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Sheree B -Boston
If you want your child to win the national spelling bee this probably isnt the book you need but if you want simple explanations offairly hard spellings this is a great book.You get lists of words with tricky sounds in them and a lot of word families and its all explained in easy terms. I have taught my child many of the lists and will keep going.

A book full of activites
I found this book very practical and helpful.It gave me fun games and simple word lists.try this book if you wanttips and useful information that really works. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Elementary    4. Elementary School Language Arts    5. English language    6. Orthography and spelling    7. Parent Participation    8. Study and teaching (Elementary)    9. Vocabulary    10. Education / Parent Participation    11. English    12. English language: spelling    13. Teaching of a specific subject   

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Parent Participation    4. Preschool & Kindergarten    5. Readiness for school    6. Separation (Psychology)    7. Separation anxiety in children    8. Educational psychology    9. Primary / junior schools   

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Dr. Peters does not live in the real world of parents, teachers and kids.
If only it were this simple...every child would be a A student! First of all, if your child does not want to do the homework, they are going to conveniently "forget" about assignments. As far as communicating with the teachers about assignments, that will last a few days, then the annoyed teacher gives a lecture about "teaching your child to be responsible" (in other words, I don't have time to make sure your kid writes down the assignment every day for the whole year). The punishment/reward system does not work for a child who looks at homework as the punishment. This book contains the simplistic advice you would find in any woman's magazine. It will not work, especially with older children.

Proven to work!!
I have "Don't Be Afraid to Discipline". I am a teacher and I recommend it to all of my parents. They buy it, read it, and thank me for recommending something that helps to shed some light on what they do or not do and how to do things better.Kids need limits and parents need someone to remind them of all that good parenting of years ago. One last thought, I have attended some of her seminars personally. Made me a better teacher!!

Common sense. . .
Here's the plan: 1.know what your children's homework is (communicate with their teachers) 2.stay on top of whether they're doing it 3.use a system of "consequences" (reward/punishment) to reinforce their study behaviors. OK---I just saved you $12.95!This book is only simple common sense; there is NOTHING innovative or helpful inside. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Educational Psychology    4. Motivation (Psychology)    5. Motivation in education    6. Parent Participation    7. Study Skills    8. Child care & upbringing    9. Family & Relationships / Parenting   

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nice warm-up
A nice book to learn about the state tests. It gives concise reviews of what kids needs to know, so you can check their readiness. The test taking tips are very useful for first-timers to raise scores. A very helpful warm-up for both parents and kids. Note that such a thin book doesn't do much to improve math or reading. That requires daily learning in school and study in home. There is a nice web site http://www.beestar.org you can use weekly to assess your child's skills step by step. With the fundamentals in place, this book is a nice warm-up.

Buy This Book Now!!!!!!!!!!
Sometimes I tutor my nine year old nephew, so I purchased this book to help him pass the NY State 4th Grade English Language Arts and Math tests. He has a regular tutor, but I fill in when the tutor cancels or my nephew needs additional help.
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Subjects:  1. Education / Teaching    2. Elementary    3. Examinations    4. Fourth grade (Education)    5. Mathematical ability    6. New York (State)    7. Parent Participation    8. Study Aids    9. Study guides    10. Test Prep    11. Testing    12. Testing & Measurement    13. Tests    14. Study Aids / Tests   

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not entirely agree...
I have experience in college teaching myself. There are some important points that the author brought out regarding study methods. However, I must also say that some studying environment that the author mentioned in the book is too ideal. I know of too many average or poor family who can not effort to provide their kids that kind of luxury in terms of attention and physical environment. However, their kids often end up much tougher and successful. My point is that few things that the book considered important is really secondary in my opinion.

Middle School Years
Having taught at the Middle School level, I highly recommend this book for the parents of children in grades 5-8 who are concerned about their children's education. Ms. Hernandez does understand these "unique" developmental years and how not to let the child's education slip through the cracks.
I wish I had read this when our kid was 4
This book should be read by all parents before their children are admitted to school.It is second only to Bad Teachers by Guy Strickland.This books provides not only great tips but includes examples on helping your child reach their potential.It truly gives great insight in finding the best school to meet your child's needs. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Elementary    4. Middle school education    5. Parent Participation    6. Reference    7. Secondary    8. Education / Elementary   

Editorial Review

How do you support a fifth grader in school? By helping them get organized and develop early study skills, by taking advantages of teachable moments at home, and by developing a positive relationship with your child's teacher. Educator and author Jennifer Richard Johnson's Read more

