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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child
Donalyn Miller · 227 pages
Donalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she couldn't turn into a reader. No matter how far behind Miller's students might be when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end up reading an average of 40 to 50 books a year. Miller's unconventional approach dispenses with drills and worksheets that make reading a chore. Instead, she helps students navigate the world of literature and gives t
Reading in the Wild
Donalyn Miller, Susan Kelley · 304 pages
"Explores whether or not we are truly instilling lifelong reading habits in our students and provides practical strategies for teaching 'wild' reading. Based on survey responses from over 900 adult readers and classroom feedback, [the book] offers ... advice and strategies on how to develop, encourage, and assess key lifelong reading habits, including dedicating time for reading, planning for futu
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox, Elaine Bruner · 416 pages
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
Paul Tough · 256 pages
Why do some children succeed while others fail? The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes to those who score highest on tests, from preschool admissions to SATs. But in this book the author argues that the qualities that matter most have more to do with character: skills like perseverance, curiosity, conscientiousness, optimism, and self-con
The Daily 5: fostering literacy independence in the elementary grades
Gail Boushey, Joan Moser
Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing
A.S. Neill · 392 pages
**Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing** is a book about the English boarding school Summerhill School by its headmaster A. S. Neill. It is known for introducing his ideas to the American public. It was published in America on November 7, 1960, by the Hart Publishing Company and later revised as **Summerhill School: A New View of Childhood** in 1993. Its contents are a repackaged collec
Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men
Leonard Sax · 309 pages
How To Talk So Kids Can Learn
Adele Faber, Rosalyn Anstine Templeton, Elaine Mazlish · 272 pages
Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Pre-School Years
Elizabeth G. Hainstock, Lee Davis · 224 pages
So You're Thinking About Homeschooling: Fifteen Families Show How You Can Do It
Lisa Whelchel · 236 pages
Discover the Diversity of Homeschooling Confused and intimidated by the complexities of homeschooling, many parents assume it could never work for them. Now an updated edition of So You're Thinking About Home Schooling by Lisa Whelchel--herself a homeschooling mother of three--introduces to readers fifteen composite portraits of homeschooling families who show how every family can successfully fac
The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home
Susan Wise Bauer, Jessie Wise · 864 pages
The Core: Teaching Your Child the Foundations of Classical Education
Leigh A. Bortins
Free Range Learning How Homeschooling Changes Everything
Laura Grace Weldon
The Absorbent Mind
Maria Montessori · 304 pages
Based on the lectures given by Dr. Maria maria Montessori at Ahmedabad, during the first training course to be held after her internment in India, which lasted till the end of World War 2. In it she illustrated the unique mental powers of the young child which enable him to construct and firmly establish within but a few years- without teachers, without any of the usual aids of education, nay almo
Reading Magic: How Your Child Can Learn To Read Before School And Other Read Aloud Miracles
Mem Fox · 145 pages
With passion and humor, Fox speaks of when, where, and why to read aloud and demonstrates how to read aloud to best effect and get the most out of a read-aloud session. She discusses the three secrets of reading, offers guidance on defining and choosing good books, and - for this new edition - includes two new chapters on boy readers and phonics, a foreword, and a list of "Twenty Books That Childr
1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism or Asperger's
Ellen Notbohm, Veronica Zysk · 364 pages
Contains 1001 suggestions for meeting the challenges faced by children with autism spectrum disorders, covering sensory integration, communication, language, daily living, social issues, behavior, and education.
Playful Learning: Develop Your Child's Sense of Joy and Wonder
Mariah Bruehl · 271 pages
The Brainy Bunch: The Harding Family's Method to College Ready by Age Twelve
Kip Harding, Mona Lisa Harding · 244 pages
A Charlotte Mason Education: A Home Schooling How-To Manual
Catherine Levison · 90 pages
Thirty Million Words: Building a Child's Brain
Dana Suskind, Beth Suskind · 314 pages
"The founder and director of the Thirty Million Words Initiative, Professor Dana Suskind, explains why the most important--and astoundingly simple--thing you can do for your child's future success in life is to talk to him or her, reveals the recent science behind this truth, and outlines precisely how parents can best put it into practice"--