"A persuasive wake-up call."—People
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From the award-winning journalist Paul Tough, a provocative and profound examination of childhood success and character—an insightful study that reveals the power to transform young people's lives.
Why do some children succeed while others fail? The story we usually tell about childhood and success is the one about intelligence: success comes...

"Many programs and schools understand the importance of teaching twenty-first-century competencies, but when it comes to coding, many educators feel lost. This book aims to bridge that knowledge gap by providing the support and encouragement in order to get started with coding in classrooms"--

Teaches letters, phonics, and listening skills. A wild adventure to the Letter Factory with popular LeapFrog characters. Fun songs will have kids singing letter sounds in no time.

Word families are recognizable chunks of letters that appear with regularity in words. When beginning readers recognize these word families, it increases their reading fluency and comprehension skills, which will make them happier readers. Fun audio books, with music, are available separately for each story. Your children can read the e-books and listen to the audio books at the same time to increase their independence. Mark D. Pencil and Friends...

A male educator explores the joys of working with children in this inspirational account. Manuel Kichi Wong shares his personal journal entries that consider the challenges and obstacles of being a male educator in a field dominated by women. Whether its cooking, cleaning, changing diapers, dealing with parents, or interacting with children, he does whatever it takes to get the job done. Find out what it really means to pursue a career as an early-childhood...

All parents and teachers of young children want them to grow up to be happy, successful, contributing members of society. But how do you teach children to care about other people and the world they live in? How do you encourage peaceful resolutions to problems and confidence in trying new things? In Empowering the Children, Karen Szillat will show you how to: Focus on the values that parents and teachers the world over agree are important for children...

As we were getting drinks one day, a little girl said, Mrs. Noser, when this fountain runs out of water, can you fill it with Kool-Aid? It is no secret that a group of five-year-olds have the ability to provide an interesting and entertaining perspective on life. Just ask Carol Porter Noser, a veteran kindergarten teacher who for thirty years listened in on the amusing and endearing comments made by her students. Noser considers teaching young children...

If you are a teacher, parent, home schooler, after-school instructor, park or botanical garden interpreter, pre-school teacher or child development specialist, you will love this book. It is about things to do with children between the ages of 2 and 8 in all types of gardens. The activities, collected from outstanding teachers and the authors childhood use inquiry learning in response to the importance of being outdoors with children. The book explains...