Opening Minds - A Parents'' Guide to Teaching for Thinking At Home

Opening Minds is a wonderful resource full of materials for parents of elementary and middle school children who want to expand their learning at home. Though not a replacement for the standard curriculum of the grades, it provides parents with a variety of tools to promote and engage children's thinking outside the classroom.

Sommario

Preface
Introduction
1. Opening Minds: What's the Big Idea?
2. Getting Started
3. Thinking Operations: Those Higher Order Mental Tasks That Engage Minds
4. Introduction to the Thinking Activities: More Than You Wanted to Know
5. Preparing
6. Thinking Activities for Pre-and Emerging Readers
7. Thinking Activities for Middle Grade Students
8. Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author

Info autore

Selma Wassermann

Riassunto

This is a resource book for parents who wish to play an active role in promoting their children’s intelligent habits of mind.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Selma Wassermann, Wassermann Selma
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781475859539
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-5953-9
• Pagine: 120
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Condotta di vita, auto-realizzazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Istruzione; EDUCATION / Parent Participation, EDUCATION / Student Life & Student Affairs, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Education, Advice on parenting, Home Schooling, Parenting: advice and issues, Primary & middle schools, Designed for home learning, For home learning / Self-study / autonomous learning, Educational: General studies / study skills general, Primary and middle schools, Open learning, home learning, distance education, Educational: Study skills, EDUCATION / Teaching / General