Books - Educational
In Jesse's Shoes, Appreciating Kids With Special Needs, by Beverly Lewis - A tender story about appreciating and befriending children with special needs.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Define-a-thon for High School Graduiates - The American Heritage Dictionary Define-a-Thon for the High School Graduate offers an entertaining way to help high school students and graduates become vocabulary masters. Written by the editors of the American Heritage dictionaries, this book will encourage students and parents alike to energize their word power.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Define-a-thon for High School Freshman - The American Heritage Dictionary Define-a-Thon for the High School Freshman offers an entertaining way to help middle-schoolers and students entering high school become vocabulary masters.
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What's Love Got to Do With It: Talking With Your Kids About Sex - Unfortunately, for many parents, the most important conversations are the hardest. Ninety-three percent of adults are dissatisfied with the sex education they received as children, which is precisely why they are so bad at teaching their kids-they have no frame of reference. Renowned Harvard Medical School psychologist and frequent Dr. Phil guest John Chirban helps parents talk to their kids about sex.
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Why Bad Grades Happen To Good Kids - All parents want their children to succeed in school. But what happens when a child doesn't perform to the expectations set in the classroom? Is it your child's fault—or the grading process itself? And how do you help get him back on track without nagging, blame, and resentment? In this groundbreaking book, Linda Silbert, Ph.D., and Alvin Silbert, Ed.D., not only offer insightful critique of the current educational system, but introduce a practical, proven, and measurable system—the S+T+R+O+N+G method—that any parent can use to get their children on the road to mastery and achievement.
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Bright Ideas for Busy Moms: 7 Positive Strategies for Raising Great Kids - Known as "The Positive Mom," Karol Ladd gives fresh perspective and practical advice for dealing with the challenges busy mothers face every day. Topics include Bringing Out the Best in Your Child; Discipline with Wisdom, Discernment, and Love; Open Lines of Communication; Teach Character Qualities and Moral Values; Help Your Kids Develop Intimacy with God; Be a Positive Role Model; and Prepare Your Kids for Life.
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Young Bucks - Young Bucks: How to Raise a Future Millionaire is on the cusp of an important new way of understanding how we earn, keep, and spend money. It is a straightforward, practical, and entertaining manual that debunks a number of parenting myths that work against financial independence, such as allowances. This book also teaches parents how to identify the entrepreneurial skills that, to some degree, every child has and guides them to strengthen those skills.
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Rain Bird - Explorations Into Water - Teaching Curriculum - Rain Bird’s Explorations Into Water Teaching Curriculum is an educational tool providing teachers and parents with specific lesson plans and related course work geared to students in grades 3-6. Designed to motivate students to think about the part each person plays – and the actions they can take in using and conserving water. The curriculum gives students the opportunity to explore the critical role water plays on Earth by investigating issues and challenges in water management and conservation in the same manner that scientists and engineers do in the field through research and experimentation.
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4 Weeks to an Organized Life with AD/HD - Based on the concept of visual thinking and filled with tips on how to keep the body at its highest functioning level, this program helps AD/HD sufferers become successful in their everyday lives. The authors share simple yet powerful techniques to develop and harness the strengths of the visual right brain, while at the same time demonstrating how treatment for AD/HD can maximize success.
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Meet Mr. Smith - Meet Mr. Smith is a funny, fresh, romantic conversation about the true nature of love and sex.
For singles 18 to 32 who aren't squeamish about learning countercultural truth, Meet Mr. Smith offers a radical alternative to the over-romanced, casual-sex lifestyle popular in today's world. Re-awakening the ancient ideas of sacred sex, purity, and holy love, relationship experts Eric and Leslie Ludy introduce a new language and framework for our sex-in-the-city culture. Meet Mr. Smith exposes and tackles hot topics like
- What does God think about pre-marital sex?
- What about oral sex and self sex?
- Why would God give me a sex drive if He didn't plan on me using it?
