In the tradition of The Power of Habit and Thinking, Fast and Slow comes a practical, playful, and endlessly fascinating guide to what we really know about learning and memory today—and how we can apply it to our own lives.
From an early age, it is drilled into our heads: Restlessness, distraction, and ignorance are the enemies of success. We’re told that learning is all self-discipline, that we must confine ourselves...

Pennsylvania Public Libraries and Cruise into Kindergarten PLAY K Curriculum. Providing a playscape in your library setting is the perfect way to welcome families as you encourage them to play and learn together. Thing of a playscape as a play and learn center! A wide range of early learning experiences will help young children start school ready to read and ready to learn in all subject areas. The Play K curriculum provides support for Pennsylvania's...

Why do so many of us stop learning new skills as adults? Are we afraid to fail? Have we forgotten the sheer pleasure of being a beginner? Or is it simply a fact that you can't teach an old dog new tricks? Inspired by his young daughter's insatiable need to know how to do almost everything, and stymied by his own rut of mid-career competence, Tom Vanderbilt begins a year of learning purely for the sake of learning. He tackles five main skills (and...

Miss Daisy's unusual teaching methods surprise her second grade students, especially reluctant learner A.J.

Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids Exciting Sensory Bins for Curious Kids 60 Easy Creative Play Projects That Boost Brain Development, Calm Anxiety and Build Fine Motor Skills Watts, Mandisa Book - 2020 Rate this: On order Total Copies: 6 Available: 0 On Order: 6 On Hold: 5 Engage your child in hours of play with Mandisa Watts's colorful collection of sensory bin activities that aid with memory formation, language development, problem-solving...

A young boy shares all of the things he learned and how he changed in second grade, what he still wonders about, and what he hopes to accomplish when he is in third grade.

Discusses how children with "learning differences" can get along better in school, set goals, and plan for the future.

Discover more than one hundred of Sharon Bowman's training-room-proven exercises and activities -- many derived from the high-impact strategies of NLP and Accelerated Learning -- and reduce delivery time, increase retention and improve knowledge and skill transfer. These back-pocket activities are easy, quick, topic-related, and fun, and you can draw on with a minimum of preparation. The Ten-Minute Trainer features a variety of exercises, ranging...

Parents can easily be confused when they suspect that their child may have a developmental delay. The family members can have many questions about the process of seeking special education support, and they often feel isolated from friends and family ask they attempt to make the best decisions for their child. Does My Child Have a Developmental Delay?: A Guide for Parents on the Early Intervention Process is a step-by-step guide for families on how...