Parent Education

There are no Nobel Prizes for parenting or education, but if there were, Esther Wojcicki would be the bookies’ favourite. Known as the Godmother of Silicon Valley - or simply Woj - Esther’s three daughters have all gone on to huge success in their professional fields and, more importantly, their personal lives. What’s her secret? As we face an epidemic of parental and childhood anxiety, Woj has the advice every parent wants to hear: climb out of that helicopter and relax.

Kids Health reports that kids exposed to different languages are more creative and better at problem-solving. In fact, even if they only speak a second language during the first years of their life, it will help them to build cognitive skills, making language learning easier in the future This will lead to better career and business opportunities for them when they grow up. Your child will be thankful for what you’ve done for them—and indeed, you’ll feel a great sense of pride as a parent.

Child psychologist, Valerie Muter, goes beyond the classroom to offer a wealth of resources for parents to use at home to help engage their child in reading and writing. From giving you guidance on how to communicate with teachers about your concerns and requesting screenings and assessments to giving you lots of tips and tricks that you can implement at home to support your child's growth, this is the ultimate guide to answering all of the questions you might have about literacy difficulties and more.

This volume is for parents, educators, and students to better understand special education and related services. It is important to have familiarity with the history of special education and related services as this knowledge will empower parents and educators to better utilize special education and related services, which is addressed in-depth in Volume VI - The Application of Special Education Law.

Children are born curious, creative, and wired to learn - and we value those traits in adults! Still, as our children grow up, we often insist they change to fit into the education system, where curiosity is replaced by curricula, creativity by conformity, and learning by memorizing. But if you’d rather nurture your children’s curiosity, creativity, and love of learning, let me introduce you to the world of unschooling.

With 101 proven tips, this book covers many topics, including communication, behavior management, sensory integration, and fostering independence. By implementing these research-backed strategies, you will unlock your child's unique abilities and provide them with the support they need to succeed. From navigating the education system to promoting social connections and building resilience, this guide is your roadmap to creating a nurturing and inclusive environment where your child can thrive.

Os pais e os professores lutam pelo mesmo sonho: tornar seus filhos e alunos felizes, saudáveis e sábios. Mas jamais estiveram tão perdidos na árdua tarefa de educar. Apresentarei aqui ferramentas para promover a formação de pensadores, educar a emoção, expandir os horizontes da inteligência e produzir qualidade de vida.

For too long, parents and teachers have focused on identifying and "fixing" kids' weaknesses to improve academic performance. Passionately written and informed by Fox's 25 years of experience, Your Child's Strengths turns that flawed paradigm on its head.

Radical Unschooling is a progressive parenting philosophy, which includes children learning at home. It is different from homeschooling in that children are not forced to follow curriculum lessons and tests. Radical Unschooling philosophy focuses on trust of a child's innate ability to learn without coercion and invites children to explore their passions. The parent's role is to facilitate their interests and curiosity. Radical Unschooling - the book - focuses also on the evolutionary aspect of parenting and human consciousness....

Beyond soccer leagues, music camps, and drama lessons, today's youth are in an education arms race that begins in elementary school. In Hyper Education, Pawan Dhingra uncovers the growing world of high-achievement education and the after-school learning centers, spelling bees, and math competitions that it has spawned.

When author Sally Rippin discovered her child was struggling to read, she assumed it would sort itself out over time. She couldn’t have been more wrong. Her son’s dyslexia and ADHD went unsupported for years, leaving him behind his peers and labelled ‘difficult’ by an education system that couldn’t easily cater to neurodivergent kids. By the time Sally learned how to advocate for him, it was—almost—too late. 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.

School Culture Fit is a guide for school administrators to align their many stakeholders - students, faculty, parents and alumni - under a shared purpose. We provide the tools and framework to discover your purpose, implement change, embed purpose into your school, and create a sustainable, people-centered culture. By utilizing the latest business and industrial psychology theories, we provide you both the know-how and science behind how to make the right decisions for your school.

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.

Whatever your occupation, you are a teacher and a student. As many of us learned the hard way during the pandemic, teaching can be complex and challenging. Parents were forced to take over many teaching responsibilities when their kids’ schools closed. Professionals in all fields had to teach themselves how to completely revamp their work lives, and organizations had to teach their employees how to adopt new technologies and use them effectively.

This audiobook is the answer to any infant sleep problems. If you want your baby to nap longer, or don’t know how to stop rocking, or you’re looking for full sleep-training program - Hold with Love from How to Teach a Baby to Fall Asleep alone is the only method you need! It is smooth and fast approach showing how to teach your baby to fall sleep alone. Remarkably gentle for the baby and easy to follow for the parent. Thanks to the step-by-step narration, this method for teaching baby self-soothing is so easy, you will undoubtedly succeed.

Dear Dad……It is often said that you are needed, but an explanation is not always given. It is often said the mother is always needed, but the need of fathers is overlooked. Our dad’s struggle with misinformation when it comes from a place of resentment and reoccurring pain. We hope that the information can be received differently when it is coming from the children. Have you ever envisioned embracing the thoughts of have a relationship with your dad? Would you cancel plans with your friends, just to have quality time with him? Would it be rewarding if you and your father made the ...

After Alice Dreger's live tweeting of her son's abstinence sex ed class went viral, Dreger was asked by many parents how she had managed to raise a 14-year-old so comfortable talking about sex - comfortable enough even to challenge sex ed teachers when they presented misinformation. The Talk is a response to those questions.

¿Educar a tus hijos se ha convertido en tu trabajo más agotador y estresante? Como si el esfuerzo que implica esta actividad no fuera suficiente, seguro te han hecho pensar que mientras más costosa sea la colegiatura y a más clases extracurriculares asistan, mejor les irá en la vida. ¡Mentira!

Brain Stages is the ultimate leg-up for parents and caregivers in today’s complicated, competitive world. A grade-by-grade guide through the formative elementary school years, this audiobook will show you how to have fun with your kids as you help them grow into successful, well-adjusted humans.

The mother of a bullied first grader, popular blogger Carrie Goldman's inspiring true story triggered an outpouring of support from online communities around the world. In Bullied, she gives us a guide to the crucial lessons and actionable guidance she's learned about how to stop bullying before it starts. It is a book born from Goldman's post about the ridicule her daughter suffered from bringing a Star Wars thermos to school.