Schools & Teaching

and Transform Your Life as an Educator - Increase Student Engagement
and Transform Your Life as an Educator - Increase Student Engagement

Review:I am so inspired! I have been highlighting and jotting down notes along my reading journey through this book. I'm so glad I found this! What an amazing person/teacher you seem to be! I hope I can incorporate a similar type of enthusiasm into my teaching! Thank you! Read more

Lots of Knock-Knock Jokes for Kids
Lots of Knock-Knock Jokes for Kids

Review:“Lots of Knock-Knock Jokes for Kids” was sent to me by Zonderkidz – a division of Zondervan Publishing – free of charge, in exchange for my honest opinion and review of it.
“Lots of Knock-Knock Jokes for Kids” was written by Whee Winn. It is filled with hundreds of cute knock-knock jokes and even some bonus riddles. Kids love to tell jokes like these, and therefore, I would recommend this book for little ones…I’m thinking my grandson (7 years old) will love it. Read more

Fundamentals of a Good First-Grade Education (The Core Knowledge Series)
Fundamentals of a Good First-Grade Education (The Core Knowledge Series)

Review:this book is very educational and helpful in knowing what your second grader will be learning this year. I feel like I now can confidently help my child with any homework she will bring home and perhaps answer questions she may have about what she is learning. Read more

by the way - Some Thoughts on Kindness
by the way - Some Thoughts on Kindness

Review:An amazing short read, but very powerful and full of insight to what is most missing in our society today. Kudos to George Saunders, I hope many people will have the opportunity to read and share their experience with this book. Read more

The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men
The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men

Review:Dr. Leonard Sax offers competent advice for the parents of today's troubled boys. Troubled by a wrong education system, parenting style, living style etc. His book explains why your son is in trouble and how to get out of trouble. Read more

Unleashing Students' Potential through Creative Math
Unleashing Students' Potential through Creative Math

Review:One of the most powerful books. Math should not be a gate keeper. Integrates Dweck's work. Teacher must read. Add to your teacher prep programs and book study plc. What happened to the kindle version? Read more

A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High

Review:Had to get this book for an ethnic studies class.... figured I'd learn something new, but didn't. While Beals' journal entries are the highlight of the book, she does little to shed new light on the civil rights experiences of her lifetime. While not a bad book by any means, it is also not a great book as it was really hard to finish this book. Had I bought it as a casual read, I might not have made it the whole way, but since it was required, it wasn't half bad, I have had to read a lot wors... Read more

How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life
How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life

Review:If you're into anecdotes and numerous stories as entertainment, great. Unfortunately, very little of his examples illuminated how one goes about discovering talents and passion in work. I find that his sequel fell short of that goal as well. Read more

Raising Globally Minded Kids One Book at a Time - Give Your Child the World
Raising Globally Minded Kids One Book at a Time - Give Your Child the World

Review:Poor quality, printed newsprint paper.
A big portion of the book is a mini-autobiography in which she talks about how she acquired her children. It's the same story she tells over and over and over again, in her other book and on her blog and in every single interview I've read. It does use up a lot of pages though.

The actual book list (which really is just a book list w/o summaries) is quite mediocre. I bought it thinking there would at least be some gems, nope, just wasted $7. There... Read more

I Can Handle It (Mindful Mantras) (Volume 1)
I Can Handle It (Mindful Mantras) (Volume 1)

Review:The bearnstein bears offer more in manner /behaviour matters like this topic. Didn't like this book much, I can handle it on many issues are just giving unrealistic options, I felt it's target was making kids just repeat reading " I can handle it" more than how! Read more

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