Teaching in the home is a challenge whether you are full time homeschooling or getting homework completed! As parents it is sometimes difficult to teach those we are so emotionally entwined with. Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish have come to the rescue with "How to Talk so Kids can Learn! At Home and in School." Encompassing the experiences of both parents and teachers this collaboration is a valuable tool for both parent/teacher and teachers in the regular classroom setting.
This book is a pleasant read and very entertaining with the use of comics illustrating particular scenarios throughout. Being able to read the experiences of others and recognize your own struggles is a revelation. To make that revelation more poignant you are offered tried and tested solutions.
Five valuable lessons Faber and Mazlish cover are:
Alternatives to punishment
Engaging cooperation
How to deal with feelings that interfere with learning
Praise that doesn't demean
Solving problems together
Not only so Faber and Mazlish cover these areas and more they offer solutions. Allowing parents and teachers to understand each others position in the life of a child encourages collaboration between both. Throughout the book real life experiences of parents and teachers are shared.
As a homeschooling parent and new Zealand trained teacher I have found the works of these two amazing parent child communication experts to be invaluable. The succinct manner in which Faber and mazlish deliver solutions to everyday problems in communications is refreshing.
All those involved in educating and parenting will find useful tools throughout this book.
Life is extremely busy and it is very difficult to be an expert in everything. Often parenting calls for just that! Thankfully there are some very effective resources out there to guide us in all this madness. Hurray for enlightening tools designed to make sense of parental chaos.
Margit Barrerashttp://www.2Think2Learn.com
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