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What Kindergarten Teachers Know: Practical and Playful Ways for Parents to Help Children Listen, Learn, and Cooperate at Home | 
 enlarge | Authors: Lisa Holewa, Joan Rice
Publisher: Perigee Trade
Category: Book
List Price: $13.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 28662
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0399534245
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.124
EAN: 9780399534249
ASIN: 0399534245
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
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Product Description
Every parents dreamthe secrets of acclaimed kindergarten teachers revealed!
Countless parents have imagined how much easier life would be if they could get their children to listen and cooperate at home just as they do with their favorite teachers.
This book offers creative tips and activities from award-winning teachers nationwide, detailing the simple techniques they use, why they work, and how to adapt them for use at home. For example, good teachers would never demand their students attention by instructing them to Listen!but they might say, Put on your elephant ears. And instead of telling them to Walk quietly, they might remind them to Wear your marshmallow feet.
The book also helps parents of 3- to 6-year-olds support their childs development the way the best early childhood teachers doby fostering independence and self-reliance. Parents learn to:
Understand how children grow and develop
Realize the importance of rules and controlling Frustration
Organize their household and create routines
Handle transitions smoothly
Give children tools to resolve problems themselves
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Parents of our 3-year-old granddaughter loved this book! July 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
How many times do we expect too much from our children?
Because our granddaughter is very bright (of course!) at age 3, we sometimes expect too much of her. Her parents loved this book -- her mommy has printed out the morning and bedtime routines. Our granddaughter now knows what to expect at those times. I am going to purchase the book for us -- Grammie & Papa.
A must-read! June 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is a must-read for anyone who uses an "attachment parenting" approach to raising children. Holewa and Rice beautifully outline child-centered methods of creating a loving, nurturing home environment. They focus on understanding rather than controlling behavior. They give significant attention to the idea of defining your parenting style and letting day-to-day specifics flow from that. Once I embraced this idea, the daily conflicts became much easier to handle. This book is a marvelous, readable, engaging tool for any parent!
Great resource for teachers and parents! June 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a Christian preschool teacher. I am always looking for new and exciting ways to teach. As soon as I received this book, I started to read it. I have so many sticky notes in it already of great ideas I will try. Change is good! Thanks a lot for giving me the opportunity to purchase this marveous source of information.
Parents: Do yourself a favor and read this book! May 26, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you're a first-time parent like me, you probably have days where you feel absolutely clueless. This book goes straight to the experts - the best kindergarten teachers around the country - and reveals their common-sense secrets on how to bring out the best in young children. And the ideas are communicated in clear, reader-friendly fashion by Holewa, a mom who happens to be a former AP reporter, and Rice, a kindergarten teacher who really knows her stuff. If you want to figure out how to get your child to be as cooperative at home as they are at school, do yourself a favor and read this book! From organizing their room to teaching them to be more self-reliant, it's all here. Don't reinvent the wheel. The work has been done for you by these great teachers who were willing to tell their secrets to Holewa and Rice. This book makes the toughest job of all - being a parent - a little easier.
Great Advice for Working Moms May 22, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
As a full-time mom with a full-time job, I am always open for ways to bring order to our chaotic home. This book is chock-full of good ideas but my favorite is the use of simple songs. My 3 and 4-1/2-year olds respond almost immediately and I feel like the Pied Piper! The book also has helped me get inside their heads better. For example, letting them put their "art" project aside to finish later when it's time for dinner or errands really does make them feel like I value their work and they have some control. These are simple solutions that in many cases will make you say, "why didn't I think of that sooner?!?!"
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