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"If Roosters Crow?" is the first in a series of children's books based on original poetry written by Jean Quaal. She and her husband reside in Eastern Wyoming near the Bear Lodge Mountains and Black Hills of SD. They have four grown children and six grandchildren.
This book, dedicated to them for love shared and enjoyment received, is a tribute to the inquisitive curiosity of. . .
Preschoolers
Questions from tiny innocent words -----
Amusement...
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Though he did not coin the phrase "Progressive Education", American philosopher and psychologist, John Dewey, has historically been associated with this modern educational method. In these two works, "The School and Society" and "The Child and Curriculum", Dewey lays out his philosophies of pragmatism, educational reform, and his advocacy of democracy. In a time when education focused primarily on rote memorization and passive acquisition of knowledge,...
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Children today grow up in an increasingly volatile, complex and uncertain world. Theirs is a generation disempowered from steering their lives while society's systems are failing to provide the support they need. Yet, a country only prospers when its children – from all walks of life – thrive, meaning that the United Kingdom now faces some consequential choices. Raising the Nation builds a compelling case showing why we must nurture smart, strong...
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Childhood has become central to socio-political debates and policy initiatives both nationally and globally. Despite the privileges afforded to children in the West, Western childhoods are no longer seen as the 'ideal' to which all should aspire. Recent reports and policy concerns suggest that growing up in the West may be marked by the commercialisation of childhood, leading to unhappiness, poor health, loss of innocence and a general lack of wellbeing...
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In this outspoken and challenging book, Sarah Nelson argues that progress in addressing childhood sexual abuse has been in fearful or complacent retreat and that change is urgently needed in order to prevent abuse occurring, and to better support survivors. From this starting point, she puts forward radical suggestions for new models of practice. These are designed to provide perpetrator-focused child protection, to encourage community approaches...
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In No More Monkeys Jumping on the bed, author Rudi Gesch has tapped into a key message for today's Parents:
LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY!
The moral of the story presented in the children's book is the center of the bullseye for parents and children alike: play is nature's best teacher and risky play carries all sorts of development benefits.
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Jessica is always dreaming of ice cream rivers and banana boats, of what she wants to be when she grows up, like a famous chef, a hairdresser, a firefighter, a Doctor or maybe even to a famous painter. Come along with Jessica to her wonderful world of wonder and excitement!
This is a fun book that will teach your child to dream, and to dream big, and know in their heart that they can be whatever they want to be with God's help.
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Societal turbulence, state collapse, religious and ethnic conflict, poverty, hunger, and social exclusion all underlie children's involvement in armed conflict. Drawing from empirical studies in eleven conflict-ridden countries, including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Colombia, Uganda, Palestine, Somalia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, and South Sudan, Children Affected by Armed Conflict crosses cultures and contexts to capture a range of perspectives...
13) BFF Club House
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BFF Clubhouse is a cute story about five best friends forever! That is until one of the friend's dad builds her a playhouse which causes another friend to become jealous. After having a talk with her mother, the jealous friend begins to feel bad. Now she must figure out a way to let her friends now how sorry she is.
This is a good story to help teach your children about jealousy, how everyone may become jealous, or have someone to become jealous...
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Many policy and practice initiatives that aim to prevent social exclusion focus on children and young people. This book seeks to consider new approaches to understanding the complexities of prevention, and how these new understandings can inform policy and practice. The authors use evidence from the National Evaluation of the Children's Fund to illustrate and explore the experiences of children and families who are most marginalised. They consider...
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Like the occupants of the children's table at a family dinner, scholars working in childhood studies can seem sidelined from the "adult" labor of humanities scholarship. The Children's Table brings together scholars from architecture, philosophy, law, and literary and cultural criticism to provide an overview of the innovative work being done in childhood studies-a transcript of what is being said at the children's table. Together, these scholars...
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Using innovative, participatory research methods, this book offers new insights into the issues surrounding parental separation or divorce from the unique perspective, and retrospectives, of young adults. As they look back on their childhood, their views provide valuable insights into how children experience and accommodate their parents' separation. Drawing on the qualitative research findings, Kay-Flowers develops a new framework to provide a useful...
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In this searching, vivid inquiry, Robert Coles shows how children struggle with questions of moral choice. Bringing to life the voices of children from a rich diversity of backgrounds, including regions plagued by poverty or social unrest, he explores their reactions to movies and stories, their moral conduct, their conversations and relationships with friends and family, and their anxieties about themselves and the fate of the world. Whether they...
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"The Dishonest Machine" takes you on a multifaceted quest to clarify many of today's concerns about raising new age children.
William C. Augustine was born, the son of a sharecropper, in the small town of Marksville, Louisiana on September 17, 1961. He is a Southerner and his passion is rooted in the South where most people would tell you, is God's country.
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Dans quels contextes se manifestent les violences dans la vie des enfants et des adolescents? Comment ces jeunes définissent-ils eux-mêmes leur expérience de ces violences? Le développement des recherches et des interventions témoigne-t-il d'une reconnaissance de ces jeunes comme des acteurs sociaux importants? Nos façons de définir et de mesurer les violences sont-elles adéquates? Y a-t-il lieu de revoir les fondements théoriques et méthodologiques...
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