books about: teaching     books:       Parenting With Love And Logic (Updated and Expanded Edition)164 reviews Foster W. Cline, Jim Fay Pinon Press, 2006 An Outstanding Book For Every Parent This a an outstanding book for parents to learn those parenting skills necessary to raise happy and healthy children. Another must-read for parents is Bully-Proofing Children: A Practical, Hands-On Guide to Stop Bullyingwhich is about raising empowering children who will never become victims or bullies.             Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from The Power of Now106 reviews Eckhart Tolle New World Library, 2001 Beautiful, Practical and Intelligent Eckhart Tolle, the author of the international bestseller, "Power of Now," highlights his essential teachings and then skillfully offers effective meditations and practices, so that the reader may directly realize the true power of living in the present moment. These exercises encourage a revolutionary shift beyond the mind-made self and its waiting, worrying and fear, so that we may get out of ...             Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses118 reviews Dorothy Richmond McGraw-Hill, 1996 Know Spanish Verbs Inside and Out!!! This book on Spanish verb tenses is the best I've ever seen. In fact, it is probably the only book of its kind. I haven't seen any other books like this one, probably because it would be a waste of time for someone else to write a book like this. The book first explains the present tense in great detail. It explains how the present tense is used in every possibleway. Although, it doesn't ...             The Daily Five: Fostering Literacy Independence in the Elementary Grades34 reviews Gail Boushey, Joan Moser Stenhouse Publishers, 2006 the daily 5; fostering literacy independent in the elementary grades WOW!!!...is all I can say. I am on my 14th day of "training." I can see a lot of pride in my students. THEY take the ownership of their learning with this fantastic program. I have found that I do, indeed, spend much less time maintaining those students that I am NOT currently working with. No "gentle reminders," "pulling cards," "deducting time from recess," etc. They are so proud of their ...             Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons419 reviews Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox, ... Fireside, 1986 awesome book for any child to learn to read! I started this book with my daughter when she was three and she took to it immediately. After working through it with her at home, I decided to use it to work with my kindergartener and 1st grader (who was struggling with reading)who were in school. All of them have enjoyed the fact that they are able to read through a lesson in a matter of 10-20 minutes. The parent portion of the book is so ...             The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology8 reviews Jack Kornfield Bantam, 2008 26 Gems of Psychotherapeutic Wisdom Jack Kornfield richly expounds on 26 principles of Buddhist psychology. The first of these is: "See the inner nobility and beauty of all human beings" and the 26th being: "A peaceful heart gives birth to love. When love meets suffering it turns to compassion. When love meets suffering it turns to joy." Jack Kornfield provides the reader with a philosophical discussion of each principle ...             Yoga Anatomy50 reviews Leslie Kaminoff Human Kinetics Publishers, 2007 Yoga anatomy This is an excellent resource for building a thoughtful yoga class or practice. Many students have issues with specific muscles and this book helps you respond with good and in-depth understanding of which poses are a good choice for them.             The First Days Of School: How To Be An Effective Teacher267 reviews Harry K. Wong, Rosemary T. Wong Harry K. Wong Publications, 2004 Educator's Go - to Kit Very eye-opening. A truly great read for any caring educator. Time-tested and researched techniques, procedures, and rules. Even a chapter on dressing the part. Well worth every penny. I have two copies.             Bob Books, Set 1: Beginning Readers85 reviews Bobby Lynn Maslen Scholastic, 2006 Good Beginning For Developing Reading Success All parents need to start early and share in their child's reading experience- these books are a good beginning. Two pieces of children's literature that I also highly recommend that I used with my young children are:Life's Little Lessons: An Inch-By-Inch Tale of Success and The Big Squeal: A Wild, True, and Twisted Tail. Written by teachers, the kids loved them and the 10-page scripted teaching ...             Barron's GRE 2008 with CD-ROM (Barron's How to Prepare for the Gre Graduate Record Examination)23 reviews Sharon Weiner Green, Ph.D. Ira K. Wolf Barron's Educational Series, 2007 Excellent GRE prep material I would highly recommend this book for preparing to take the GRE general test. The review material, exercises and sample question answer explanations were very helpful in relearning math I originally learned over 20 years ago (I'm heading to grad school at age 43). To get a baseline, I took one of the sample tests before reviewing. Then I went through each math chapter carefully (but only ...             