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Right on the Money
How Is My Fifth Grader Doing in School is a thorough and"parent-friendly" guide to helping your fifth grader where aparent can help best.This book answered questions in a straightforwardmanner and offered suggestions that bridged the gap between home andschool.I found the terminology to be understandable and free of excessive"educationalese" that plagues other books of this genre. I havetried the activities and assessments from this bookwith my son, and havebeen more than satisfied with their effectiveness.I highly recommend thisbook to parents who want to do whatever is possible to strengthen theirchildrens' education. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Education, Elementary    4. Elementary    5. Fifth grade (Education)    6. Home Schooling    7. Parent Participation    8. Parent-teacher relationships    9. Testing & Measurement    10. United States    11. Education / Elementary   

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Great Book for Struggling 6th Graders!
I was bad in math, kind of bad in reading. I did some of this book and it's great, but the reason I didn't give this 5 stars is because in the 'Math' section, the formulas aren't that good and not just that, and some things are not include. But the biggest flaw is when they say what time is it in another place and they don't give a map to tell you! You have to look on the Internet for fricken' 2 hours to find all that!
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Subjects:  1. Child Development    2. Curricula    3. Curriculum planning    4. Education    5. Elementary    6. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    7. Handbooks, manuals, etc    8. Home Schooling    9. Parent Participation    10. Parenting - General    11. Parents And Education    12. Sixth grade (Education)    13. United States    14. Education / Elementary   

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New views on Education
John Holt puts to the read a new perspective on what education really involves.He talks about a self-directed learning process that makes a lot of sense.

A seminal contribution to education policy discussions
Instead Of Education: Ways To Help People Do Things Better by alternative education advocate John Holt (author of the 1964 book How Children Fail) is an iconoclastic and seminal work presenting a persuasively argued case for "un-schooling" from traditional classroom structures and curriculum fare, to innovative, self-directed learning as the basis for a truly creative life. A direct challenge to the complacency of today's educational status quo (even in this political age of "no child left behind" and school voucher proposals), Instead Of Education should be required reading in every Teacher's College, District School Board, and governmental education policy development office whether it be federal, state, or local. Instead Of Education is a significant and seminal contribution to education policy discussions and commended to the attention of education reform activists at all levels and from all perspectives.
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Helpful book for back to school!
I just read an article about Stacy DeBroff in the Atlanta Journal Constitution where she talked about getting organized for Back to School. I bought this book after reading some great tips she mentioned, and just love it! The book gives all kinds of advice about how parents can be involved in helping their kids with school. She talks about a variety of school-related issues, from homework and parent-teacher conferences to bullies and learning disabilities. She really covers all areas of school and gives unique suggestions that I would never think up on my own!

Support for your child at school
School dynamics have significantly changed and parents are facing new situations.There's a new level of pressure at the elementary age from the restructuring of the child's schedule to the level of academic pressure.This book is written with clear information for parents and practical advice on being an advocate for your child.
Great Book for Parents
I really liked this book.It has many insights and tips for parents with childrenin school.It included hints and tips for things that I had never even thought about before.The only thing that I don't like about this book is that it does not include much about small children - pre-k and K ... for those with kids in elementary school - this is THE book for you!I also love love love the Mom Book ... it is like my Bible! LOL!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Child Development    2. Education    3. Education, Elementary    4. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    5. Middle school education    6. Mother and child    7. Parent And Child    8. Parent Participation    9. Parenting - General    10. Parents And Education    11. Family & Relationships / Reference   

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Straight Talk About Reading
As a kindergarten teacher, this book has made a big difference on how to prepare children to read.This book offers many wonderful tips on how to help your child as parents to better equip your child even before a teacher introduces your child with reading concepts.

A must book for parents of preshoolers through 1st graders
This book explains the difference in teaching methods for reading and how effective the methods are. It is written for parents. I appreciate the facts presented on actual studies that have been done on methods in learning to read.As a parent of two preschoolers (and I am not an educator), I am now educated on how I can make a difference in my child's performance in school after reading this book.I like the recommended reading lists by age that can be found in the appendix or at the author's website which is www.proactiveparent.com .The author stresses that the earlier you are proactive - the better chance that your child becomes a good reader.It has been proven that it is much more difficult to become a good reader after the 1st grade.The author points out that usually reading problems are not detected even in "good" schools early enough.She details what parents can look for and what to do when your child is having a problem at a very early stage in leaning to read. The author also has a newer book titled "Parenting a Struggling Reader" that is more for parents with children with reading difficulties."Straight Talk" is more written for parents of all children before their children read."Straight Talk" tells parents how to be proactiveto ensure their children love reading.

