Childhood Education

This guide offers a step-by-step plan that helps parents cultivate daily routines so that they can turn life with toddlers into a mutually rich time of curiosity and learning....

The Formula reveals strategies on how you - regardless of race, class, or background - can help your children become the best they can be and shows ways to maximize their chances for happy and purposeful lives....

Many students struggle to understand what it is they are supposed to do as they learn to read strategically. Help them make connections to the ideas behind reading and watch as your readers go deeper into texts than ever before....

John Holt was the first to make clear that, for small children, "learning is as natural as breathing." In this delightful yet profound book, he looks at how we learn to talk, to read, to count, and to reason, and how we can nurture and encourage these natural abilities in our children....

In Free to Learn, developmental psychologist Peter Gray argues that our children, if free to pursue their own interests through play, will not only learn all they need to know but will do so with energy and passion....

We are in a period of unknowns unlike any in a generation or more. As educators, we need new pathways and ideas that can help us educate children for the world to come....

A guide for parents to help children of all ages process the onslaught of unfiltered information in the digital age....

Thirty years in New York City's public schools led John Gatto to the sad conclusion that compulsory schooling does little but teach young people to follow orders like cogs in an industrial machine....

If there were a code you could learn that would lead you to become a great teacher wouldn't you want to learn it? Find out more....

Dr. Heidi Anne Mesmer shares essential background on how language "works," provides a K-5 scope and sequence to guide practice, and offers abundant research-backed strategies that teachers can put into action immediately.

Offering a refreshing approach that is respectful, accessible, and practical, this new text is built in mind specifically for grades 3-5 teachers around best practices for the intermediate classroom.

Hoffmann's stories are imaginative, wise, and educational, just how children's stories are supposed to be....

Teach Your Own helped launch the homeschooling movement; now, its timeless and revolutionary message of recognizing the ways children come to understand the world has been updated for today’s environment....

The Well-Trained Mind will instruct you, step by step, on how to give your child an academically rigorous, comprehensive education from preschool through high school....

Those who have made the decision to homeschool their children have done so out of great love for them and a desire to provide them an excellent education....

For the Children's Sake imagines what education can be based on a Christian understanding of the meaning of life and what it means to be human—a child, a parent, a teacher.

In the tradition of Dale Russakoff's The Prize and Dana Goldstein's The Teacher Wars, Wexler brings together history, research, and compelling characters to pull back the curtain on this fundamental flaw in our education system....

Hundreds of thousands of teachers have used this highly practical guide to help K-12 students enlarge their vocabulary and get involved in noticing, understanding, and using new words....

In productive classrooms, teachers don't just teach children skills, they build emotionally and relationally healthy learning communities....

An engaging, accessible guide to educating yourself in the classical tradition....

Play is how children explore, discover, fail, succeed, socialize, and flourish. It is a fundamental element of the human condition. It's the key to giving schoolchildren skills they need to succeed....

In this audiobook, containing content selected and adapted from the comprehensive print edition of Everything You Need to Know about Homeschooling, Lea Ann guides you through your toughest questions about getting started and staying the course....

A counselor and popular Washington Post contributor offers a new take on grades 6-8 as a distinct developmental phase - and the perfect time to set up kids to thrive....

Based on many years’ experience counselling bullies and targets, Stella O’Malley offers concrete strategies to empower children and teenagers to deal confidently with bullying and dominant characters....

Told through the eyes of a parent who started out by doing everything wrong, Wild Things is about how we can help all kids find the joy in reading—and advocate for them throughout their schooling careers....

Sandra Machuca, facilitadora de aprendizaje autodirigido, coach para familias homeschoolers, nos muestra cómo la educación en casa lejos de las manos del gobierno es una vía de empoderamiento del papel de las madres.

No importa si eres nuevo en esto o has estado usando Montessori por un tiempo, o incluso si no estás planeando enviar a tus hijos a una escuela Montessori. Con la ayuda de este libro, podrás hacer que tu hijo pequeño desarrolle la confianza, el conocimiento del lenguaje, la concentración, la inteligencia y la educación, a través de un programa rico y bien organizado ¡orientado al éxito de tu hijo!

في هذا الكتاب سنتعرَّف على أهم الصفات الواجب توفرها في المعلّم حتى يكون معلمًا مثاليًا وأهمية ذلك للطفل وانعكاسه على تكوين شخصيته في المستقبل.

Phonics instruction shouldn't end when students can decode short words. From an early age, they also need to be able to decode "big words"—words with multiple syllables (sound units) and morphemes (meaning units)—to read proficiently. The key is to teach them systematically and explicitly, in developmentally appropriate ways. That's where this audiobook comes in. Dr. Heidi Anne Mesmer shares essential background on how language "works," provides a K-5 scope and sequence to guide practice, and offers abundant research-backed strategies that teachers can put into action immediately.

The Heart of Learning provides heart-centered guidance and essential information for teaching young children and for creating a nurturing and effective learning environment. This educational classic has informed homeschooling families for four decades and continues to provide the foundation of Oak Meadow's K-3 curriculum.

ＡＩ時代の子育ては“祖父母”がキーパーソン！この本は、トリセツシリーズの一環として『孫のトリセツ』と名付けられているけれど、実のところ、孫のトリセツではありません。私たち祖父母が、ＡＩ時代を生き抜く孫たちのためにすべきことが書かれています。

La educación de un niño no es tarea fácil, menos aún en una sociedad como la nuestra, donde el éxito se mide en dinero y propiedades que la persona consigue acumular a lo largo de su vida. La mayoría de los padres experimentan agobio y temor al pensar en el futuro de sus hijos.

Un profesor de ciencias de educación secundaria escribe un libro para uno de sus alumnos, Nicolás, al que trata de introducir en un territorio realmente maravilloso: la ciencia. Paso a paso, Carlos Chordá lleva a Nicolás por los vericuetos de este mundo nuevo, le guía, le aconseja, le previene, le anima. Sobre todo: le enseña.

Ser padres y madres es un reto: implica asumir con fuerza el papel de progenitores y el de adultos responsables de nuestras propias vidas. Educar con conciencia significa acompañar a los hijos e hijas desde nuestra libertad interior. Implica habernos reconciliado con lo vivido, con lo que pudo ser y con lo que no. Solo cuando nos conozcamos profundamente y nos aceptemos, podremos mirar a nuestro hijos e hijas sin cargas y atenderlos con mayor sabiduría, disfrutando y aprendiendo de la relación.

¿Deseas lograr un equilibrio para que tu hijo crezca sano, con autoestima, y que a la vez sea respetuoso y responsable? ¿Es posible corregir y ser firme, pero al mismo tiempo amoroso? ¿Se puede poner límites sin sentirse culpable? A través de consejos prácticos, sensibilidad y un gran sentido del humor, Rosa Barocio ofrece respuestas directas a estas preguntas y presenta una guía clara para educar con consciencia, apoyo, aceptación y amor incondicional: claves indispensables para ser un excelente educador.