Only a Theory: Evolution and the Battle for America's Soul16 reviews Kenneth R. Miller Viking Adult, 2008 ID: Not even a theory; not even a belief. Admit it. No one really believes ID. Promoters and followers of ID are virtually all YECs, OECs, or privately accept evolution but think that the "masses" need to believe creationist fairy tales to behave properly. In "Finding Darwin's God" Miller described how YEC and OEC failed miserably as science, and suffered from mutual contradictions. Enter the ID strategy, which as Miller notes, is ...             Literacy Work Stations: Making Centers Work25 reviews Debbie Diller Stenhouse Publishers, 2003 a must have for all teachers! I bought this over the summer to help the teachers in my building start centers. I loved it so much, I let someone borrow it, and they obviously loved it so much, they never gave it back. Debbie Diller gave practical ideas that are easy to implement in the classroom.             Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder75 reviews Richard Louv Algonquin Books, 2008 TEN Star Great book!!!! Cannot recommend this book enough whether you live in a city, suburb or rural area. Nature is all around you as the book says, and sadly to many children have no idea what trees are in their neighborhood, or what that flower called a dandelion is growing thru the crack in the sidewalk. If nothing else I hope the book will make parents/adults and children simply stop and look around and ...             Getting To Maybe: How to Excel on Law School Exams51 reviews Richard Michael Fischl, Jeremy Paul Carolina Academic Press, 1999 Yes. It seems incomprehensible, not long ago, that this book did not exist! The information accumulated and distributed in this book is priceless. Many law-thought exercises, a challenging read for the mind but not tiring or boring when taken in chunks. If you're going to law school or are in it right now, and haven't read this, you certainly will regret it!             Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew93 reviews Ellen Notbohm Future Horizons, 2005 Great for family/friends/ and as a reminder for yourself This is a short book that helps understanding your child's feelings and concerns and how to deal with them (it does not break down the different ASDs). The book is written as if your child is speaking to you, which makes it more personal. It has 10 short main points from the child's view, then explains every point more detailed in the second part of the book. This book might help people who ...             Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement35 reviews Stephanie Harvey, Anne Goudvis Stenhouse Publishers, 2007 Engaging Children Through Understanding What They Read Engaging children in books and loving reading is a natural next step when they understand and go to a deeper level to embrace books. Another must-have for kids 4-8 are 2 fabulous pieces of children's literature with invaluable teaching guides for parents and teachers:The Big Squeal: A Wild, True, and Twisted Tail and Life's Little Lessons: An Inch-By-Inch Tale of Success...which teach those all ...             A Framework for Understanding Poverty93 reviews Ruby K. Payne aha Process, Inc., 2005 Fast shipping Book was exactly what I thought it would be. I ordered it for a class that I was taking this summer and it arrived promptly. I was impressed with how quickly it arrived and it was in excellent shape. I have no complaints at all!             The First Six Weeks of School (Strategies for Teachers Series, 2)15 reviews Paula Denton, Roxann Kriete Northeast Foundation for Children, 2000 Great for First Year Educators! I began using Morning Meeting [ASIN:1892989093 The Morning Meeting Book (Strategies for Teachers, 1)] as a part of my teacher education program last year and found it to be a great benefit for encouraging positive social interactions between my elementary students. This year, I began following and implementing The First Six Weeks of School's suggestions and my students LOVE it! They enjoy ...             Pagan Christianity?: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices149 reviews Frank Viola, George Barna BarnaBooks, 2008 Finally, some truth on the subject I suspect that most Christians realized long ago that something was wrong with "church". Too much dogma, politics, in-fighting and power moves, we attend organizations that have very little in common with the picture of the church in Acts. But until Frank and George provided the history, most of us never knew why we were so disappointed. Now we have some solid ground for rebuilding the ...             Understanding by Design, Expanded 2nd Edition26 reviews Grant Wiggins, Jay McTighe Prentice Hall, 2005 Good info, a little redundant I used this book as part of a graduate level class. The book is quite informative and gives great ideas on how to teach for results instead of just covering necessary material. Basically, it tells teachers to start with goals, then work backward to the introduction and teaching of the material. There are other similar strategies out there, but this is very specific as to curriculum design. 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