Child Learning

Children will benefit from Dharmachari Nagaraja's appealing combination of warmth, wisdom, wit and playfulness in this third book from the At Bedtime series. Growing up in the modern world, our children can often feel distracted, stressed and anxious. The ancient wisdom of Buddhism, with its emphasis on peace, compassion and mindfulness, is the ideal basis for helping any child face the challenges of daily life with increased confidence and calm.

Super Simple Psychology breaks down complex information into manageable, bitesize chunks, and it covers all the key topics, ranging from brain anatomy and memory to phobias and types of therapy. With clear and straightforward coverage of all the core Psychology topics, this is the ideal companion for students looking for concise information to support them with classwork, homework, and exams.

A best-selling expert on education shows how to make the school system work for your child. How many parents have a child struggling in school? The answer: a great many. This audiobook is an informed, practical resource for such parents. As the author of the classic book on home-schooling, The Well-Trained Mind, Susan Wise Bauer knows how children learn and how schools work. Her advice here is comprehensive and anecdotal, including material drawn from experience.

This recently rediscovered and critically acclaimed 1937 novel tells the story of Janie Crawford, a long-legged, articulate, and fiercely independent African-American woman of the 1930s. Janie's quest for identity includes three marriages and a return to her roots. Despite her struggles, Janie never defines herself by regret, fear, or unrealistic dreams, and refuses to be anything but her own person.

For kids, the unfortunate consequences of growing up in our busy, tech-connected society is that human connection suffers, focus suffers, mental health suffers, and sleep suffers. Mindfulness practices are a scientifically proven method for improving all of the above and a tool your child will carry with them for the rest of their life. There are three 20-minute stories in this book. Each story combines mindfulness/meditation research with professionally written children’s stories to help your child get lost in their imagination while reconnecting with the present moment.

"Gassy Ghouls: Zombie Farts and the Smelly Undead (Whiffy Wonders Tootin' Tales Book 2)" 30 Hilarious Zombie Stories That'll Have You Dying of Laughter! Get ready for a spooktacular adventure in the second book of the "Whiffy Wonders Tootin' Tales" series! What's Inside: - 30 side-splitting zombie stories - Full-color illustrations on every page - Silly characters and ridiculous plots - Sneaky reading lessons hidden in the hilarity Meet Zombino the Farty Reading Teacher and a cast of gassy ghouls in stories like: - "The Haunted House of Fearful Farts" - "Zombie Pool Party: The Big Splash ...

Jadie never spoke. She never laughed, or cried, or uttered any sound. Despite efforts to reach her, Jadie remained locked in her own troubled world - until one remarkable teacher persuaded her to break her self-imposed silence. Nothing in all of Torey Hayden's experience could have prepared her for the shock of what Jadie told her - a story too horrendous for Torey's professional colleagues to acknowledge.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Ruta Sepetys is known for creating vivid characters and harrowing plots. After five award-winning works of historical fiction and countless hours of meticulous research, she can affirm that the secret to strong writing is embedded within your life experience. You: The Story is a powerful how-to book for aspiring writers that encourages you to look inward and excavate your own memories in order to discover the authentic voices and compelling details that are waiting to be put on the page.

"It will give parents and teachers enough information about the core symptoms of ADHD so that they know how to deal with children and understand their actions better." --5 Stars, Reader's Favorite Do you think your child has ADHD? Affecting millions around the globe, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is well known... yet poorly understood by far too many. The first to suffer from the child’s disorder are the parents, as it can be a discouraging and stressful ordeal. Dealing with explosive emotions can be vexing, and often miscommunication can cause frustration from both sides. When...

People with speaking difficulties are at the mercy of insurance companies who are determining how often and for how long speech therapy services should be delivered. It is also a disturbing reality that the likelihood for therapy frequency and length of care is contingent upon either the level of competence or comfort level of the speech-language pathologist or the financial policies of each institution.

With 10 stories featuring fantastical places, fun activities, and lovable characters, this bedtime story collection is guaranteed to help your child relax at the end of the day. With a focus on promoting mindfulness and meditation, bedtime stories are proven to help boost children’s creativity, imagination, and visualization skills, as well as reduce stress levels and help them get better sleep.

Malala's memoir of a remarkable teenage girl who risked her life for the right to go to school is now abridged and adapted for chapter book listeners. Raised in a changing Pakistan by an enlightened father from a poor background and a beautiful, illiterate mother, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. Her story of bravery and determination in the face of extremism is more timely than ever.

On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere rode through Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, shouting, "The British are coming!" to start the American Revolution.

Primary school teacher and education influencer Katie Tollitt is here to help you revolutionise your relationship with teaching your primary school children at home. Covering eight key principles for how to approach learning in way that maximises fun and minimises stress, this short, accessible audiobook emphasises the need for flexibility, conversation and openness.

Spelling can be very challenging for kids, especially since they watch more videos than read books, these days. Luckily, spelling and reading comprehension are two things that can still be taught in a fun and interactive way that people of all ages can enjoy. Having a fun, educational audiobook like ours allows for a greater, unmatched, all-in-one learning experience not offered by any other book in the industry.

This book explores the world that we and our children are entering into. The skills that were once deemed to be enough to do well appear to be inadequate. The skills that are needed maybe be different both qualitatively and indeed in complexity. What are the skills that are needed? And how should we help policy makers, parents and students cope with the emerging reality. The book discusses many of these issues and builds a framework for learning. The book outlines the key principles that will help improve learning for everyone: children, students, adults, and in fact anyone that has to ...

Are you a teen looking to improve or polish your conversation skills? Chatty & Charming is a concise and engaging book tailored to young adults seeking to become confident conversationalists. Filled with facts, practical tips, and entertaining anecdotes, this crash-course style guide explores topics such as posture, listening, conversation topics, navigating compliments and condolences, and coping with common conflicts. Bonus chapters include guidance on phone etiquette and advice for job interviews. Applicable challenges are included at the end of each chapter to encourage the practice and...

When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew that she was different. It wasn’t until years later that she was diagnosed with autism, a brain disorder that makes communication difficult. Today, Dr. Temple Grandin is a scientist and professor of animal science at Colorado State University. Her career has revolutionized the livestock industry - each year, half the cattle in the United States are handled in cruelty-free facilities she designed. She is also a passionate advocate for autism, using her experience to prove that people with this disorder can have “normal” lives.

iMindsJNR’s Know-It-All collection presents 36 iMindsJNR knowledge grabs, to kick-start the journey of learning for young minds. Each five-minute Junior MindTrack is a self contained title of entertaining information, with an engaging soundtrack. Featuring six titles from each of the six main categories of knowledge for those aged 7-14 years, including General Knowledge, Geography & Nature, Famous People, Science & Maths, The Arts and History.

A dramatic and remarkable narrative of an extraordinary teacher's determination, from the author of the Sunday Times bestsellers The Tiger's Child and One Child. Torey Hayden faced six emotionally troubled kids no other teacher could handle - three recent arrivals from battle-torn Northern Ireland, badly traumatized by the horrors of war; an eleven-year-old boy, who only knew life inside an institution; an excitable girl, aggressive and sexually precocious at the age of eight; and seven-year-old Leslie, perhaps the most hopeless of all, unresponsive and unable to speak.