Parents, This One is for You!!

Below is the classwork we did today, kids. Now, go away (hehehehehe) the rest of this blog post is for your parents and me.

Parents, I recently ran across this book:

I have been reading it from a parent's point of view with my wife, Michelle. I have also been thinking of it from a teacher point of view, too, and have found the book to be really insightful in many areas of working with children. David Walsh is a very bright man who understands today's cultural media very well. Click here to read more about him.

I plan on buying multiple copies of this book for my classroom parents for next year for anyone who would choose to read it. I highly recommend heading on over to Amazon and buying a copy. It is definitely worth more than the 15 dollars they are charging.

Attached to this link is chapter 4. It is about defining and developing healthy self-esteem in children, dispelling some myths of what "healthy" self-esteem is, and has great insight into what we can do to help our children grow into independent, successful adults. Feel free to comment to this blog post or send me an email letting me know what you got out of the chapter. If you like the chapter, BUY THE BOOK! Thanks!