- Is homosexuality really wrong?
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Butt Rot & Bottom Gas - Seventh-grade language arts teacher Eric Groves Sr. has spent years listening to his students giggle after he used words like thespian, coccyx, and masticate. Now he has compiled hundreds of these foul-sounding terms into a delightfully innocent dictionary, complete with illustrated definitions of their true meanings. From air cock (a valve on a boiler) and bushmaster (a large venomous snake) to cummingtonite (a mineral) and beyond, Butt Rot and Bottom Gas is a wonderful reference for word lovers and the snickering seventh grader in all of us. Buy it on Amazon!
Let's Get Ready For Kindergarten!
A brightly illustrated, interactive Kindergarten book that features the core curriculum. Written by and for parents, kids and teachers, features 32 pages of wonderfully illustrated core Kindergarten curriculum. Intended for use by small children, the book is easy to hold and very durable. www.cedarvalleypublishing.com
Let’s Get Ready For First Grade! Follow along with Ms. Best and six new Cedar Valley Kids and Yodie the Coyote who makes learning vowels and constants, vowel sounds, compound words, contractions, the solar system, counting money and measuring exciting for everyone! Come along and see how our Let’s Get Ready Series is working inside homes and schools across the nation. www.cedarvalleypublishing.com
Spintastik Lend a helping hand! Decision-making and delegation are made fun and fair for the whole family with this creative, innovative tool. Wishing for a fair, peaceful way to assign chores? Want a creative way to motivate kids? Looking to reward good behavior? Spintastik makes being helpful fun, fair and rewarding. The kit contains one magnetic spinner wheel for chores and one for rewards. Gather the family, plan the chores and rewards, and begin to spin! The wheels can be used on any metal surface, such as the refrigerator, for easy access and visibility. Blank magnets are also included to allow you to customize chores and rewards. "Pick your magnets, make your wheel. Let’s all spin and make a deal!"
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The Colors Within: One Rainbow Reclaimed by, Jana Adams Full of beautiful colors, bright, brilliant, and unique-for they represent a small beautiful baby girl. The Colors Within tells the story of a little girl badly hurt by severe childhood abuse and illustrates how it stunted and scarred the woman she became. Share the inspiring journey of Good Maker, the Grownup Woman and the Grownup Man as they set out to restore the little girl's spirit and reclaim her childhood gifts. Celebrate their triumph when she re-connects with her precious human spirit and recovers the "colors" that she believed were lost forever. See www.thecolorswithin.com for more details. Buy it at Amazon.
Mommy Has To Stay In Bed, by Annette Rivlin-Gutman Mommy Has to Stay in Bed is for young children who are faced with the trauma of having a parent on bed rest. In this rhythmic and sensitive story, mother and daughter find ways to cope with feelings of frustration and boredom. Whether the parent is pregnant, has the flu, or is on long-term bed rest, Mommy Has to Stay in Bed brings the brighter side of spending time together in spite of a challenging situation. Perfect for helping to explain things that younger children find puzzling when a parent is bed-ridden. Buy it at Amazon.
Answers
is an unprecedented book that is part journal, part memoir prompting parents and guardians to share advice and inspirational anecdotes on a variety of topics. It's perfect in creating lasting memories and impressions for children and guides journal keepers in sharing the treasure of parental guidance and wisdom. See http://www.joanneckinganswers.com for more details.
Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame What would yesterday's heroes say to today's kids? Anthony knows. Step into the "magic picture frame" with him and experience his exciting and amazing adventure back in history as he spends years getting to know each hero. Kids, parents and teachers will appreciate the historical photographs and recommendations for movies, music and places to visit. http://www.MagicPictureFrame.com
S.O.A.R. Study Skills
Regardless if you are a “straight A” student or struggling to pass your classes, SOAR® provides homework help that will make life easier for all students.
The system is also an excellent tool for students with ADD or ADHD. www.soarstudyskills.com