★What will your child be expected to learn in the secondgrade? How can you help him or her at home? This book answers theseimportant questions and more, offering the specific sharedknowledge that hundreds of parents and teachers across the nationhave agreed upon for American second graders. Designed for parentsand teachers to enjoy with children, this revised second-gradevolume of The Core Knowledge Series presents the knowledge andskills that should be at the core of a challenging second-gradeeducation,including: ＊Favorite poems ＊Literature ＊Learning about language ＊World and American history and geography ＊Visual arts ＊Music ＊Math ＊Science
Product Details 基本信息 ISBN-13 书号 9780738215068 Author 作者 Klaus, Marshall H. Pages Number 页数 249页 Publisher 出版社 Da Capo Lifelong Books Publication Date 出版日期 2012年04月03日 Product Dimensions 商品尺寸 2.03x1.52x1.52 cm Shipping Weight 商品重量 430g Language 语种 ENG Book Contents 内容简介 For an entire generation of new parents, this warm, expert work has become the standard guide to the shortest, easiest, and healthiest childbirth. Now a thoroughly updated and revised edition offers new research showing how labor support reduces the rate of cesarean sections, length of labor, need for pain medicine, and number of episiotomies. New material also demonstrates the positive effects of having a doula on mother-infant bonding, how relatives or friends can be trained in labor support, and how hypnosis is used to ease and sho
In Raising Cain, Dan Kindlon, Ph.D., and Michael Thompson,Ph.D., two of the country's leading child psychologists, share whatthey have learned in more than thirty-five years of combinedexperience working with boys and their families. They reveal anation of boys who are hurting--sad, afraid, angry, and silent.Kindlon and Thompson set out to answer this basic, crucialquestion: What do boys need that they're not getting? Theyilluminate the forces that threaten our boys, teaching them tobelieve that "cool" equals macho strength and stoicism. Cuttingthrough outdated theories of "mother blame," "boy biology," and"testosterone," the authors shed light on the destructive emotionaltraining our boys receive--the emotional miseducation ofboys. Kindlon and Thompson make a compelling case that emotionalliteracy is the most valuable gift we can offer our sons, urgingparents to recognize the price boys pay when we hold them to animpossible standard of manhood. They identify the social andemotional challenges th
This completely revised and attractively redesigned edition ofone of the most popular volumes in the bestselling Core KnowledgeSeries features up-to-date ideas and information based on inputfrom parents and teachers across the country. With sixteen pages of full-color illustrations, a bolder,easier-to-follow format, and a thoroughly updated curriculum, WhatYour Fifth Grader Needs to Know, Revised Edition, reflects the CoreKnowledge Foundation’s ongoing commitment to providing a solideducational foundation for today’s elementary schoolstudents. What Your Fifth Grader Needs to Know, Revised Edition, covers thebasics of language arts, history and geography, visual arts, music,math, and science. A collection of American speeches, tales fromaround the world, math problems, and biographies of famousscientists add to the book’s usefulness and enhance the pleasure ofboth adult and child as they work together. Hundreds of thousandsof children have benefited from the Core Knowledge Series. This
Bringing a baby into the family is undeniably one of lifesmost momentous experiences, marked by expectation, joy, andhundreds of tasks and questions. Which baby gear essentials do youneed to buy and when? How can you reorganize your home to make roomfor your baby? When should you start looking for a daycare centeror nanny? One Year to an Organized Life with Baby prioritizeseverything that parents-to-be need to know in order to get theirhome and life ready for a new baby, as well as strategies forkeeping it all together once the baby is born. Packed withtimelines, checklists, and tips, this unique week-by-week,month-by-month program eliminates stress and refocuses prospectiveparents so that they can fully enjoy the changing landscape oftheir lives.
Designed for parents to use with their children, and co-editedby the author of Cultural Literacy, a primer incorporates thecontributions of two thousand parents and teachers into anaccessible introduction to the world of knowledge. Reprint."
In perhaps the most important parenting book of the decade,Dr. Harvey Karp reveals an extraordinary treasure sought by parentsfor centuries—an automatic “off-switch” for their baby’scrying.
Your infant is crying and you don’t know why. Your toddlerrefuses every kind of food–except one. Your preschooler wages warwith you each morning over what to wear. Every day, parentsstruggle unsuccessfully to understand why their children act theway they do. Now child development expert Priscilla J. Dunstanbreaks down those barriers to understanding with this revolutionaryand accessible guide that teaches a new way ofparenting–custom-designed for each child’s personality. The product of eight years of groundbreaking research, this bookwill help you understand how your child interacts with the world.Dunstan begins from the premise that every child has his or her owndominant sensory “interface” with the world. Some children arehighly sensitive to touch, others to sound or to sight. And someare unusually sensitive to all outside stimuli, especially tasteand smell. This sensitivity affects how your child behaves, learns,and communicates from the very first days of life. Uncovering yourchi
