Children as Teachers: Creating a New Relationship with Choices, Agreements, and Guilt-Free Parenting

Product DescriptionIn her book, Children as Teachers, Margaret Lester describes her personal miracle—the opportunity to found and direct a “new-thought” pre-school in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the early 1970s. There, in a tiny arena, “guilt-free” parenting, unconditional love, agreements, choices, and natural consequences ruled. In that environment the children, each in his or her own way [...]

A Parenting Guidebook: The Roles of School, Family, Teachers, Religion , Community, Local, State and Federal Government in Assisting Parents with Rearing Their Children

Product DescriptionA Parenting Guide Book is a practical, easy to read and use book that tells you what to say and how to say it to your children as a parent, grandparent or significant and responsible adult in the home. Children need their parent/responsible adult figure to be involved in their lives and with their [...]

When Parents are More Concerned with Their Cell Phones than Their Children: a Teacher’s View

Teachers see just about everything. So do kids, even little ones. It’s important for parents to demonstrate that their children are important through their actions. Here’s an example of what not to do, and I promise it’s a true story.
It is not always easy for working parents to find the time to come into school, [...]

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December 1, 2007

Friends Unlikely by Susan Smith Alvis

This brand new young adult title from Amira Press is a must-read for teenagers and their families. A fictional story that will bring a tear or two to the otherwise dry eye, Friends Unlikely is a book that is definitely going to turn a few industry-heads.

Five [...]

Parents – The Best Teachers for Children

Parents play a vital role in the life. Undoubtedly, they always set an example to their offspring, so their behaviour, lifestyles, and habits often become the subject the children imitate. In this way, I can’t agree with it more that parents are the best teacher of children.
Above all, it’s proved by scientists that we [...]

Math – Roles Of Teachers & Parents In North America & Europe Versus Those In The Far East & South Asia

Around the world, math teachers are teaching similar math materials, but the major differentiator between these regional groups is the level of stress given to learning the basics by math teachers in the Far East and South Asia.
In North America, course outlines, which are provided through school districts and boards, outline mandatory material that must [...]

Parents And Teachers Must Work Together For The Benefit Of The Child

Though it seems so obvious that parents and teachers should be partners for the childâ??s sake, too often there is a clash. With open communication, parents and teachers should be able to settle any misunderstandings. Both have only the childâ??s best interests at heart.
Sheila, at three years old, had an extremely difficult time separating from [...]

How Teachers Can Increase Parent Involvement

The connection between parent involvement and student achievement is obvious. The question is how do teachers go about increasing this parent involvement?

There are many different ways teachers can do this, but I think the best way to increase parent invovlement is through your own “teacher blog” (granted, nearly all of my students have internet [...]