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Games for Writing: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Learn to Write
Peggy Kaye
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
, 1995
Great for Homeschooling
This is a wonderful book for the homeschooling environment. First, the author is a tutor for children struggling with public school methods, so she offers enjoyable, imaginative alternatives to the plug and chug kids get in school. Second, as a tutor, the author ...
Games for Reading: Playful Ways to Help Your Child Read
Peggy Kaye
Pantheon
, 1984
a pleasure to learn
We are a homeschooling family with young daughters. My youngest daughter has absolutely no interest in sitting down to learn to read and write. It has always been a struggle with her. At 8yo now, we have begun to get a little (maybe a lot) frustrated with each other ...
Hello, Cupcake!: Irresistibly Playful Creations Anyone Can Make
Alan Richardson
,
Karen Tack
Houghton Mifflin
, 2008
Hello Cupcake Cookbook
I love this book! I am a real novice when it comes to cake decorating but my first two attempts were very successful. I am getting ready to try another creation and I look forward to it! It is a great way to include the whole family, there is something for everyone ...
A Sentence a Day: Short, Playful Proofreading Exercises to Help Students Avoid Tripping up When They Write
Samantha Prust
Cottonwood Press, Inc.
, 2007
Not a moment too soon
It's about time that someone took it upon herself to demystify the writing process for our nation's youth. As a former college instructor, I cannot adequately express my dismay at how many of my students, products of both public and private schools, could not find it ...
The Loved Dog: The Playful, Nonaggressive Way to Teach Your Dog Good Behavior
Tamar Geller
Simon Spotlight Entertainment
, 2007
The Loved Dog
It was a pleasure finally to find someone with whose gentle, sensible, methods, view point, and philosophy I agree, especially after some rather harsh tactics I have observed by other trainers. You can tell Tamar truly loves her dogs as much as most owners love their ...
What Kindergarten Teachers Know: Practical and Playful Ways for Parents to Help Children Listen, Learn, and ...
Lisa Holewa
,
Joan Rice
Perigee Trade
, 2008
A must-read!
This book is a must-read for anyone who uses an "attachment parenting" approach to raising children. Holewa and Rice beautifully outline child-centered methods of creating a loving, nurturing home environment. They focus on understanding rather than controlling ...
Playful Pals: Level 1
Nora Gaydos
Innovative Kids
, 2003
Very motivating for the child who just wont!!!!!
my son now six has known his letter sounds since he was four and just would not be willing to sit down and read even the simpliest of books to me, and I have a lot of emergent readers and leveled readers. This was the set That did it for us. He begs to read these ...
Playful Parenting
Lawrence J. Cohen
Ballantine Books
, 2002
Great insight on children's play
I bought this book because I needed help with getting better at playing with my daughter. She always wants to play and I am busy or not in the mood. I was feeling so guilty and not a good mom that I started looking for books on how to be a better parent. After reading ...
Making the Brain Body Connection: A Playful Guide to Releasing Mental, Physical & Emotional Blocks to Success
Sharon Promislow
Enhanced Learning & Integration
, 2005
Great book!
This is the book I have been looking for for a long time. We had private BrainGym classes with a BrainGym instructor to help my son's social skills and attention. It worked fine. But it is just too expensive($85/hour). What she did to my son is just what the book ...
Sex Deck: Playful Positions to Spice Up Your Love Life
Dr. Dawn Harper
Chronicle Books
, 2006
Helps Spice Things Up
I bought these cards for my girlfriend and I. Not only did they arrive in one day, they are totally awesome. To be fair, my girlfriend and I don't really need these cards to instruct us, for I have learned that we just know how to do all of these positions by instinct, ...
Radar, Hula Hoops, and Playful Pigs: 67 Digestible Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life
Joe Schwarcz
Holt Paperbacks
, 2001
Excellent all-round entertaining read.
Surprisingly, a book about science that is unbiased, very informative and an easy and enjoyable read! I would most definitely recommend this book to anybody with an interest in not just science and chemistry but also to those who wonder how modern society got to where ...
Playful Approaches to Serious Problems: Narrative Therapy With Children and Their Families (Norton ...
Jennifer Freeman
,
David Epston
, ...
W. W. Norton & Company
, 1997
An easy to read book about new ideas for child therapy.
Playfull Approaches is an engaging book that makes the complex simple. A therapist parent or teacher will be spurred to creativity about even the most recalcitrant child. The authors work with children is presented in a literary form that puts the reader right inside ...
Creative Classics: 250 Playful Continuous-Line Quilting Designs
Laura Lee Fritz
C&T Publishing
, 2008
Great Ideas
Great ideas, says it all. Some very imaginative and easy to follow ideas for the beginner free motion quilter.
Peer Play and the Autism Spectrum: The Art of Guiding Children's Socialization and Imagination
Pamela J. Wolfberg
Autism Asperger Publishing Company
, 2003
Excellent, Practical and Refreshing
This book is an excellent practical resource for promoting play in children with autism or ASD. This book begins from a philosophy that incorporates and respects all children. It provides numerour practical resources and instructions for setting up integrated play ...
Douggie: The Playful Pup Who Became a Sled Dog Hero
Pam Flowers
Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co.
, 2008
Douggie: The Playful Pup Who Became A Sled Dog Hero
I bought this book and donated it as a birthday book at the elementary school I work at. The librarian has been reading it to the classes that come in for library. I have gotten so many hugs and THANK YOUS from the kids at school. They have all said it is a "Great ...
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