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Welcome to the world of visualization--where children learn to learn better, achieve more and build confidence. What happens when the formal school years hit? Why do so many struggle in school, a place where their curiosity should be encouraged to grow? Too many children are frustrated with the basic academic subjects--reading, writing, spelling and math. Your child may become a master of avoiding tasks, stressed or anxious or have a behavioral problem. No more.

With Dr. Hellerstein's pioneering book, See It. Say It. Do It!, your child will discover a whole new world. Action will be taken in all areas of his or her life by:

* Becoming more confident
*Creating strategies to overcome obstacles and barriers
*Being successful in school & sports
*Developing a joy for learning
*Enhancing sports performance

Imagine your child reading and writing for fun! Enjoy learning spelling words and math facts through visualization strategies. Teach your child how to effectively prepare for test and stressful competitions. Give your child a gift for life. See It. Say It. Do It!; offers the tools and strategies that will improve and empower performance levels. It will inspire and transform you and your child. Both of you will be celebrating with a huge TA-DAH!

Rick Ackerly has over 40 years of experience working with students, teachers, and parents as a principal, father, and consultant. The stories and advice in his first book THE GENIUS IN CHILDREN reveal a rare wisdom about children and the process of education. The value of this experience to hundreds of children, parents, and teachers derives from the depth of his perception and the subtlety of his understanding. He offers perspective and guidance on a wide range of challenges faced by parents of today's school-age children: First Day of School ~ Self-confidence ~ Discipline Boundary-Setting ~ Building Character ~ Integrity Taking Responsibility ~ Facing Challenges ~ Separating from Parents Getting into Trouble ~ Handling Disappointment ~ Friendship Bullying ~ Peer Pressure ~ Harassment ~ Reading ~ Testing Homework ~ Academic Achievement ~ Failure and Success Dyslexia and ADHD. The GENIUS IN CHILDREN is a must-read for parents who want to discover how to bring out the best in their children.

Parenting as 'A Help to Life' is an exposition of one world citizen's well lived educational wisdom. It is a plea and a life-prescription for parents and children, hand in hand. It is about the peaceful preservation of our matrix of existence, by infusing each breath of being with unconditional love through thought, word and deed. It is about 'respect' for the individual made of the collective and vice versa, centered upon the penetrating truth that life is selfless but not self-centered, in harmony with reality as a whole. Essentially, it is about the application of the PIVOTAL TRUTH called 'compassion or looking through the eyes of another' in all innumerable circumstances through the whole of life - in light of all beings sentient and other. This ought to be the basis upon which the threefold human construction called body-mind-spirit must rest. Success in the wake of learning and overall well-being will then be the automatic consequence that transcends all other worldly truths.

To order the hardcover edition of this book, please contact the author by e-mailing to nelun@yahoo.com.

The book features a collection of art, poems, and essays submitted by the children who have participated in Justice for Athletes' Culture, Education, Sportsmanship and Ethics Program (CESEP). CESEP provides educational outreach and promotes drug-prevention awareness to countries around the world. The new book provides a fresh perspective and gives a voice to children's perception on ethics, sportsmanship, fair-play, and drug-free sport. With over 280 submissions the book provides both a delightful and warming insight into these children's perspective on what it means to be a "good sport" and how the use of performance enhancing drugs impacts sport and ethics.

'Widening Horizons for Educating the Gifted and General Education' is an eye-opening and inspiring guidebook for educators worldwide - school teachers, teacher educators, researchers, educational policy makers and administrators, and given its simple and lucid style, also parents. The book examines vital issues that are relevant not only for 'education of the gifted' but also for 'education in general' and 'widens horizons' regarding both. 200 out of every 1000 children (who together constitute children who are in the top 10% of their age group on any ability) are gifted in some important way and can make outstanding contributions in various fields. But because most schools focus on the 'average' child, the rights and needs of gifted children are ignored, resulting in failure to identify, understand and nurture their talents adequately. As a result, by the time these children leave school much of their talents are lost, often irrevocably, both to themselves and to society. In this enlightening book, Dr. Rao examines comprehensively and in depth the myriad aspects of gifted child education. She also critiques in Chapter 6 gifted programs in her own native India. This serves as an in-depth example, of global value, of what schools are doing in theory and practice to address the educational needs of the gifted. Also very importantly, this critique has been made against the backdrop of 'education in general' and the views on education of Indian seer/mystic/spiritual philosophers. This brings to the fore some serious, fundamental lacunae in educational systems all over the world which have led to the lop-sided development of both individuals and societies. This illuminating critique takes the book beyond the boundaries of 'education for the gifted' to 'education in general' and 'widens horizons' regarding both.