The Starting School Book - How to choose, prepare for and settle your child at school

An indispensable guide for parents whose children are about to start, or have recently started school.

About the author

Sarah Ockwell-Smith is the mother of four children. She has a BSc in Psychology and worked for several years in Pharmaceutical Research and Development. Following the birth of her first child, Sarah re-trained as a Paediatric Homeopath, Antenatal Teacher and Birth and Postnatal Doula. She has also undertaken training in Baby Massage, Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy. Sarah specialises in gentle parenting methods and is co-founder of the GentleParenting website (www.gentleparenting.co.uk). Sarah writes a parenting blog (www.sarahockwell-smith.com) which is read by 3 million parents per year, and is the author of BabyCalm, ToddlerCalm, The Gentle Sleep Book, The Gentle Parenting Book, The Gentle Discipline Book, The Gentle Potty Training Book, The Gentle Eating Book, The Second Baby Book, The Starting School Book Between: A guide for parents of eight to thirteen-year-olds, How to Be a Calm Parent and Beginnings. She frequently writes for magazines and newspapers, and is often called upon as a parenting expert for national television and radio.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Ockwell-Smith, Ockwell-Smith Sarah
• Publisher: Piatkus
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 3 to 5
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9780349423791
• ISBN: 978-0-349-42379-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 232 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / General, Education, Back to school, EDUCATION / Home Schooling, EDUCATION / Parent Participation, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Fatherhood, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / School Age, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Motherhood, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Single Parent, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Education, Child care & upbringing, Home Schooling, EDUCATION / Early Childhood (incl. Preschool & Kindergarten), Independent schools, private education, Schools, Child care and upbringing: advice for parents, For primary education, Primary & middle schools, Pre-school & kindergarten, Pre-school and kindergarten, Schools and pre-schools, Primary and middle schools, For pre-school learning, For pre-school (Denmark)