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2. The Everything Kids' Science Experiments Book- Boil Ice, Float Water, Measure Gravity-Challenge the World Around You! (Everything Kids Series)

   The Everything Kids' Science Experiments Book

   Boil Ice, Float Water, Measure Gravity-Challenge the World Around You! (Everything Kids Series):
   • Book by Tom Robinson.
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11. The Overachievers- The Secret Lives of Driven Kids

    The Overachievers

    The Secret Lives of Driven Kids:
    • Book by Alexandra Robbins.
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20. What to Do When You Worry Too Much- A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety (What to Do Guides for Kids)

    What to Do When You Worry Too Much

    A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety (What to Do Guides for Kids):
    • Book by Dawn Huebner.
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29. Whatever It Takes- How Professional Learning Communities Respond When Kids Don't Learn

    Whatever It Takes

    How Professional Learning Communities Respond When Kids Don't Learn:

• Book by Rebecca [DuFour]Create?, Robert Eaker and Gayle Karhanek.

The Everything Kids' Science Experiments Book- Boil Ice, Float Water, Measure Gravity-Challenge the World Around You! (Everything Kids Series)

The Everything Kids' Science Experiments Book

Boil Ice, Float Water, Measure Gravity-Challenge the World Around You! (Everything Kids Series):

You'll discover answers to questions like:
Is it possible to blow up a balloon without actually blowing into it?
What is inside coins?
Can a magnet ever be "turned off"?
Do toilets always flush in the same direction?
Can a swimming pool be cleaned with just the breath of one person?

Get ready to enter the laboratory and learn how to conduct cool experiments, understand scientific terms like "photosynthesis," and know fun facts like how many latex balloons per day can be made from a rubber tree. Each section has a great science fair project, complete with all the details you need to wow your teachers and friends.

You won't want to wait for a rainy day or your school's science fair to test these cool experiments for yourself!

• Review:: 'Fun, fun, fun I have a just turned 5 year old that LOVES science and experiments. Although this book I believe was recommended for older children, there are plenty of experiments that I can do with him at his age and get immediate results. Since there are experiments that are targeted for older children, this is one of the rare books that we'll be able to use for several years down the road. I love it so much it's going to be one of my staples in gift giving - it's easy & fun enough for those even not interested in 'science'.
• Review:: 'great book for young minds My 6 year old son absolutely loves this book. He was so excited about the experiments that everyone we knew was told about the new experiment. He understanding what he is doing with the experiments. I would recommend this book and I have to his teacher at school.
• Review:: 'Kidz Love Science I bought this book for my son, and liked it so much that I bought 10 copies to give to each child at my son's birthday party. He wanted a science party so this was the perfect take-home gift for the kids. Beats a goody bag full of candy and plastic toys... but I don't want to digress on how I hate goody bags at birthday parties! The experiments here are interesting and easy to set up. And, the puzzles and games on the side make it something the kids can pick up and read on their own.
• Review:: 'Down to Earth Science This book provides down-to-earth science using common everyday items that you have in your home to conduct experiments with. My grandchildren were able to have fun during the experiment itself and to come up with simple answers when we reviewed afterwards what occurred during the experiments. And yet, for all the simplicity, it was very exciting for them. And it was fun for me to see that they made the connection and looked forward to conducting yet more experiments. I highly recommend this book to all parents and their youngsters.
• Review:: 'Bored on a Sunday Afternoon? When we are bored we pick up this book. The experiments are fun and fairly simple to complete. It is a great way to spend an afternoon together and everyone will learn something new.

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The Overachievers- The Secret Lives of Driven Kids

The Overachievers

The Secret Lives of Driven Kids:

