Kindergarten Super Math Success (Sylvan Super Workbooks)

Written by Sylvan Learning

Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $18.99

**3 BOOKS IN 1!**

Building a strong foundation in basic math is essential as kindergarteners prepare to advance to more difficult math concepts. The activities in this 3-in-1 Super Workbook are designed to help your student become familiar with numbers and counting, patterns, shape recognition, measurement, and more. They will help your... Read more >

Real Education
Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality
Written by Charles Murray

Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: August 25, 2009
Price: $15.00

"The most talked-about education book this semester." —New York Times

From the author of Coming Apart, and based on a series of controversial Wall Street Journal op-eds, this landmark manifesto gives voice to what everyone knows about talent, ability, and intelligence but no one wants to admit. With four truths as... Read more >

Games for Math

Written by Peggy Kaye

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: January 12, 1988
Price: $16.95

At a time when the poor math performance of American school children has labeled us a "nation of underachievers," what can parents--often themselves daunted by the mysteries of mathematics--do to help their children? In Games for Math, Peggy Kaye--teacher extraordinaire and author of the highly praised Games for Reading--gives parents more... Read more >

Classics to Read Aloud to Your Children
Selections from Shakespeare, Twain, Dickens, O.Henry, London, Longfellow, Irving Aesop, Homer, Cervantes, Hawthorne, and More
Written by William F. Russell

Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: January 28, 1992
Price: $14.99

A perennially popular collection of short stories, poems, legends, and myths from great works of literature that are especially appropriate for parents to read aloud to their children aged five to twelve. Line drawings. Read more >

Montessori Today
A Comprehensive Approach to Education from Birth to Adulthood
Written by Paula Polk Lillard

Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: September 7, 2011
Price: $9.99

Paula Lillard, director of a Montessori school ranging in age from 18 months to fifteen years, provides a clear and cogent introduction to the Montessori program for the elementary and later years. In detailed accounts, Lillard shows how children acquire the skills to answer their own questions, learn to manage freedom... Read more >

The Schools We Need
And Why We Don't Have Them
Written by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.

Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: August 17, 1999
Price: $17.95

Now in paperback with a new introduction, The Schools We Need offers a powerful, compelling, and unassailable argument for reforming America's schooling methods and ideas--by one of America's most important educators, and author of the bestselling Cultural Literacy.

For over fifty years, American schools have operated under the assumption that challenging... Read more >

I Love Dirt!
52 Activities to Help You and Your Kids Discover the Wonders of Nature
Written by Jennifer Ward
Illustrated by Susie Ghahremani
Foreword by Richard Louv

Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: May 13, 2008
Price: $14.00

I Love Dirt! presents 52 open-ended activities to help you engage your child in the outdoors. No matter what your location—from a small patch of green in the city to the wide-open meadows of the country—each activity is meant to promote exploration, stimulate imagination, and heighten a child's sense of wonder... Read more >

Positive Discipline for Teenagers, Revised 3rd Edition
Empowering Your Teens and Yourself Through Kind and Firm Parenting
Written by Jane Nelsen and Lynn Lott

Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $12.99

A Positive Approach To Raising Happy, Healthy and Mature Teenagers
 
Adolescence can be a time of great stress and turmoil—not only for kids going through it, but for their parents as well. It’s normal for teens to explore a new sense of freedom and to redefine the ways in which they relate... Read more >

Positive Discipline for Children with Special Needs
Raising and Teaching All Children to Become Resilient, Responsible, and Respectful
Written by Jane Nelsen, Steven Foster and Arlene Raphael

Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $17.00

Over 2 Million Positive Discipline Books Sold!

A Positive Approach To Helping Children With Special Needs Realize Their Potential

Every child deserves to lead a happy and fulfilling life. For parents and teachers of children with special needs, helping their child to not only negotiate daily challenges, but to live fulfilling, meaningful...

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10 Things Employers Want You to Learn in College, Revised
The Skills You Need to Succeed
Written by Bill Coplin

Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: August 14, 2012
Price: $11.99

A handy, straightforward guide that teaches students how to acquire marketable job skills and real-world know-how before they graduate—revised and updated for today’s economic and academic landscapes.

Award-winning college professor and adviser Bill Coplin lays down the essential skills students need to survive and succeed in today’s job market, based on his extensive interviews with... Read more >