What can YOU do to help kids learn to read?Here's how.
This book was truly spectacular if you are interested in really understanding how kids learn to read and what you can do to help! I learned so much from this book, if I had the money, I would buy a ton of them and give them out to anyone who has kids, will have kids, or works with kids.Read more

Subjects:  1. Books & Reading    2. Education    3. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    4. Language Experience Approach    5. Parent Participation    6. Parenting - General    7. Parents And Education    8. Reading    9. Reading (Early childhood)    10. Reading Education (General)    11. Reading Skills    12. Remedial teaching    13. United States    14. Child care & upbringing    15. Education / Parent Participation   

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The only book I needed
I have homeschooled for 12 years. I used this book to prepared transcript and portfolio for my eldest child who applied to colleges/universities last year. This book is excellent - straight forward, easy to follow, plenty of examples. You can not go wrong with this book.

This step by step guide is a great resource!
We are currently assembling a portfolio for my homeschooled teen. Loretta Heuer's book has been very helpful. The authorincludes easy to follow instructions on how to document learning and present the homeschooled college applicant in the best possible light. The book emphasizes that even non-traditional learners or unschoolers can pull together a solid transcript. Particularly useful were the reproducible worksheets used for listing films viewed, books read, trips taken, etc. Heuer even goes into great detail on the importance of word choice, and her organized list of verbs is a nice bonus. I feel a lot more confident about the whole admissions process after reading this guide.

Homeschool Portflios
I have homeschooled for 5 yrs and we are always looking for better organization for our evaluations and now we will be facing graduation and then college. This book has been a tremdous help to me. Letters, forms, what to expect the colleges will be looking for as well as our local school when we have our yearly evaluation for the county. Full of excellent material, helpful hints and "how to" letters to be written to school officials, colleges,ect.and most importantly to me, how to put it all together so our best work and achievements can be showcased. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Education    2. Education / Teaching    3. Experimental Methods    4. General    5. Handbooks, manuals, etc    6. Home Schooling    7. Portfolios in education    8. Student records    9. Study Aids    10. Test Prep    11. United States    12. Study & learning skills   

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Highly recommended for parents of gifted children
Gifted Children Gifted Education by Gary A. Davis Ph. D. (winner of the E. Paul Torrance Creativity Award from the Creativity Division of the National Association for Gifted Children) is a no-nonsense guide to the concept of giftedness in children, and how parents can provide opportunities to cultivate their children's gifts. Chapters address how to identify gifted children, the pros and cons of educational acceleration from grade skipping to early college admission, how to aid the development of thinking skills and creative growth, and common problems or counseling needs among gifted children. Written in a conversational style accessible to the lay reader, Gifted Children Gifted Education is highly recommended for parents of gifted children.
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Best book on the subject, organized by age+skills
I cannot recommend this book enough to teachers AND parents alike. It is organized with 16 concise, detail specific chapters
Prepares your children (and you) to succeed in life
Communication skills gained through speech and debate are the #1 predictor of success in business and in life.Unfortunately, many students today are woefully unprepared to communicate their ideas clearly (whether on paper orin spoken form).This book gives excellent, easy to understand and use,techniques, projects and other helps for parents who want to help theirchildren develop or improve the communication skills they will need foreverything from interpersonal relationships, to group settings to thebusiness world.It is excellent!

How to teachyour kids to relate to and motivate others!
This book very effectively guides parents in raising children with the skills they will need to be successful in all areas of communicating with others.There are ideas for raising your child to be a better learner anda more creative thinker.There are ideas for increasing your child'scommunication skills at every stage of life from infancy on!The chapterfor children ages 13 and up has information helpful to anyone who wants tomotivate others, give well-organized presentations, be successful in aninterview, be assertive in argument or give a speech--planned or impromtu.Very highly recommended! ... Read more

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I wouldn't suggest this book
I recently bought this book, and then promptly returned it. The opening line of the preface is an unclear, run-on sentence, which concerned me right from the start, and the book is generally overwritten, devoid of proper punctuation, and repetitive. As a result, I feel that using this book to teach writing might be like getting your cat to teach you how to swim.My family did have fun suggesting alternative titles before settling on "Any Child Can Write As Well As Me Do".