• Review:: 'An Engaging, Cautionary Tale As a student at a university that has recently dropped the SAT from consideration for acceptance, and an advocate of the removal of standardized testing from the application process, Alexandra Robbins' book _The Overachievers_ truly struck home. Through this book, Robbins has given unity to the many fractured voices who have seen what the hyperactive culture of dawn-to-dusk athletic activities, clubs and homework does to children nationwide. On topics that have been pushed under the rug for far too long, Alexandra Robbins fearlessly approaches the taboo subject of economic and racial bias in standardized testing, and bravely questions the logic of parents who subject their children to standardized testing and a rigorous application process at the preschool level. The children who will shape our future, Robbins argues, are being shaped into workaholic robots in the model of the Asian education system, complete with the depression and suicide rates that come with such grueling training. At its heart, _The Overachievers_ asks a question so many have avoided answering: are our children going to school to enhance their minds, inspire them to achieve great things and gain happiness in life, or are they simply being herded into a uniform program that destroys individuality and defines success as one of four multiple-choice bubbles? Do we aspire to have a happy society, or a win-at-all-costs, contentment-be-damned nation of hyperperforming, suicidal robots?
• Review:: 'This book could change the future. Let's hope it does. This book is really about obsession, but it's hard not to become obsessed with this book once you begin reading it. Strange, but true. One reason for this obsession proclivity is the outstanding authorship. In writing this compelling documentary/ commentary, Robbins borrowed a technique from today's top fiction writers. That is, she interwove the activities and viewpoints of several characters into parallel story threads that help build tension in the book. Tension is what all the writing clinics tell authors to build into any story. This is only one of the tools Robbins used to keep the reader turning each of the 400 plus pages in this book. Another reason is the authenticity. There is no "reaching for conclusions," taking things out context, or slanting things to support some errant opinion. Because Robbins has an actual travesty to talk about, has real information to share with the reader, and is so articulate, she doesn't resort to propaganda tactics. What you get is real. Other sources confirm what Robbins reveals. As part of my review process, I brought up many of these issues with school teachers, students, a retired school principal, and a former teacher who quit for another line of work. Their opinions and observations supported what Robbins said about "teaching to the test" and how what passes for education in America has done enormous damage to millions of children. Today, even the brightest kids have unwarranted pressures deadening both their ability and desire to develop healthy brains--or even to learn. Years ago, I read the details of the "No Child Left Behind" program. I immediately renamed it "No Child Gets Ahead." It has turned out to be exactly that, but for reasons I was not aware of. Robbins takes a much wider and more informed view than my own to produce the total picture. Any child who isn't behind is that way despite this program, not because of it. Last year, I reviewed another book, "The New Brain." That book talks about how people's brains are "rewiring" for short attention span activities instead of deep thinking. We can see this played out in a manic, myopic, misinformed, misanthropic, and mentally retarding pursuit of perfection in a very narrow set of metrics. Those metrics consist mostly of test scores, school grades, SAT scores, and acceptance into over-rated colleges--none of which has any real meaning. Robbins addresses these issues well, and shows what happens to the victims. Robbins avoids assessing individual colleges. So, I'll briefly do that here. You've perhaps read various analyses showing that Harvard is merely a diploma mill. Harvard professors publish, rather than teach. This is true at both the graduate and undergraduate level. When you get all sizzle and no steak, you starve. Anyone reading the business journals sees that educationally starved Harvard MBAs have left a wake of destruction in corporate America. Although they have great "good old boy" connections, they lack a solid education. Their counterparts from lower-tiered schools can run circles around them. The lower-tiered schools have to offer something other than a brand-name diploma, to attract students. Thus, their professors actually teach classes. Those professors also (at least in my case) call the students at home to discuss lectures and to assign special projects to help the individual student further develop. This, as opposed to an Ivy League lecture hall method where the student is just a "check off the box" nuisance obligation. Robbins also exposes the absurd "Best Colleges" listing spewed annually by US News & World Report for the fraud it is. Reading the truth behind this hogwash, and the damage it causes, should shock anybody who has a conscience. The school from which I earned my MBA never makes those rankings. At the time I was pursuing my MBA at Lake Erie College, a coworker was pursuing his MBA at highly-ranked Case Western Reserve University. My Business Law class alone required 120 hours of homework over a particular three-week stretch. But my coworker had time to play on four different sports teams (golf, volleyball, baseball, and bowling) while getting his CWRU degree. Discussing any MBA topic with him quickly left me with the impression he had only a surface exposure to the material--and sometimes, not even that. This level of "competence" is what a "top school" produces. Yet, many parents are fanatical about getting their kids into one of these "top schools." Go figure. Sleep deprivation is another problem Robbins reveals. I was surprised to read these kids were getting by on about four hours of sleep and nobody ever saw the stupidity of that. The Sleep Institute has reams of