![]() Is That the Reason Our Children Don't Mind? Tips and Advice to Learn Effective Parenting Skills $24.95 Take the stress out of parenting! This educational parenting guide book describes the basic principles of effective parenting in a simple and straight forward format. Competent and caring parenting is essential for the well being of any child and a prerequisite for effective adult mental health when the child grows up. However, most parents are not taught the essential building blocks of effective parenting and often put too much stress on themselves. This actually decreases good parenting and creates undo stress for the whole family. Learn the secrets of effective parenting advice now with this self-help book! By Jef Gazley, M.S., LMFT, DCC 2005. ![]() Learning to Question, Questioning to Learn: Developing Effective Teacher Questioning Practices $60.80 This book is a great companion book to accompany HOW CAN WE CREATE THINKERS?: QUESTIONING STRATEGIES THAT WORK FOR TEACHERS. The Qu:Est model increases student learning and understanding by purposefully engaging students in their own thinking and learning of concepts. This model aids the student in more deep and meaningful thought. Teachers using this strategy can discover how and why their students think the way they do. Students must explain in detail their thoughts about, their ideas about, and their reasons for their answers to questions. Students no longer rote memorize answers to content questions; they gain a much deeper and connected understanding of concepts. I use this questioning model with my students on a daily basis. More of my students are active participants and learners because of the use of this strategy. Students connect new knowledge and ideas with information and experiences they already know, have, and can use. This increases students' learning and understanding, plus they remember the information or concepts longer, not just for the test. At first, you may feel awkward using this strategy, but keep trying - it gets easier and more natural the longer you use it. The students really enjoy it and start using the questioning language themselves! Teachers gain insight into their practices and their own and their students' learning. This is an excellent teaching tool! ![]() Relationship Listening: Learn Effective Communication Skills to Strengthen and Deepen Your Relationships $19.95 This program is amazingly effective. In the past, whenever I felt I faced problems in my relationships, I thought of what my partners did wrong. I almost never gave my partners the chance to explain anything, and yet worse, never asked them to talk. This program made me realize that the most important part of relationships is communication, and communication is a two way action; talking and listening. After one week from listening to this program, my relationships with people improved 200% and I feel so much better about people and about myself. I used to judge people immediately, whether people who were potential romantic partners or potential friends. Now, I give myself a chance to get to communicate with people and know them on a whole different level. I also have completely new and improved ways of finding solutions to my problems with my partners. This program made my life a lot easier and happier without even interfering in my schedule. All I need to do is put myself in a relaxing setting and listen to the program. ![]() Dog Obedience Training: Learn How To Train Your Dog the Positive, Gentle, and Effective Way, Instructional DVD $17.97 This DVD is not near as helpful as "train your dog" which is availible on Amazon.com. The lady on the video looks like she is reading off notecards and is not a very good speaker. I think the dog was already trained also, and she didnt use a variety of dogs. The other DVD mentioned above is 100 times better. They use un trained dogs, are freidnly, and use all different breeds. The only good thing about this DVD was the menu layout. This DVD only has about 10 commands, and the other DVD has about 30. |
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