiniert dafür verschiedene Ansätze und Lernmethoden. Sie gibt zahlreiche fantasievolle und praxisnahe Tipps und entfernt dabei eine Menge Staub von festgefahrenen Lernstrategien und altmodischen Annahmen.

After 35 years as an education consultant, Rae Pica knows the importance of understanding the natural course of child development. In this collection, she keeps kids front and center as she provides thought-provoking commentary and actionable insights on topics such as the Common Core, the self-esteem movement, and standardized testing.

Fun, relatable, and inspirational, The Glimmer Girls Audio Collection, written by Grammy-award winning Natalie Grant, will bring hours of enjoyment for tween girls. This 4-in-1 audio collection is a great value for these popular realistic fiction books, which take girls on adventures with a...

100 Things to Learn Before You’re 10 was written to help parents. It draws on 40 years of teaching experience to explain why every child would benefit from the little extra help that it provides during their formation years. This audiobook is packed with examples, activities, insights, and stories to show you how to make sure your children learn the skills they need to get the most out of school and life. It will help you give your child what they really need so that they become happier, confident, and self-assured as they learn and grow to be well-rounded adults.

From the leader of the online army in America's parental rights movement comes the real story of how moms and dads across the country are turning the tide against radical activists in public schools. It’s no secret that our government-run public education system has held generations of...

In this audiobook, we will take you on a bumpy journey, and leave you with a little tear by the time you reach the end. If you have lived a day in our beautiful crazy world, you wouldn’t want anyone covering up the importance of education by lying. We have nothing to gain by lying to you. No one with morals and ethics would conjure up a way to put your children’s future in jeopardy. During our journey together, we are going to look at, and deal with, some of the most common fears you might have. We will try to convince you why you really can homeschool your children.

Without any doubts, toddlers can be either tricky or lovely. When my children were small, I felt that I was struggling to get them to do things (without using any punishment, of course!). Sometimes, the only alternative was to bribing, threatening, or putting them into time out. I always worked as a teacher in Montessori education. Montessori method, named for the Italian physician Maria Montessori, stresses the importance of the development of a healthy self-concept: “One becomes a well-balanced adult only if one has fully been a child.”

With creative and simple activities that cover essential topics to get the learning process started and practical tips from both personal experiences and lots of successful homeschooling parents, this book will give you plenty of research-based guidance and step-by-step activities to homeschool your kids.

Draw out the best in your children - by understanding the way they learn. If you're frustrated that your child isn't learning the way you did, chances are they are too! In this practical resource, Cynthia Ulrich Tobias explains that understanding how you both learn can make all the difference. Using expertise in education and learning styles, Tobias offers practical guidance for teaching to your child's strengths - both at home and in school - even when his or her learning style is very different from your own.

Master of horror R.L. Stine returns to his comedy roots in this laugh-out-loud, rotten-to-the-core, wildly popular chapter book series about the crazy antics at Rotten School! Bernie Bridges, the most popular fourth grader at Rotten School, has got it made with loyal friends, a girlfriend (even...

Arthur decides to make Mother and Father special Christmas cookies as a present. But when the cookies are finally finished, they are hard as rocks! Can Arthur think of a way to turn this disaster into the best Christmas present ever?...

What would it take to transform industrial-era schools into modern organizations capable of supporting deep learning for all? Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine's quest to answer this question took them inside some of America's most innovative schools and classrooms - places where educators are rethinking both what and how students should learn. The story they tell is alternately discouraging and hopeful. Drawing on hundreds of hours of observations and interviews at 30 different schools, Mehta and Fine reveal that deeper learning is more often the exception than the rule.

Middle-school students ages 8-12 can experience a story of action and adventure in Candy Bombers, book 1 in the Wall Trilogy series that presents historically accurate fiction which brings the past to life in a kid-friendly way. Cousins Erich and Katarina find themselves trapped behind the...

This audiobook bundle includes four children's favorites from The Beginner’s Bible: The Beginner’s Bible Joseph in Egypt Joseph’s father loves him very much. When he gives him a colorful robe, Joseph’s brothers become very jealous. In order to get rid of Joseph, they sell him into...

In the 1930s and 1940s, there was nothing bigger in Texas high school football than the Masonic Home Mighty Mites - a group of orphans bound together by hardship and death. These youngsters, in spite of being outweighed by at least 30 pounds per man, were the toughest football team around. They began with nothing - not even a football - yet in a few years were playing for the state championship on the highest level of Texas football. This is a winning tribute to a courageous band of underdogs from a time when America desperately needed fresh hope and big dreams.

Anything is possible – even building a better relationship with math! This is much more than a book about math. This is a book about hope. Imagine failing 11th grade math – twice! – and going on to be known affectionately as The Lady Gaga of Math. That is the story of author Vanessa "The Math Guru" Vakharia. Thanks to an inspiring teacher who helped Vanessa heal her own relationship with math, Vanessa was then able to see math in a way that literally changed the trajectory of her life.

Despídete de la confusión en el mundo de la educación especial y da la bienvenida a la claridad y confianza. Si eres padre de un niño con discapacidad, sabes lo crucial que es brindarle las mejores oportunidades para su desarrollo. Enfrentarte a sistemas complejos y burocracia puede ser abrumador, pero este libro está aquí para ayudarte.

I put this book together for parents, teachers, and homeschoolers to help them with children with ADD, ADHD, Autism, and more. For many years I was an advocate for my son, spoke at teacher conferences, went to conferences, and wrote a monthly article for an international online website. This book helps with concentration, arguing, and inspiring them. I do not claim to have all the answers, but this is a lot of what I applied and was shared with me throughout those difficult years. I believe that this will be a big help.

Providing dozens of activities that can be adapted to meet the needs of every family, The Learning Household is an essential guide to bringing curiosity back to the classroom and fostering an appreciation for the intrinsic value of learning.

Many teachers, support staff, and school leaders are tired, stressed, and overstretched. And even though this frequently makes the headlines, it isn't a new problem. In this book, Mark Solomons and Fran Abrams argue staff well-being should be rooted in the culture and climate of our schools. They provide a roadmap to recovery for struggling schools which should lead to improvements in staff morale, workload management, and mental well-being.