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Brain Gym (Teachers Edition: Revised)
Paul E. Dennison
Edu-Kinesthetics, Inc., 1989
Great!
The book was shipped right away and I received the book within a couple days
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Home Learning Year by Year: How to Design a Homeschool Curriculum from Preschool Through High School
Rebecca Rupp
Three Rivers Press, 2000
I wouldn't be without this book!
I have used this book every year for the past 5 years to design our homeschooling curriculum. It is fantastic!
It lets you know what your child should be learning every year from pre school through 12th grade; giving many ideas for books, games, magazines, and web ...
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How to Differentiate Instruction in Mixed Ability Classrooms (2nd Edition) (ASCD)
Carol Ann Tomlinson
Assn for Supervision & Curric Development (ASCD), 2004
Excellent resource and easy to read and apply...
Tomlinson presents the material in an easy to read and use format. The book is easy for the teacher to use immediately, either read one chapter at a time or all the way through. A great resource. Now if we could just get the regular education teachers to give it a ...
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The Differentiated Classroom: Responding to the Needs of All Learners (ASCD)
Carol Ann Tomlinson
Prentice Hall, 1999
Great Resource!
I read this book through as soon as I received it. Tomlinson is well-respected in her field. Most everything I have read concerns gifted students. This is an excellent resource for ALL students. Differentiation is absolutely necessary in today's classrooms. If all ...
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Teaching Montessori in the Home: Pre-School Years: The Pre-School Years (Teaching Montessori in the Home)
Elizabeth G. Hainstock, Lee Davis
Plume, 1997
Excellent Resource
I became interested in this method of schooling the first time I ever read about it. I had yanked my four year old son from his preschool program because he had gone from a normal happy preschooler to a biting, kicking, swearing little monster. He also has a speech ...
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Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith
Perigee Trade, 2007
Great Book!!! Great Fun!!!
This is a promising activity that your whole family will want to do. Keri Smith shapes a journal into a personal project you can't step away from. This journal induces breaking all the laws that we use for books. My journal has proved a good toy for my kitten, and ...
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The Life You Were Born to Live: A Guide to Finding Your Life Purpose (Millman, Dan)
Dan Millman
HJ Kramer, 1995
Suprisingly accurate
When I went to the bookstore and happened upon this book, by the author of one of my favorite books, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, I read the back flap and was totally dismayed. I tend to be quite the skeptic when it comes to pseudo-mathematics. Giving him the benefit ...
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Learning by Doing: A Handbook for Professional Learning Communities at Work (Book & CD-ROM)
Richard Dufour, Rebecc DuFour, ...
Solution Tree, 2006
Great Resource for PLCs
Professional Learning Communities are the big buzz currently. Does your school district have professional learning communities? Have you wondered where to start? Have you wondered how your professional learning communities are doing? If you've wondered about any of ...
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Team Challenges: 170+ Group Activities to Build Cooperation, Communication, and Creativity
Kris Bordessa
Zephyr Press, 2005
Upbeet, Creative, Fun!
I am a therapist at a child and adolescent day treatment for kids with emotional and behavioral issues. It can be difficult to find activities that seem to motivate and energize the kids. They enjoyed many of the activities in this book. The activities are very ...
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House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski
Pantheon, 2000
Fantastic
Mesmerizing book. The style, the format, the writing, the dialogue on all levels keeps you glued to the pages. To coin a common phrase, "I couldn't put it down". Highly recommend.
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Spiritual Growth: Being Your Higher Self (Roman, Sanaya)
Sanaya Roman
HJ Kramer, 1992
...A Blessing
I think that in the world there is still some confusion between religion and spirituality. You can be religious, but not spiritual. You can know all the creeds, follow all the dogmas, practice all the rites and passages but if there is no Spirit involved in with what ...
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No Ordinary Moments: A Peaceful Warrior's Guide to Daily Life (Millman, Dan)
Dan Millman
HJ Kramer, 1992
Down to Earth and Practical Wisdom
I first got introduced to Dan Millman when a friend gave me "Way Of The Peaceful Warrior" as a birthday gift. I loved the book and the teachings contained within it. In fact I recently re-read it after seeing the movie "Peaceful Warrior" and thought it was as great as ...
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Fulfilling the Promise of the Differentiated Classroom: Strategies and Tools for Responsive Teaching
Carol Ann Tomlinson
Association for Supervision & Curriculum Deve, 2003
A Firm Foundation
This book provides a comprehensive view into the workings of the differentiated classroom. Dr. Tomlinson presents the vital theoretical underpinnings of differentiation, but pairs them with real world vignettes and strategies. This combination helps the reader ...
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Personal Power Through Awareness: A Guidebook for Sensitive People (Book II of the Earth Life Series)
Sanaya Roman
HJ Kramer, 1986
excellent book
This is another excellent book but all of Romans books tend to repeat themselves. Still I have 4 or 5 of her books and underline and go back and re-read things during my devotional times. No major changes in my life have been necessarily produced through her books ...
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Differentiation: From Planning to Practices, Grades 6-12
Rick Wormeli
Stenhouse Publishers, 2007
Worth the money!
Great book - I read it in one afternoon. This book is a great resource for teachers. It reminds teachers that they already differentiate for students without even realizing it. Wormeli offers great strageties for 6-12 teachers of all content areas (your not left out ...
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