research showing that a person who is 20% sleep-deprived has the mental acuity of a person who is drunk. How dull is the brain when you are 50% sleep-deprived? If those same parents served their kids a half gallon of booze for breakfast and sent them off to school, people would be clamoring for Social Services to remove the children from those homes. Is sleep deprivation really interfering with brain function? To find out, just watch today's "college track" school kids try to do something that requires concentration, critical thinking, or problem-solving. And take a look at the suicide statistics while you're at it. Sleep deprivation is a recognized torture technique. Why do parents use it on their children? Robbins explains why. The answer is important to understand. Robbins addresses several other delusions many parents of today's school kids to have about education, extracurriculars, colleges, and childhood. Each delusion produces real problems with real consequences that we can see without much effort. In the last chapter, Robbins provides excellent recommendations for making our dysfunctional "education" system functional. She offers specific advice for specific groups. For example, "What Parents Can Do" and "What Counselors Can Do." The old axiom, "If you want it done wrong, have the government do it" is increasingly describing our "educational" system. Collectively, we have forgotten what education means. A close look at the toll on our society's children shows we have forgotten what humanity means. This book should be required reading for all parents, teachers, school board members, and college admissions people. And let's not forget the politicians (much as we'd like to). If The Overachievers makes it into bedrooms and boardrooms across the nation and spurs the necessary changes, it will help put our future onto a sustainable path. I don't suggest you buy a copy of The Overachievers. I suggest you buy several copies and get them into the hands of people of influence. Our society has failed its children. But we can redeem both them and ourselves by helping others understand what Robbins researched and presented so well.
• Review:: 'Couldn't put it down Given that I have been out of school for a few decades and have a new freshman and 8th grader under my roof, I found this book very interesting. Also, given that I live close to New Trier and several other high schools that compete in reputation with New Trier, I find myself increasingly thankful I did not move to those school districts and chose to stay in a school district with a 25% immigrant population - after all, shouldn't my kids experience real life in America? Kids at their high school still go to college and many of them fine ones, but it amazes me how many parents move to the next high school district before their kids start high school thinking that it will somehow make their kids smarter. A parent whose daughter attends the acclaimed and overly large Stevenson High School, the next school south of me, told my husband that his daughter is close to a 4.0 yet is only in the top 35% of her class. He said it was great for his home's property value, but he now regrets that his daughter has not had a normal high school experience. This book has made me think very clearly about how to maintain a balance between grades but making sure my kids enjoy themselves as well. I found myself caring about the characters and hoping they turn out ok. I hope you continue character updates on your website.
• Review:: 'Important Subject, Engaging Delivery As both a parent of two elementary school children, and an elementary school teacher, I found this look at the pressures that some kids have placed on them, or put on themselves, to be absolutely horrifying. Robbins does a terrific job making what could be a boring book into a compelling page-turning read. She intersperses looks into the lives of students with her arguments and examination of the SAT system, recess-deprived elementary school students, and college-admission fueled climate of our schools. Robbins puts a face to a damaging situation that prevails in a lot of our public schools. Students need to be treated as kids, not robots. To be excited about school and want to learn they have to like coming to school. Kudos to Ms. Robbins for delivering such an important and engaging book.
• Review:: 'Interesting story, but don't mistake this for the norm I went to a high school like this, but I've been involved with schools long enough to recognize that the picture Ms. Robbins paints is far from the norm in this country. If you read this book, you should also read what Jay Matthews, education columnist for the Washington Post, has to say about it: Only about 10 percent of students in the country have Ivy League ambitions. About two-thirds of college freshmen say that they only did an hour a night of homework or less when they were in high school. "Newsweek's annual high school rankings indicate that only 5 percent of U.S. public high schools have students averaging more than one AP test a year." "15- to 17-year-olds on average between 2002 and 2003 devoted about 3 1/2 hours a day to television and other "passive leisure" or playing on the computer. (Their average time spent in non-school reading was exactly seven minutes a day. Studying took 42 minutes a day.)" "Robbins's book is carefully annotated, but some of her sources betray her. She cites People magazine for her assertion that 40 percent of schools have eliminated recess. People does not give a source for its information, but the only report that comes close was by the American Association for the Child's Right to Play in 1999. Rhonda Clements, the association's past president, said the actual statistic is that 40 percent of P.E. teachers surveyed said their districts were cutting back or rethinking recess. Robbins reported a "114 percent spike" in the suicide rate of 15- to 19-year olds between 1980 and 2002, based on a Post report of a gifted education newsletter." I'm not saying that we shouldn't be vigilant against the kind of situations that Robbins describes, but it would be a colossal mistake to use her story as a basis for education reforms.

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