A great addition to the home library
As a home schooler of seven plus years, we have been using the suggestions and ideas in this book for the past couple of years and have found them most effective. Our children enjoy the activities and I have noticed an improvement in their writing skills which I am sure is due, in part, to these activities. The book itself is a very easy read and I would highly recommend this book to anyone. It's a great resource for those just beginning home schooling and, for those already established, provides some new ideas to add to their programme. For those not home schooling it will assist parents who are eager to help their children improve their writing skills. Well done Mr Wiener and thank you!

Great Writing Advice and Ideas
Descriptive, creative expression is the focus of Wiener's book. He gives many concrete examples of how to improve the quality of one's writing. This book is full of fun activities to encourage lively, precise writing--yet ithas none of those ghastly, contrived writing assignments.Read more

Subjects:  1. Composition & Creative Writing - General    2. Composition and exercises    3. Education    4. Education / Teaching    5. Elementary    6. English Composition    7. English language    8. Home Schooling    9. Language    10. Language Arts & Disciplines    11. Language arts    12. Parent participation    13. Study and teaching    14. Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts    15. Language Arts & Disciplines / Composition & Creative Writing    16. Literature/English | Writing | Creative Writing   

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Pragmatic guide for accessing community/culture in therapy
Rigazio-DiGilio, Ivey, Kunkler-Peck, and Grady do an excellent job of describing theoretical constructs, processes, and practical applications for using community genograms in counseling in order to build on resources and access strengths within individuals, families, and communities.This book goes beyond the rhetoric of including culture and context as important therapeutic considerations, offering those in the helping fields a graphic tool to respectfully and collaboratively explore these dimensions with clients.I found it particularly exciting that the authors offered practical guidance for intervening at a community level and drawing from culture and community to enhance the liberating potential of therapeutic encounters.This is a "must-read" for counselors and therapists who strive to find ways to more intentionally consider individuals and families within their social, historical, and cultural contexts. ... Read more

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Highly recommended
This is a very good book.I am a teacher and a parent and of the many books I have read about teaching children to read this is the one I recommend most to parents.The author includes all the important things to teach a beginning reader and presents it in a way that is easy for any parent to read.She also emphasises that reading should be fun which is especially important in these early years. A good buy.

great book
I bought this book to help my five year old.I like it better than others i have read because its easy to read and doesnt feel like i have to plow through it. It gives lots of activities and some good word lists to use and how to use them.Id recommend this for anyone who wants to help their child progress a bit quicker.

What a waste of time
I am developing a reading program with kids of the country side. I bought this book with HUGE EXPECTATIONS. I thought it would help me to find interesting paths to promote reading and writting alternatives. But for me... all that is written in this book is very obvious. You can find that information only by using your simple common sense. I dont know. Maybe i am hiper critical but in my case, the book didint help at all. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Creative activities and seat w    2. Creative activities and seat work    3. Education    4. Education / Teaching    5. Elementary    6. Handbooks, manuals, etc    7. Parent Participation    8. Reading    9. Reading Education (General)    10. Reading In Elementary Education    11. Remedial teaching    12. Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading    13. Advice on parenting    14. Education / Parent Participation    15. Self-Help & Practical Interests   

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Essential
Teaching middle school mathematics to inner city students is what I do on a daily basis. This book changed my approach and made a world of a difference in the performance of my students. It changed my perception of reality of unequal access to education in America for most poor African Americans. There is a completely different way that a student looks at the world when he or she may not have had a decent dinner the night prior to coming to school. There are a laundry list of socioeconomic issues that make it almost crucial to approach the teaching of mathematics to most African American students differently. Different motivations for learning is the key to this understanding the author's point of view. This understanding can be appliedfor success in teaching every subject. Changing a student's motivation by using things that are unique to his or her ethnic group as motivation does not constitute racism or advocate the teaching of it -it's common sense!

math book
this is a great book.We use it in our tutoring program.Everyone concerned about Black children should read it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. African American students    2. African Americans    3. Education    4. Education / Teaching    5. Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General    6. Mathematics    7. Parent Participation    8. Study & Teaching    9. Study and teaching    10. Teaching Methods & Materials - Mathematics    11. United States    12. Primary / junior schools    13. Social Science / African-American Studies   

Subjects:  1. Child Development    2. Curricula    3. Education    4. Elementary    5. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    6. Fourth grade (Education)    7. Home Schooling    8. Parent Participation    9. Parenting - General    10. Parents And Education    11. United States    12. Education / Elementary