Take a deep dive into what creativity is, how it manifests itself, and how to support and nurture your child's (and perhaps your own!) creativity. Written for parents and teachers, Boosting Your Child's Natural Creativity is a guide to fostering creativity and sustaining the creative spirit in children both at home and at school. Creativity is both a capacity we are born with and a skill that we can further develop. In his fully revised and updated edition, the authors describe various theories of creativity, personality traits, programs, processes, and products that foster creativity. Filled with examples and practical suggestions, this exciting book describes parenting for creativity, teaching organizational skills, and ways to preserve and enhance one's own creativity.

Every parent wants their child to achieve their full potential. Whatever your child's interest or inclincation, from art to music, sport to cookery, this book contains hundreds of practical and proven suggestions that will help them not only to develop certain skills, but also to feel socially and mentally confident. Designed for all ages from birth to preschool, the everyday activities, games, tasks and exercises in this easy to follow book will really help your young child to get the best possible head start. NOT GOT MUCH TIME? One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started. AUTHOR INSIGHTS Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the authors' many years of experience. EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGE Extra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of your child's creative development. THINGS TO REMEMBER Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts. TRY THIS Innovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.

Ignite Your Ideas: Creativity for Kids is the eighth book written by multiple award-winning author and gifted education specialist, Dr. Joanne Foster. This book is for children aged ten and up. However, parents, teachers, and others will also discover important information and abundant strategies to fortify their own creativity, and to inspire the young people in their lives. With its convenient format and relatable content, readers will soon discover why creativity matters, how it develops, how to nurture it, how family members can support one another, what to do if creativity is a struggle, and what’s needed most in order for creativity to ignite from within the environment and from within the recesses of one’s mind. The various chapters can be read consecutively or not, but the book culminates with detailed descriptions of 100 sure-fire ways to spark creativity across many different areas of interest (alongside tips for organizing and optimizing these ways). Within the book, Dr. Foster also provides current resources, thought-provoking quotes, a mini-glossary, surprising avenues of discovery, reassurances, and other helpful information that will entice kids to extend their curiosity and ability levels; explore the wonders of the world; and become happily creative at home, school, and elsewhere. This book is not another craft book for children. It is bursting with ideas designed to fuel possibilities―glimmers, flashes, intentions, inventions, and collaborations―through the arts, technology, science, and other domains. Ignite Your Ideas is about finding and seizing diverse opportunities for learning, fulfillment, and creative expression, and it includes countless suggestions for initiating, participating in, sharing, and building upon activities. In the same way that the author’s award-winning Bust Your BUTS shines a bright light on procrastination, and energizes kids (and adults), Ignite Your Ideas enlightens readers, and motivates them, too. The pages are ablaze with understandings and strategies that generate exciting, accessible choices, and joyful creative experiences for kids and their families. This book is the perfect match to help ignite meaningful and imaginative ideas!

Are you tired of feeling stuck and uncreative? Do you struggle to come up with innovative ideas for your business or personal projects? If so, Brainstorm Like a Pro: Boost Your Creative Thinking for Better Ideas is the perfect e-book for you. This comprehensive guide to creative thinking is designed to help you unlock your full creative potential and generate fresh ideas like a pro. With chapters on the basics of creative thinking, techniques for generating ideas, overcoming creative blocks, and collaborating with others, this e-book has everything you need to enhance your creativity and achieve success in all areas of your life. Whether you're an entrepreneur looking to innovate in your business, a writer searching for new ideas, or simply someone who wants to live a more creative life, Brainstorm Like a Pro has something for you. With practical tips, actionable advice, and real-world examples, this e-book is your ultimate guide to unleashing your creativity and generating game-changing ideas. So what are you waiting for? Order Brainstorm Like a Pro today and start unlocking your full creative potential. With this e-book by your side, you'll be able to think outside the box, come up with innovative solutions to your problems, and achieve your goals like never before.

