Raising Lifelong Learners: A Parent’s Guide

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Here the nationally acclaimed educator who transformed the way our children learn to read and write in school shows us how to nurture our children’s imagination at home, from the earliest days of babytalk to the time when we see them off to school. Drawing upon her influential philosophy of active learning, as well as her personal experience as a parent, Calkins shows parents how to stimulate curiosity and spark creative thinking in children. Having an open and creative approach to conversations, chores, and games can matter just as much as reading, writing, and math. And even in traditional skills like reading and writing, we need to encourage our children to read for meaning and write for expression, rather than focus only on mechanics like phonics and spelling.By giving parents new and imaginative techniques for educating children, and by providing them with an insider’s view of what goes on in the early grades, Raising Lifelong Learners creates the ultimate partnership in learning between home and school, parents and teachers.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Balance
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 21, 1998
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0738200247
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0738200248
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.84 x 9 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #2,493,451 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,714 in Parenting & Family Reference #15,023 in Instruction Methods #17,150 in Parenting (Books)
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