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Just Let The Kids Play: How to Stop Other Adults from Ruining Your Child’s Fun and Success in Youth Sports (Paperback)

From Library Journal
The authors, who all have children of their own who have played youth sports, contend that children should compete in these programs to have fun and learn the basics of sports activities. However, as former NBA player Bigelow, journalist Tom Moroney, and writer and editor Linda Hall show, children often have difficulties enjoying [...]

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How To Reach and Teach All Children in the Inclusive Classroom: Practical Strategies, Lessons, and Activities, 2nd Edition (Paperback)

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“Steer your students toward academic, social, and emotional success regardless of their learning styles, ability levels, skills, and behaviors. This book provides strategies and activities to differentiated instruction,engage reluctant readers and writers, boost organization and study skills and more.” (Learning Journal, Back-to-School 2007)
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When the Labels Don’t Fit: A New Approach to Raising a Challenging Child (Paperback)

From Publishers Weekly
Probst, a clinical social worker and educator, argues that our society has become too quick to diagnose and label children who think or act outside the box as having a psychiatric disorder or disease. Although there are times when a diagnosis and medication are called [...]

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How to keep kids room tidy

This may not be totally related to this site but fi your kids have lots of toys… keeping the room tidy is a whole lot of work. I was browsing for toys the other day and stumled on this site about playtents and playmats and their post on why playmats make sense. I´m going to [...]

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Noise and how the ear can be protected

Damage to the ear occurs when there is damage in the inner ear. The severity varies depending upon many factors. There are ways to stop it and here are a few tips you should know.
First, you should know that tinnitus may be caused by exposure for long times to noise or even a loud explosion. [...]

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What is tinnitus and what are the symptoms

Tinnitus is a symptom and not a condition in itself. Tinnitus describes the symptom of being able to hear things which nobody else can, although in a rare number of cases, this isn’t true. Tinnitus is a very common condition with approximately 10% of the population suffering from Tinnitus to one degree or [...]

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