The "Must-Have" pack includes six of our most popular 16-page bookets (click here for short descriptions of the individual titles)—
Plus six of our short, simple and right-on-target QuickTips (click here for short descriptions of the individual titles)—
Order by December 31, 2008 and you'll receive the authoritative book, Beyond the Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family-School Partnerships. A $24.95 value—yours FREE when you order the Must-Have Pack. Limit one book per customer.
These six booklets are designed to help parents improve school success, provide helpful advice, wonderful ideas, and ready-to-use strategies. PLUS they're written from a school leader's point of view! Your Must-Have Pack will include these titles: (Ordering information below.)
Reading with children helps build all-important language skills and forms good habits that will last a lifetime. Parents will learn how important reading is to every aspect of learning in school and out. They will also learn specific ways to take advantage of learning activities while they're reading together.
Getting Organized for Schoolwork and Homework
This booklet is full of practical, proven ideas for organizing everything from time and writing, to large assignments and notebooks. Using this booklet, parents can help their children be more organizedand successful in school.
Internet Safety
Parents will learn the many forms of electronic communication, including email, instant messaging, web logs ("blogs"), and social-networking websites. The booklet explains the risks of each and provides ready-to-use positive examples of safe and responsible behavior online.
Studying for & Taking Tests
This booklet gives parents proven ways to help their children study and prepare for testsnot only for everyday testing situations, but for high-stakes tests as well. A must for all parents!
With activities include using manipulatives at home, using "mental math" to estimate answers, secrets to solving word problems, having fun with fractions and decimals, overcoming math anxiety, using sports statistics to build math interest and more parents will be able to help children build a solid foundation of math knowledge.
Teaching Children Responsibility for Their Learning & Behavior
Explains how parents can use everyday situations to help children learn responsibility. This booklet also includes ideas on teaching children how to set and achieve goals, study for tests and see that they live with the positive or negative results of the behavior choices they make.
QuickTips help inform busy parents about important topics in a 9"x12", tri-folded, easy-to-read-and-keep format. You'll receive these titles: (Ordering information below.)
This QuickTip provides specific ways busy parents can find powerful learning opportunities they may not realize they havesuch as "car time, meals, bedtime, etc. The quick-to-read format makes it a must for all of your busy parents!
10 Ways to Help Your Child Deal with Peer Pressure
Peer pressure during school years can be difficult, to say the least, but this QuickTip can help. Parents can use these 10 proven ideas to help children resist the crowd who doesn't want to look "too smart" in school, to overcome pressure to try drugs and alcohol and more!
It's Never Too Late to Get Involved
Parent involvement in the education of their children makes a big difference in a child's school successbefore kindergarten and through high school. This QuickTip helps parents see how important their influence can be on their children's education and helps motivate parents to see that anytime they get involved they begin helping their child.
Bullies
Dealing with a bully can be traumatic.This QuickTip helps parents teach children ways of handling bullies, and how to avoid bullies in the first place. Parents will love the suggestions. They will feel more at ease as they help their child avoid a bad experience.
Experts say that 20% of the population may be diagnosed with attention problems. This QuickTip explains the facts about attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADHD) and gives specific suggestions to parents about how to help their ADD or ADHD child.
Seven Habits of Highly Responsible Students
Schools, acting alone, have a hard time teaching students responsible habits. This QuickTip identifies seven habits common to responsible students...and suggests practical things parents can do at home to help their children develop them.