The School-Smart Parent - Softcover

Maeroff, Gene I.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0805013806 ISBN 13: 9780805013801

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, 1990

Synopsis

A guide for parents outlines what their child should know and what the schools should be doing about it

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

In a book that lives up to the promise of its title, a former education writer for the New York Times provides parents with a realistic "blueprint for success." The formidable task of preparing children for school and helping them as students begins early, emphasizes Maeroff, for by the time a child has reached age three, the building blocks of intellectual achievement are substantially in place. Home, then, is the first classroom, parents the first teachers. Important signposts along the road of elementary schooling are observed in this comprehensive guide which helps parents monitor a child's progress through the first six grades. Curriculum, supplementary programs, advocacy for special needs are among the issues addressed. For parents of school-beginners this is an anxiety-reducing tool. First serial to Parenting magazine; author tour.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal:

Maeroff is a former New York Times education correspondent and a prolific writer of books and articles on schooling. This book is crammed with excellent suggestions for preparing a young child for preschool programs, evaluating nursery and elementary schools and child care facilities, assessing a child's progress, understanding responsibilities of teachers, presenting concepts in many subject fields, and building character. There are also chapters on the special responsibilities of parents of gifted and handicapped children, homework, computers, developing thinking skills, and reinforcing schooling at home. The tone is encouraging, the advice detailed and sound. An invaluable guide for parents, teachers, students of education, and informed citizens.
- Shirley L. Hopkinson, San Jose State Univ., Cal.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0805013806
• ISBN 13: 9780805013801
• Binding: Paperback