Jumpstart Learning in Your Kids: An Easy Guide to Building Your Child's Independence and Success in School

by Bridget M. Spackman

Overview

Conscious Parenting Techniques for Raising Successful Kids (Ages 8-12)

All parents should read this book to better understand their child's developmental levels and learn strategies that will increase opportunities for success!" —Michelle Ferré, Pocketful of Primary

#1 New Release in Research, School-Age Children

In Jumpstart Learning in Your Kids, Bridget Spackman, a public school educator and the YouTuber behind The Lettered Classroom, shares her expertise with parents to help educate and encourage children, learn how children succeed, and support lifelong education in the home and beyond.

Conscious parenting strategies for successful child development.Jumpstart Learning in Your Kids is for any parent who is having trouble ensuring their child is receiving the education they deserve —and who wants to encourage their children to continue learning for their entire lives. Along with helpful tips and tricks, parents are supported with numerous resources to jumpstart their child’s education.

Learn how children succeed —and how your conscious parenting can help them. Whether homeschooling or just trying to make sure you support your child’s education in your home, ensuring that kids reach their potential is crucial.

This book helps you with:

• Learning more about child development and how they relate to learning
• Identifying appropriate learning times and various real-world opportunities that you can provide for your child at hom
• Strategies on how to help your children with problem solving, difficult tasks, and establishing a routine and schedule for success

Readers of parenting books like The Read-Aloud Family by Sarah Mackenzie, The Whole-Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel, The Well-Trained Mind by Susan Wise Bauer and Jessie Wise, or the DK books like Help Your Kids with Math by Barry Lewis will be encouraged and supported by Jumpstart Learning in Your Kids.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781642505320
Publisher:	Mango Media
Publication date:	11/18/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	170
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Bridget Spackman, a public-school educator, has worked on developing curriculum, instruction and assessment for her district in the areas of social studies and English language arts. Bridget established the first multi-age program in her district and provided instruction to over seventy-five learners each year across multiple grade levels. She focuses her research in providing authentic learning experiences that lead to building twenty-first century skills that will encourage and benefit her students for years to come.

Bridget also works to inspire and provide strategies to educators around the world. Through her presence on social media and YouTube, she discusses methods of literacy instruction that provide authentic, relatable, and attainable instruction to students, plus powerful tools for building autonomy, independence, and motivation in her students. She also writes curriculum across various grade levels that enable teachers to easily implement her teachings into any classroom setting.

Bridget Spackman lives in York, Pennsylvania with her husband and two sons: Ian, age 13, and Blaine, age 5, along with their adopted goldendoodle Walter. As a mother and an educator, Bridget was afforded the unique position to see both the tech-driven/STEAM-led learning abilities of Ian and the kinesthetic/active interaction of Blaine. Given the vastly different learning preferences residing under her own roof alone, she understands the necessity and the importance of implementing adaptive learning techniques in her classrooms of 25 learners or more. She is known for her education YouTube channel and website, The Lettered Classroom.

Table of Contents

Introduction A Letter from a Teacher 10

Section I Understanding Your Child 17

Chapter 1 Abilities and Needs 21

Chapter 2 How Much Is Just Right? 41

Chapter 3 Helping Your Child with Mindsets 56

Chapter 4 Communication Is Key 64

Section II Building Independence 75

Chapter 5 Slow and Steady Wins the Race 79

Chapter 6 Choosing the Right Ladder and Getting Buy-In 93

Chapter 7 Asking the Right Questions and Giving Feedback 103

Chapter 8 Put Your Kids to Work! 114

Section III Resources to Support 125

Chapter 9 Building a Space that Encourages Learning 129

Chapter 10 Establish Schedules and Routines 140

Chapter 11 Teaching Organization 150

Chapter 12 Holding Your Child Accountable 160

Acknowledgments 166

About the Author 168

Editorial Reviews

"Supporting children in the classroom and in a home environment are big tasks. In Jumpstart Learning, Spackman beautifully brings her experience as a mother and an educator to help you see growing humans from various perspectives. These insights provide more opportunities to understand, support, and love the wonderful children that we have the privilege of raising." —Juan E. Gonzalez JR., 3rd Grade Teacher

"One of the things that keeps you sane once you become a parent is having a good group of parent friends to commiserate with over coffee and at the bus stop. In her new book, Jumpstart Learning in Your Kids, parent and teacher Bridget Spackman becomes that important friend, sharing personal stories culled from her own trial-by-fire experiences, providing all of us with the necessary tools to better understand how children develop into independent, resilient learners and how to support and encourage them along the way. " —Dr. Kimberly Kode Sutton, Associate Professor of Education, York College of Pennsylvania

"Jumpstart Learning in Your Kids will make parents think differently about how they can support their child's learning in and out of the classroom! Bridget Spackman shares her expertise as both a teacher and parent in a way that makes the information relevant and realistic. All parents should read this book to better understand their child's developmental levels and learn strategies that will increase opportunities for success!" —Michelle Ferré, Pocketful of Primary

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