Family Learning

The Organized Student contains hands-on strategies for teaching your disorganized child how to organize for success in middle school and high school, with special tips for kids with ADD/ADHD and learning disorders. The overstuffed backpack, the missing homework, the unused planner, the test he didn't know about. Sound familiar? When the disorganized child meets the departmentalized structure of middle school, everything can fall apart. Even the academically successful child will start to falter if she misses deadlines, loses textbooks, or can't get to class on time.

Courage to Grow tells how a small school in Austin, Texas, sparked a worldwide awakening of families, who believe every child deserves to find a calling that will change the world. In an age where Google shares information, Uber shares cars, and Airbnb shares rooms, Acton Academy turns learning upside down by equipping children to share learning with each other, in a close-knit community with extremely high standards of excellence.

Parenting is not for the faint of heart, but you already knew that, right? Let's be honest, we have all had those days where we want to throw in the towel and say, “Good luck finding your own shoes y’all, I’m out!” Thankfully, we are not alone in our parenting journey—there is hope! God promises us that he will never let us down, never walk off and just leave us (Heb 13: 5-6 MSG)! Whew! Thank goodness, because as the mother of four completely unique children, I need all the help I can get! I have learned to parent my crazy crew every day by partnering with the presence of God.

Master the ins and outs of one of the world’s most popular casino games! Are you fascinated by Blackjack but intimidated by the strategies and rules? Do you want to take your game to the next level by learning professional strategies? Are you just starting with Blackjack and looking for a guide that is easy to follow? You’ll find that this book is packed with in-depth explanations of strategies, both basic and advanced, and is an incredible resource if you want to take your game to the next level. In this book, you will: Learn about the history of the terminology of Blackjack Have ...

Homeschooling can be a tremendous gift to your children—a personalized educational experience tailored to each kid’s interests, abilities, and learning styles. But what to teach, and when, and how? Especially for first-time homeschoolers, the prospect of tackling an annual curriculum can be daunting. In Home Learning Year by Year, Rebecca Rupp presents comprehensive plans from preschool through high school, covering integral subjects for each grade, with lists of topics commonly presented at each level, recommended resource and reading lists.

What if you’re the lucky one? At sixty-five years old, William Aperance was proud of the life he’d built: a comfortable home in upstate New York, a successful career managing country clubs, and, most importantly, a happy family. Despite growing up in poverty and neglect, with a sense that he never quite belonged, William and his wife, Kim, had created a loving home for their three children. But with retirement on the horizon, one Christmas gift challenged everything. The results from the DNA kit under the tree rocked the foundations of his identity, and everything he thought he knew ...

Alcoholics Anonymous -t he Big Book has served as a lifeline to millions worldwide. First published in 1939, Alcoholics Anonymous sets forth cornerstone concepts of recovery from alcoholism and tells the stories of men and women who have overcome the disease. This is the most widely used resource for millions of individuals in recovery.

Here is a landmark book that reveals the way boys think and that shows parents, educators, and coaches how to reach out and help boys overcome their most common yet difficult challenges - by the best-selling author who changed our conception of adolescent girls. What you'll find in Masterminds and Wingmen is critically important for every parent - or anyone who cares about boys - to know. Collaborating with a large team of middle- and high-school-age editors, Rosalind Wiseman has created an unprecedented guide to the life your boy is actually experiencing - his on-the-ground reality.

Winner of the 1982 National Book Award for Biography, Mornings on Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore Roosevelt. Hailed as a masterpiece by Newsday, it is the story of a remarkable little boy, seriously handicapped by recurrent and nearly fatal attacks of asthma, and his struggle to manhood.

Developed by experienced professors and professionally narrated for easy listening, this course is a valuable tool when preparing for your Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Achievement Test in Family Medicine. The audio is focused and high-yield, covering the most important topics you need to know to succeed on the COMAT Family Medicine Test.

In The Optimistic Child, Dr. Martin E. P. Seligman offers parents, teachers, and coaches a well-validated program to prevent depression in children. In a 30-year study, Seligman and his colleagues discovered the link between pessimism-dwelling on the most catastrophic cause of any setback-and depression. Seligman shows adults how to teach children the skills of optimism that can help them combat depression, achieve more on the playing field and at school, and improve their physical health.

A new book from the award-winning teacher and best-selling author, Ron Clark, providing rules for parents and teachers to help kids succeed in school.

The author, Viga Boland, was the victim of child sexual abuse at the hands of her biological father for 14 years. She told no-one of the abuse, including her husband of 45 years, until she was 65 years old. Why did she keep quiet for so long? How did she heal? Did she have therapy? What are the long terms effects on a victim's life and her own family even after she gets away from her abuser? In the intimate, conversational tone that Viga Boland told her gold-medal winning true story of incest, "No Tears for my Father", the author now shares the rest of her life with her readers and shows ...

Bésame mucho es un audiolibro en defensa de los niños y de los padres, de todos cuantos desean educar a sus hijos como se hacía antes, con amor, tomándolos en los brazos, acariciándolos, durmiendo con ellos cuando están desconsolados....

Most books on ADHD don't dare expose the genuine grit of the moment-by-moment peaks and valleys of this special parenthood - the gut-wrenching, crying on the bathroom floor, feeling like you're losing your mind truth of the matter that is learning to successfully parent a child with ADHD. Boy Without Instructions: Surviving the Learning Curve of Parenting a child with ADHD changes that. Williams shares her unfiltered thoughts and emotions during her progression through this learning curve during this harrowing ride.

For children with sensory difficulties - those who struggle to process everyday sensations and exhibit unusual behaviors such as avoiding or seeking out touch, movement, sounds, and sights - this groundbreaking audiobook is an invaluable resource. Sensory processing challenges affect all kinds of kids - from those with developmental delays, learning and attenion issues, or autism spectrum disorder to those without any other issues. Now in its third edition, Raising a Sensory Smart Child is even more comprehensive and helpful than ever.

Are you and your little one on the brink of embarking on the thrilling journey of preschool? As a parent, the prospect of this milestone can be both exhilarating and nerve-wracking. Fear not! Allow me to introduce the ultimate guide to infuse the preschool experience with joy and growth. Presenting Ready, Set, Preschool: A Parent-Child Guide for the Big Step Ahead.

In 1994, Driven to Distraction sparked a revolution in our understanding of attention deficit disorder. Now a second revolution is under way in the approach to ADD, and the news is great. Drug therapies, our understanding of the role of diet and exercise, even the way we define the disorder, all are changing radically. And doctors are realizing that millions of adults suffer from this condition, though the vast majority of them remain undiagnosed and untreated.

Attention Deficit Disorder, the most common learning and behavioral problem among children, also affects millions of adult Americans, more of which are being diagnosed with this potentially disabling condition every day.

Why America's sons are underachieving, and what we can do about it. Something is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, American boys are, on average, less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere 20 years ago. The gender gap in college attendance and graduation rates has widened dramatically. In Boys Adrift, Dr. Leonard Sax delves into the scientific literature and draws on more than 20 years of clinical experience to explain why boys and young men are failing in school and disengaged at home.