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Laura Grace Weldon
FREE RANGE LEARNING - How Homeschooling Changes Everything
Free Range Learning presents eye-opening data about the meaning and importance of natural learning. The book’s factual approach is balanced by quotes and stories from over 100 homeschoolers from the U.S., Canada, Germany, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Mexico, India and Singapore. These parents and kids are the true authorities on alternative learning.
312pp - PubDate: June 2010 (Home Press)
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Nadir Baksh / Laura Murphy
IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD
A manual for divorcing parents, this book will help parents save their children unnecessary anguish throughout the divorce process. Written by a clinical psychologist, and a nurse and counselor the authors give detailed advice how parents can make sense out of children's questions; offering guidance in making decisions for themselves and their kids; and explaining the ultimate importance of putting the child's needs first.
144pp (Hohm Press)
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Brigitte Haberda
ARITHMETIC - THAT'S EASY ENOUGH
(Rechnen - keine Hexerei)
This book teaches basic knowledge about learning arithmetic: how learning and motion interact, why physical inactivity causes difficulties with learning and how parents are able to discover “weak points” of their children. It further gives precise instructions to support learning: A lot of diversified working sheets invite primary school students to move and do arithmetic exercises.
168pp; January 2010 (VAK Verlag)
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Brigitte Haberda
CRACK THE NUT IN READING AND WRITING
(Knack die Nuss beim Lesen und Schreiben)
A lot of children have difficulties in reading and writing. The varied learning- and movement program of Brigitte Haberda is coordinated with all specific difficulties in learning to read and write. Child-like illustrated tips for learning and a month schedule motivate kids to stay on the ball and to deal with things being difficult for them before.
120pp - 90 pictures; March 2010 (VAK Verlag)
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Judith Bremer
LEFT-HAND WRITING EASILY
(Einfach links schreiben - Praktischer Ratgeber für Eltern, Lehrer und Erzieher)
A practical guidebook for parents, teachers and educators.How can lefties (learn to) write without struggling unnecessarily? Without adequate support left-handed children often accustom themselves to a tense hand writing. Exact instructions in this book help to learn handwriting relaxed and easily.
120pp - 90 pictures; March 2010 (VAK Verlag)
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Babak Kaweh
THE JUNGLEBOOK OF EDUCATION - How to Manage Your Dailey Family Routine with Mogli & Co.
(Das Dschungelbuch der Erziehung)
Inspired by the well-known „Junglebook“ the author wrote a lovable and entertaining guidebook for parents relating the different types of children to Mogli and his mates. This unique scheme helps to understand and accept children in their particular development stages.
256pp (VAK Verlag)
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Irmtraud Große-Lindemann
HOUSE OF LEARNING - Easy Learning in Everyday Life
(Das Lernhaus-Konzept - Genial einfach lernen im Alltag: 111 Alltagssituationen kreativ nutzen)
The author created a method using everyday life as a platform for learning to awake curiosity and fun with children. The book gives a lot of suggestions and easy exercises for parents with children up to the age of 10. Also educators, consultants and therapists find a lot of valuable suggestions for their educational practice.
224pp (VAK Verlag)
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Birgit Jackel
LEARNING HOW THE BRAIN LOVES IT
(Lernen, wie das Gehirn es mag )
For every child it is a lot easier to add up three candies in each hand than abstract numbers on a sheet of paper. To learn “thinking” while playing, to explore environments independently, to arouse curiosity and to understand things by touching them. A very practical and approved handbook to learn playfully and with curiosity.
184pp – 35 b/w illustrations (VAK Verlag)
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Christina Buchner
LEARNING TO READ BLINDFOLD
(Lesen lernen mit links … und rechts, gehirnfreundlich und ohne Stress)
This book for teachers, parents, speech and all other therapists demonstrates how to help primary school pupils reading well and willingly. Different from common primers it playfully teaches the alphabet by means of stories, pictures and poems, a pleasure and amusement for every child.
186pp – 55 b/w illustrations (VAK Verlag)
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Brigitte Haberda
FIT AT SCHOOL
(Fit in der Schule)
The KLIPP and KLAR program helps parents, teachers and educators to recognize the causes of the difficulties in reading, writing and calculating. The book delivers a combination of immediate aid and long-term supportive measures guaranteeing rapid and lasting success. Includes a lot of training and game folios.
160pp – 72 illustrations, 6 photos - duotone (VAK Verlag)
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