Fidget Busters: 50 Ways to Keep Kids Busy While You Get Things Done

Fidget Busters: 50 Ways to Keep Kids Busy While You Get Things Done
Author: Donna Bozzo
Publisher: The Countryman Press
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2018-09-11
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1682682749

Occupy and focus fidgety hands with easy DIY sensory play Fidget spinners, slime, and other sensory toys have spiked in popularity for their ability to calm anxieties and improve concentration. In an age where children have ample amounts of screen time, gooey, stretchy, and bumpy projects are a fun, educational way to engage their senses. From fake snow and edible finger paint, to sensory balloons and rainbow foam, these anti-fidget DIYs will keep kids entertained and learning by working with their hands. Parenting expert Donna Bozzo also includes suggestions for buying and using ready-made fidget busters and toys. Keep kids busy with: Unicorn Kinetic Sand Crunchy Slime Lava Lamps Stress balls and more!

No Bad Kids

No Bad Kids
Author: Janet Lansbury
Publisher: Rodale Books
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2024-04-30
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0593736133

A modern classic on the gentle art of discipline for toddlers, by the internationally renowned childcare expert, podcaster, and author of Elevating Child Care “No Bad Kids provides practical ways to respond to the challenges of toddlerhood while nurturing a respectful relationship with your child.”—Tina Payne Bryson, PhD, co-author of The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline Janet Lansbury is unique among parenting experts. As a RIE teacher and student of pioneering child specialist Magda Gerber, her advice is not based solely on formal studies and the research of others, but also on her more than twenty years of hands-on experience guiding hundreds of parents and their toddlers. A collection of her most popular articles about toddler behavior, No Bad Kids presents her signature approach to discipline, which she sees as a parent’s act of compassion and love for a child. Full of wisdom and encouragement, it covers common toddler concerns such as: • Why toddlers need clear boundaries—and how to set them without yelling • What's going on when they bite, hit, kick, tantrum, whine, and talk back • Advice for parenting a strong-willed child • How to be a gentle leader, and Lansbury’s secret for staying calm For parents who are anticipating or experiencing those critical years when toddlers are developmentally obliged to test the limits of our patience and love, No Bad Kids is a practical, indispensable resource for putting respectful discipline into action.

The Willpower Instinct

The Willpower Instinct
Author: Kelly McGonigal
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2013-12-31
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1583335080

Based on Stanford University psychologist Kelly McGonigal's wildly popular course "The Science of Willpower," The Willpower Instinct is the first book to explain the science of self-control and how it can be harnessed to improve our health, happiness, and productivity. Informed by the latest research and combining cutting-edge insights from psychology, economics, neuroscience, and medicine, The Willpower Instinct explains exactly what willpower is, how it works, and why it matters. For example, readers will learn: • Willpower is a mind-body response, not a virtue. It is a biological function that can be improved through mindfulness, exercise, nutrition, and sleep. • Willpower is not an unlimited resource. Too much self-control can actually be bad for your health. • Temptation and stress hijack the brain's systems of self-control, but the brain can be trained for greater willpower • Guilt and shame over your setbacks lead to giving in again, but self-forgiveness and self-compassion boost self-control. • Giving up control is sometimes the only way to gain self-control. • Willpower failures are contagious—you can catch the desire to overspend or overeat from your friends­­—but you can also catch self-control from the right role models. In the groundbreaking tradition of Getting Things Done, The Willpower Instinct combines life-changing prescriptive advice and complementary exercises to help readers with goals ranging from losing weight to more patient parenting, less procrastination, better health, and greater productivity at work.

