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Great Parenting & Education books
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Endangered Minds: Why Children Don't Think And What We Can Do About ItEndangered Minds: Why Children Don't Think And What We Can Do About It by Jane M. Healy
Buy new: $10.80 / Used from: $0.66
Upside-Down Brilliance: The Visual Spatial LearnerUpside-Down Brilliance: The Visual Spatial Learner by Linda Kreger Silverman
Buy used from: $80.75
Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World: Seven Building Blocks for Developing Capable Young PeopleRaising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World: Seven Building Blocks for Developing Capable Young People by H. Stephen Glenn
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $3.58
Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We ParentOur Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent by Meredith Small
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $2.67
The Happy Child: Changing the Heart of EducationThe Happy Child: Changing the Heart of Education by Steven Harrison
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $0.75
Miseducation: Preschoolers at RiskMiseducation: Preschoolers at Risk by David Elkind
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Punished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other BribesPunished By Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $2.05
Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes SenseFamily Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense by David Guterson
Buy new: $11.97 / Used from: $0.01
You Are Your Child's First Teacher: What Parents Can Do With and For Their Chlldren from Birth to Age SixYou Are Your Child's First Teacher: What Parents Can Do With and For Their Chlldren from Birth to Age Six by Rahima Baldwin Dancy
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $5.25
Your Child's Growing Mind: Brain Development and Learning From Birth to AdolescenceYour Child's Growing Mind: Brain Development and Learning From Birth to Adolescence by Jane Healy
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $5.98
No Contest: The Case Against CompetitionNo Contest: The Case Against Competition by Alfie Kohn
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $0.36
A Mind at a TimeA Mind at a Time by Mel Levine
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Coloring Outside the LinesColoring Outside the Lines by Roger Schank
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Better Late Than Early: A New Approach to Your Child's EducationBetter Late Than Early: A New Approach to Your Child's Education by Raymond S. Moore
Buy used from: $5.99
old book but a good reminder to slow down!
Educational Travel on a Shoestring: Frugal Family Fun and Learning Away from HomeEducational Travel on a Shoestring: Frugal Family Fun and Learning Away from Home by Judith Waite Allee
Buy new: $12.81 / Used from: $4.92
packed with good ideas
Living Simply with Children: A Voluntary Simplicity Guide for Moms, Dads, and Kids Who Want to Reclaim the Bliss of Childhood and the Joy of ParentingLiving Simply with Children: A Voluntary Simplicity Guide for Moms, Dads, and Kids Who Want to Reclaim the Bliss of Childhood and the Joy of Parenting by Marie Sherlock
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $4.70
The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon (3rd edition)The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon (3rd edition) by David Elkind
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Very relevant in these times!
Guerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without SchoolGuerrilla Learning: How to Give Your Kids a Real Education With or Without School by Grace Llewellyn
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $3.09
Homeschooling Our Children Unschooling OurselvesHomeschooling Our Children Unschooling Ourselves by Alison McKee
Buy new: $18.00 / Used from: $9.93
Instead of Education: Ways to Help People do Things BetterInstead of Education: Ways to Help People do Things Better by John Holt
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $7.47
Wish everyone would read this...especially educators!
The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant ChildrenThe Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teachings to Raise Self-Reliant Children by Wendy Mogel
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01
Common sense parenting for all, not just the Jewish community.
The Unschooling Handbook : How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's ClassroomThe Unschooling Handbook : How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's Classroom by Mary Griffith
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $4.96
The Gift of DyslexiaThe Gift of Dyslexia by Ronald D. Davis
Buy new: $10.37 / Used from: $4.35
The only method I have heard of that truly works!