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Does your child have trouble settling at bedtime? Refuse to sit at the table for meals? Ignore you or argue when you say it's time to turn off the TV? Expert parenting and educational consultant Kathy Walker recognises that being a parent is one of the most rewarding jobs you will ever do but that it isn't always easy. In this book she shows you how to create a calmer, more nurturing home environment for you and your children, and gives you her top strategies for managing challenging behaviour. She helps you to understand your parenting style, and the reasons behind your child's behaviour, and gives insightful tips on: • setting up and maintaining routines • promoting self-esteem and resilience • communicating with your child Using case studies and concrete examples, Kathy offers advice on handling everyday family situations such as constant fighting between siblings and hassling for the latest gadgets / a new pet / more pocket money, as well as challenges related to school, friendships and separated or blended families. Down-to-earth and reassuring, this is the must-have guidebook for all Australian parents of preschool and school-age children.
"What's The Hurry? helps parents understand that raising children is about: nurturing, not training; encouraging, not controlling or forcing; modelling and setting appropriate limits; and rules at times in a child's life when they are ready and mature enough to understand them. Other valuable information addressed in the book includes: the importance of play in children's lives; understanding children's behaviour; choosing a school; self-esteem and resilience; school readiness; children's learning and children at school. What's The Hurry? is a book that gives permission for parents to relax and not over-schedule their child, as well as providing appropriate information about a range of early childhood and school-related issues."--Publisher's website.
The Journey Walking with the Walkers is the story of a unique traveling evangelistic family. It started with David healed of blindness at age five, called to preach after a five-hour vision of heaven, and raised from death at age sixteen. A teen-age preacher who filled the Royal Albert Hall in London at age 14. You will read first hand experiences from Red Square to Times Square, from the Eiffel Tower to the Sydney Opera House, and from the North Pole in Alaska to the tip of Southern Chile. In over seventy countries they tell of the faithfulness of God to protect and provide. In prisons, orphanages, slums of Haiti or Governor Mansions the message is the same. It will make you laugh, cry and keep you interested until the final page as they share their love story and raising three children while living in a motorhome.
Early Childhood Play Matters provides guidance and many practical ideas on implementing the Walker Learning Approach within early childhood learning practices.
Demonstrates the key principles of the Walker Learning Approach that she has developed over 15 years of observation, participation and presentation in schools and child care centres across Australia.
Starting school for the first time is a significant milestone in every child's life. But how do you know when your child is ready? And what can you do to help them prepare? Educational and parenting expert Kathy Walker explains how to assess your child's readiness, sets out all the factors to consider, and gives you the information you need to be confident you're making the right decision for your child. She also provides advice on how to pick a school, and explains the strategies schools use to familiarise children – and their parents – with school. An essential guide for parents of preschoolers, Ready, Set, Go? will help you give your child the best possible start to their education.
Provides information, examples and practical strategies for classroom teachers wishing to explore and implement a Developmental Curriculum (play and project based) into the learning environment. For use with students Prep to Grade 2.
“An important contribution to the literature on contemporary American politics. Both methodologically and substantively, it breaks new ground.” —Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare When Scott Walker was elected Governor of Wisconsin, the state became the focus of debate about the appropriate role of government. In a time of rising inequality, Walker not only survived a bitterly contested recall, he was subsequently reelected. But why were the very people who would benefit from strong government services so vehemently against the idea of big government? With The Politics of Resentment, Katherine J. Cramer uncovers an oft-overlooked piece of the puzzle: rural political consciousness an...
This book is a study guide for individuals and groups for use with the book "Walking the Bridgeless Canyon". It assists in removing the lenses and filters through which we view lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and further, how we interpret the six passages of Scripture related to same-sex behavior.
"Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity ... An explosion of scientific discoveries in the last twenty years has shed new light on this fundamental aspect of our lives. Now ... neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker gives us a new understanding of the vital importance of sleep and dreaming"--Amazon.com.