School Starts at Home (School Savvy Kids Series): Simple Ways to Make Learning Fun

Whether you work in the home or outside it, this insightful guide will equip parents to provide a stimulating learning environment.

Help your child:  

• Become more creative
• Develop good study habits
• Improve reading, writing, and math skills  
• Realize the joy in learning

You are your child's best teacher . Who holds the key to unlocking your child's potential? You do. Education doesn't begin and end with the sound of a bell at school. Now, more than ever, it's vital that you as a parent get personally involved in the education of your child. Whether you are a working, single, or stay-at-home parent, this insightful resource will equip you with the skills you need to provide a stimulating learning environment at home. Help your child: -Become more creative -Develop good study habits -Improve reading, writing, and math skills -Realize the joy in learning The desire to learn begins at home. Take a lead role in your child's future by building a foundation and love of learning. It will make all the difference in the world.

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Written by educator and national speaker Fuller (The Mom You're Meant To Be), these three slender volumes pack a healthy dose of common sense and enthusiasm into their pages. Each takes a different aspect of the education process and provides both understanding and helpful instructions for parents (including those who homeschool their children). Raising offers tips on bringing out children's best efforts, particularly in school-related tasks. School, meanwhile, provides both a wake-up call for parents to get more involved in their children's education and a clear means of doing so (as well as tips on what not to do). Then there's Talkers, which supplies insight into the various ways we take in information, whether visual, auditory, or kinesthetic, with clear guidance on how to make the most of a child's learning strengths while minimizing weaknesses. All three titles strive to emphasize the issues parents should regard carefully (e.g., a child's uniqueness vs. his or her similarity to a parent or sibling) and to de-emphasize the issues that can cause parents to overreact (e.g., grades). Although School might cover the broadest area, this entire trio is highly recommended for parenting and education collections.-Kay Hogan Smith, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham Lib., Lister Hill Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

CHERI FULLER is an author and an international speaker who has taught at every level from elementary school to college. She has written several books, including The Mom You're Meant to Be and When Mothers Pray. Named Oklahoma Mother of the Year in 2004, Cheri and her husband live in Edmond, Oklahoma. They have three grown children.