Mother-and-daughter team Diana and Julia Loomans offer 100 creative ideas, techniques, and processes for making day-to-day family interactions easier and more joyful. Based on the principle that respecting — not controlling — children is key to building self-esteem, the activities in this book promote love, self-worth, and connection between parent and child. 101 Ways to Build Self-Esteem and Teach Values offers an encyclopedia of hands-on exercises, charts, heartwarming stories, poetry, and quotations to help parents and children learn basic tools for cultivating mutual respect, recognition, and independence.

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Loomans, creator of The Laughing Classroom programs, and Kolberg, founder of the Comedy Sportz improvisation theater company, describe how to build education on a foundation of silliness. They do not provide an index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

How to Develop Your Child's Gifts and Talents in Writing is a creative guide for parents to help their children with writing. Building from the basics of well-structured sentences, Cheney helps parents expand their child's writing talents. -- Shows parents how to introduce children to basic elements of writing -- Provides methods for helping young writers create and develop poems, stories, reports, and essays -- In-depth look at the steps in the writing process, including choosing subjects, constructing outlines, and editing drafts

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"A resource that can help children understand and deal with problems that arise in daily interactions with other children and adults. These games help children develop social and emotional skills and enhance self-awareness"--Provided by publisher.