Mom Life: Perfection Pending

Mom Life: Perfection Pending
Author: Meredith Ethington
Publisher: Absolute Love Publishing
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2018-02-27
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9780999577318

Out-parented at PTA? Out-liked on social media? Wondering how your best friend from high school’s kids are always color-coordinated, angelic, and beaming from every photo, while your kids look more like feral monkeys? It’s okay. Imperfection is the new perfection! Join Meredith Ethington, “one of the funniest parents on Facebook,” according to Today.com, as she relates encouraging stories of real-mom life in her debut parenting humor book, Mom Life: Perfection Pending. Whether you’re buried in piles of laundry, packing your 50th sack lunch for the week, or almost making it out the door in time for school, you’ll laugh along with stories of what real-mom life is like—and realize that sometimes simply making it through the day is good enough. An uplifting yet real look at all that is expected of moms in the 21st century, Mom Life: Perfection Pending is so relatable you’ll find yourself saying, “I guess I’m doing okay after all.”

My Sister's Keeper

My Sister's Keeper
Author: Jodi Picoult
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2009-05-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 143915726X

Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age 13, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister Kate can somehow fight the leukemia that has palgued her since childhood.

Hairspray

Hairspray
Author:
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2002
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9781557835147

'Hairspray', the hit musical, is based on John Waters' affectionately subversive homage to his Baltimore youth and the biggest hit musical on Broadway. This is a complete book of lyrics from the Broadway musical.

A Prayer for Owen Meany

A Prayer for Owen Meany
Author: John Irving
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996
Genre: Literature
ISBN: 9781560774143

Eleven-year-old Owen Meany, playing in a Little League baseball game in New Hampshire, hits a foul ball and kills his best friend's mother. Owen does not believe in accidents and believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul is both extraordinary and terrifying.

Get A Job In 30 Days Or Less: A Realistic Action Plan for Finding the Right Job Fast

Get A Job In 30 Days Or Less: A Realistic Action Plan for Finding the Right Job Fast
Author: Matthew J. DeLuca
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 332
Release: 1999-08-17
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9780071366748

The dynamic 30-day plan for finding and landing a great job. The job market is vibrant. Employee turnover is high. People seeking new challenges have no reason to delay. They can grab this savvy career guide and propel themselves quickly into the right job - whether they're starting out, moving up, or simply looking for a more comfortable fit. The bestselling author of Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions walks readers through a detailed, 30-day strategy for success that covers every step from targeting job goals to writing better resumes and giving better interviews. Daily and weekly checklists, to-do lists, exercises, and real-life examples help keep candidates on the fast track. An entire chapter devoted to cyber-searching shows how, where, and why to look for jobs online.

Potty Train in a Weekend

Potty Train in a Weekend
Author: Becky Mansfield
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-07-17
Genre: Toilet training
ISBN: 9781496106339

This book will help you to have your child potty trained in three days! It is the only complete guide to potty training that you will need. In this book, you will learn the secret to potty training in three days, how to deal with hurdles such as: 'They won't poop on the potty!" or "They were using the potty, but now they are having accidents all of the time!" (regression). You will not be going back and forth between diapers, pull-ups and underwear anymore. You child will be completely trained in a weekend. This is a well-written book. It is very detailed and informative. This book is a great book for you that talks about all things "Potty-Training". It is going to give you all of the information and tools that you need to start potty training and complete it in three days. If your child is already trained or is in the middle of training, this book is perfect for you, as well. It will walk you through the hurdles that you will face, the struggles that you will have, the praise and reward system that you want, and more. Parents all over the world are having success with this system and now you can, too!

Brain Rules

Brain Rules
Author: John Medina
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2011-05-30
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1921753986

An updated and expanded edition of the international bestseller Most of us have no idea what’s really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details that every business leader, parent, and teacher should know — for instance, that physical activity helps to get your brain working at its best. How do we learn? What do sleep and stress do to our brains? Why is multitasking a myth? Why is it so easy to forget — and so important to repeat new information? In Brain Rules, Dr John Medina, a molecular biologist, shares his lifelong interest in brain science, and how it can influence the way we teach our children and the way we work. In each chapter, he describes a brain rule — what scientists know for sure about how our brains work — and offers transformative ideas for our daily lives. In this expanded edition — which includes additional information on the brain rules and a new chapter on music — you will discover how every brain is wired differently, why memories are volatile, and how stress and sleep can influence learning. By the end, you’ll understand how your brain really works — and how to get the most out of it.