Marcia Tate's Preparing Children for Success in School and Life: 20 Ways to Enhance Your Child’s Brain Power is an authoritative and practical guide for parents who are interested in creating a brain-compatible home environment conducive to the optimal growth and development of their children.

In this collection of recommended best practices, Tate draws on what we know about how our brains behave and learn:-

• The latest research in human growth and development
• Her 30 years of being a mother to three 
• Explains how parents can design a brain-compatible environment
• Put a plan into place to help children develop character and     responsible behaviour
• Use key strategies that grow children’s brain cells while working with them at home.

Similar in format to Tate's other books, Preparing Children for Success in School and Life: 20 Ways to Enhance Your Child’s Brain Power  defines recommended practices, shares research from the fields of psychology and education to demonstrate why the practices should be used, and provides numerous examples on the use of the practice in the home environment.

 

Contents

Section I: Preparing Children for Success in Life

1. Develop a Relationship with Your Child

2. Hug, Rock, and Love Your Child

3. Surround Your Child with a Calming Environment

4. Give Your Child a Brain-Healthy Start

5. Talk to and with Your Child

6. Read to and with Your Child

7. Provide Opportunities for Creative Play

8. Teach Your Child Rules, Rituals, and Responsibility

9. Accentuate the Positive

10. Deemphasize the Negative

11. Identify Chronic Behavior and Mood Disorders

12. Expect the Best and Visualize Success

Section 11 : Preparing Children for Success in School

13. Laugh and Have Fun, It's Good for You and Your Child

14. Stengthen Your Child's Auditory Mode of Learning

15. Strengthen Your Child's Visual Mode of Learning

16. Strengthen Yuor Child's Kinesthetic Mode of Learning

17. Strengthen Your Child's Tactile Mode of Learning

18. Make Memories with Music

19. Connect Content with Your Child's Life

20. Partner with Your Child's Teachers

 

Author

Marcia L. Tate is the former executive director of professional development for the DeKalb County School System, Decatur, Georgia.

During her 30-year career with the district, she has been a classroom teacher, reading specialist, language arts coordinator, and staff development executive director.

She received the Distinguished Staff Development Award for the State of Georgia, and her department was chosen to receive the Exemplary Program Award for the state.

Tate is currently an educational consultant and has taught more than 350,000 administrators, teachers, parents, and business and community leaders throughout the world

Author: Marcia Tate  pub 2011   USA  Pb189 pages