Regardless of income, social status, or ethnicity, parents everywhere are concerned about their childrens academic performance. We all want our children to reach their academic potential. We all seek the peace of mind that comes with knowing our children are learning and mastering all the skills necessary for academic competence. In Boost Your Childs Academic Success, author Dr. Marshena McCoy-Williams offers a series of recommendations for empowering childrens learning capabilities. The founder of Smart Kids TLC, a tutoring and learning center in Greensboro, North Carolina, that provides academic services to public, private, and homeschooled children and their parents, she gives strategies parents can apply to improve their childrens academic performance. Designed for individuals from diverse ethnicities, cultures, socioeconomic strata, and family structures, the ideas can be mixed, matched, and modified to fit specific circumstances. Many of the recommendations and strategies are based on research in education, pedagogy, medicine, nutrition, and cognition. Some are traditional, and others are nontraditional. Each directly or indirectly helps develop intellectual and/or academic abilities. Boost Your Childs Academic Success provides a range of options from which parents can select to create a holistic and focused plan of action to improve their childrens academic experience and performance.

This book represents a summation of a decade’s worth of therapy, research, workshops, and presentations around the unique aspects of social-emotional development in the neurodivergent community. The book grounds its approach in neuroscience and then applies those data to how our brains impact our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. As a child psychologist who specializes in working with this population, I pride myself on identifying the challenging aspects of having a different brain and empowering kids to manage those differences. As such, this book will contain sections that directly address the parts of being gifted that have traditionally been emphasized less: making friends, maintaining relationships, regulating emotions, communicating your feelings and needs appropriately, and being able to identify contextual factors to understand why people are acting the way they are. Naming the issues is one thing, but each section will contain case examples, clinical advice, and tangible skills that will help students grow in the areas of social-emotional learning (SEL). These skills are deliverable, generalizable, and appropriate for school, home, and the community. Most importantly, they work. I often say that I want my clients to have a little “pocket Dr. Matt” to help them navigate the world; this book is my attempt at creating that kind of external support.

When parents first hear that their child has ADHD, many feel as if they've been set adrift on an emotional sea of guilt, isolation, confusion, and fear. To help these parents and their children navigate the challenges of home life, school, and ADHD treatment, Tracey Bromley Goodwin and Holly Oberacker have created Navigating ADHD: Your Guide to the Flip Side of ADHD. This solutions-based guide to living with ADHD is a beacon for parents and children alike. Holly, an art therapist, and Tracey, an educational consultant and learning coach, have over 20 years of combined experience working with children and families living with ADHD. They use this experience to provide a depth of examples and hands-on solutions to the challenges of ADHD. The authors steer readers through an understanding of the ADHD diagnosis, communication strategies, social and organizational skills, and ADHD treatments, among other subjects. Each chapter presents real-life scenarios, concrete strategies, and proven solutions that give parents the confidence they need to help their child excel. Appendices in the back of the book provide additional resources for easy reference. Parents will come back to this book again and again for guidance, support, and peace of mind as they watch their child move from shame and isolation to understanding and excellence.

PARENTING POINTS will help guide parents through the ups and downs of their child’s early development. It offers straightforward advice, understandable explanations and real-life examples of many of the dilemmas commonly faced by parents. It focuses on how to raise their child using a positive, constructive and sensitive approach. From defining developmental expectations to providing advice on behavior management to outlining the importance of positive changes that support their child, PARENTING POINTS navigates parents through the maze of issues that they often face when trying to do the right thing for their child.

The 50 bite-sized chapters in this book cover the most trying situations that a parent and toddler are ever likely to meet - including mealtimes, sleeping, toilet training and supermarket tantrums. Each idea features an activity box to help parents gauge their progress and see results as they move forward, while informative narrative and quotes from childcare experts guide and equip them with the techniques they need to feel happy and confident in their parenting skills. Whatever the challenge, experienced parenting coach Lorraine Thomas gives parents an instant practical strategy that really works.

Teach Yourself - the world's leading learning brand - is relaunched in 2010 as a multi-platform experience that will keep you motivated to achieve your goals. Let our expert author guide you through this brand new edition, with personal insights, tips, energising self-tests and summaries throughout the book. Go online at www.teachyourself.com for tests, extension articles and a vibrant community of like-minded learners. And if you don't have much time, don't worry - every book gives you 1, 5 and 10-minute bites of learning to get you started. Teach Yourself Bringing up Happy Children will help you to raise confident and secure children and to enjoy a happy and harmonious home. It contains many ideas and tools for gaining co-operation rather than nagging as well as numerous tips and strategies for getting through every day niggles such as quarrels and tantrums. You will also find suggestions for ways to deal with tough topics such as bereavement and divorce. There is a non-judgemental and reassuring tone throughout, and plenty of interactive quizzes, charts and exercises to get you thinking about fresh approaches to old problems. Numerous quotes and stories from parents bring the exercises to life.