How To Talk So Kids Can Learn | Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish | A 'Must Read' for anyone who works...

How To Talk So Kids Can Learn | Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish | A must-read for every teacher and education major

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	How To Talk So Kids Can Learn Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish Scribner, 1996 - 272 pages average customer review:based on 28 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A 'Must Read' for anyone who works with children

I am a Montessori teacher with 10 years' experience in the classroom as well as a parent to two young children. I also teach workshops to parents and teachers based on the Faber/Mazlish books.

Anyone who works with children should use this book as a reference and re-read it every year or two. Not simply because these methods are effective - which they absolutely are, when practiced faithfully - but because Faber and Mazlish promote a style of teaching/parenting that helps a child develop a positive self-image, strong skills of communication, empathy for others, and self-control.

I'm so dismayed to see even a few negative reviews of this book, presumably written by educators. One of the negative reviewers is right on the money: if you are a person who believes that the adult must retain absolute power over children, then this is NOT the book for you. I would also say that if you are that person, then you should STOP working with children immediately.

If, however, your goals are to aid a child in the development of a strong character and to help nurture life skills that will lead to an adult that is confident, capable of making decisions, and excited to learn and explore the challenges of the world: then get this book today.

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A must-read for every teacher and education major

Wow. This book made a lot of sense. What I like best is the layout. Not only does it practically apply theories (particularly those of Ginott), it tells you how to do so in a user-friendly way. There are checklists, comics, and even dialogues to help teachers (and parents too) see and understand how the techniques described by Faber and Mazlish work. The day care where I currently work uses extreme discipline techniques (and requires teachers to punish moreso than negotiate), so I have not been able to fully practice this method and really see whether or not it works in that setting. However, this book helped me look at children in a different way and respect them even more. The tips on parent-teacher conferences helped me successfully hold my first parent-teacher conference. I did use the method in a student conference with my CCD kids, and it helped me see all the children's point of views and understand the roots of the misbehavior (though we are currently still working on the issues, but the method has a long-term approach moreso than short-term one). Parents should pick up this book at a library and check it out. Teachers, read it and read it and read it some more (and highlight it like crazy)!

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gratitude from the chalkface

I am not yet finished, but the advice is both practical and clear. I am a high school teacher and mother of two preschool children, I saw my faults within a few pages! Learning a new way of communicating seems onerous at first, but I can see that the effort will pay off. Thank you for such a timely book - as my son proceeds to jump off the sofa and bellow the house down - I am calm (cos I know what not to do!!!)

A Fantastic Practical Approach

This book is full of practical everyday situations that a teacher faces. It is a quick easy read since it isn't quoting research studies along the way, but instead is based on the experience of the teachers and authors over 30 years ago. I have found their "advice" to be very useful in my classroom today as well as being very consistent with the educational studies that I reviewed while studying for my Master in Education. Every teacher that I have passed it on to has had similiar reactions. A must read in my teacher library!

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