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Teach Your Child To Read in 100 Easy Lessons (83 Edition) by Siegfried Engelmann Publisher Comments Is your child halfway through first grade and still unable to read? Is your preschooler bored with coloring and ready for reading? Are you worried that your child will become lost in overcrowded classrooms? Did you know that early readers hold an... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Toddlers Busy Book by Trish Kuffner Publisher Comments The Toddler’s Busy Book is a must-read for anyone raising or teaching toddlers! This book contains over 365 activities (one for each day of the year) for kids ages 18 months to 3 years, using items found around the home. It shows... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Organizing the Disorganized Child: Simple Strategies to Succeed in School by Martin L Kutscher Publisher Comments "You can imagine what my child′s room looked like: clothes on the floor, dresser draws open with clothes half hanging out of them, and toys spread all over the floor." "Jill is given an assignment on Monday that is due on Friday.... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Mind in the Making: the Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs (10 Edition) by Ellen Galinsky Publisher Comments "What kind of person do I want my child to be?" There are hundreds of books that give parents advice on everything from weaning to toilet training, from discipline to nutrition. But in spite of this overwhelming amount of information, there is very... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Vehicles : Experiments in Synthetic Psychology (86 Edition) by Valentino Braitenberg Publisher Comments The vehicles described in this light-hearted yet wonderfully skillful exercise in fictional science are the inventions of one of the world's eminent brain researchers. There are 14 of them in all--a series of hypothetical, self-operating mobile machines... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $18.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever by Mem Fox Publisher Comments The must-have guide to reading with children, now in a new and revised edition Best-selling children's author and internationally respected literacy expert Mem Fox reveals the incredible emotional and intellectual impact reading aloud to children... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Preschooler's Busy Book: 365 Creative Learning Games and Activities to Keep Your 3- to 6-Year Old Busy by Trish Kuffner Publisher Comments 365 FUN, CREATIVE ACTIVITIES TO STIMULATE YOUR PRESCHOOLER EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR This book contains 365 activities (one for each day of the year) for three- to six-year-olds using things found around the home. It shows parents and day-care providers how... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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What's Going on in There?: How the Brain and Mind Develop in the First Five Years of Life by Lise Eliot Publisher Comments As a research neuroscientist, Lise Eliot has made the study of the human brain her life's work. But it wasn't until she was pregnant with her first child that she became intrigued with the study of brain development. She wanted to know precisely how the... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Read-Aloud Handbook: Sixth Edition (Read-Aloud Handbook) by Jim Trelease Publisher Comments For more than two decades, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Trelease's beloved classic to help countless children become avid readers through awakening their imaginations and improving their language skills. Now this new edition of... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Art of Roughhousing: Good Old-Fashioned Horseplay and Why Every Kid Needs It by Anthony T. Debenedet Publisher Comments Everywhere you look, physical play—what some might call “roughhousing”—is being marginalized. Gym classes are getting shorter. Recess periods are being eliminated. Some new schools don’t even have playgrounds. Is it any... (read more) Your price: $14.95 New - Trade Paper
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The College Selection Compass: Helping Families Navigate a Difficult Course by Rebecca Callow Publisher Comments The College Selection Compass is a step-by-step guidebook designed to help parents and their teens as they begin their exploration of the often complex college world filled with major decisions, a multitude of information, and overwhelming campus visits.... (read more) Your price: $6.00 DRM-Free PDF - Electronic
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Out and About with Kids Portland: The Ultimate Family Guide for Fun and Learning, 4th Edition by Shawn Jones and Nelle Nix Staff Pick Perfect for visitors and residents alike, this clever, useful guide covers an immense amount of ground, and includes helpful icons that denote which attractions are free, stroller accessible, and educational. An indispensable guide for entertaining... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Guerilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education with or Without School by Grace Llewellyn and Amy Silver Publisher Comments Let your daughter read her library books instead of finishing her homework. Ask your eleven-year-old's beloved third grade teacher to comment on his poetry. Invite a massage therapist to dinner because your daughter wants to go to massage school instead... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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You Are Your Child's First Teacher by Rahima Baldwin Dancy Publisher Comments Nowadays parents are bombarded by any number of approaches about how to be with their children. YOU ARE YOUR CHILD'S FIRST TEACHER introduces a new way of understanding the human being so that parents can be best equipped to serve as their own children's... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Baby Smarts by Jackie Silberg Publisher Comments Winner of the National Parenting Press Honors Award Did you know? A baby's brain is 250 percent more active than that of an adult. The networking of the brain's synapses is nearly complete after the first three years of life. Giving your baby stimulating... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $8.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Unplug Your Kids: A Parent's Guide to Raising Happy, Active, and Well-Adjusted Children in the Digital Age by David Dutwin Synopsis TV. Web Surfing. IMing. Text Messaging. Video Games. iPods. Kids today are plugged into so much, so much of the time, it's hard to keep track. But parents do know this much: It's too much, already In this book, parent and scholar David Dutwin, Ph.D... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Top of the Class: How Asian Parents Raise High Achievers--And How You Can Too by Soo Kim Abboud Publisher Comments Asians and Asian-Americans make up 4% of the U.S. population...and 20% of the Ivy League. Now find out how they do it. The numbers speak for themselves: 18% of Harvard's population; 25% of Columbia's; 42% of Berkeley's; 24% of Stanford's; 25% of Cornell'... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Amazing Minds: The Science of Nurturing Your Child's Developing Mind with Games, Activites, and More by Jan Faull Publisher Comments A noted parenting expert provides the latest research on child development and offers games and activities parents can use to support their child's natural abilities. Drawing on the latest fascinating research in child brain development, noted parenting... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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365 Manners Kids Should Know: Games, Activities, and Other Fun Ways to Help Children and Teens Learn Etiquette by Sheryl Eberly Publisher Comments If you’ve ever cringed at the sight of your ten-year-old waltzing through the neighbor’s front door without an invitation, or struggled to teach your teenager proper “netiquette” for navigating the complicated world of social... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Games for Reading by Peggy Kaye Publisher Comments HERE ARE OVER SEVENTY GAMES TO HELP YOUR CHILD LEARN TO READ--AND LOVE IT. Peggy Kaye's Games for Reading helps children read by doing just what kids like best: playing games. There is a "bingo" game that helps children learn... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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