How to Raise Your Parents

• Begin adjusting sleep schedules at least three weeks prior to the first day of school.
• Proclaim the day before the school year starts as belonging to your child.
• Role play with your child what the school day will be like.
• Families with school-age children average $563.49 on back-to-school merchandise.

How can I help my child that has got dyslexia or dyspraxia?

Perhaps you've just found out your child has dyslexia, or suspect your child may have dyspraxia. This can be a confusing time for any parent, full of worry and uncertainty. Author Sally McKeown gets right to the heart of the matter in How to Help your Child with Dyslexia and Dyspraxia. She brings you expert knowledge of exactly what dyslexia and dyspraxia are and how they can affect your child’s life. Through the experiences of other parents, Sally dispels common myths and helps you to better understand and support your child.

From getting a diagnosis to making sure you get enough support from your school this guide is packed with advice to make your life easier. It’s packed with practical ways to help your child, including:
• how to build your child's confidence if it has been knocked
• how you can help with homework, without doing it
• games, activities and hobbies to improve co-ordination and motor skills
• different ways of learning that your child will respond to
Written in a friendly style with other parents’ experiences littered throughout, you will find it easy to put this advice into action and help your child.

What does it really mean when parents say they homeschool their child or children? For Rhonda Barfield -- a homeschooler for the past 10 years -- the definition is as diverse as the 21 families she studies in this eye-opening book.

Real-Life Homeschooling

From the city to the country, apartments to split-levels, you'll enter each household and see education in action. Discover the challenges and rewards of tailoring instruction to each child's needs while catering to his or her inquisitiveness and curiosity. See why the number of children being taught by their parents is growing nationwide -- at home, there are no overcrowded classrooms, no unknown dangers lurking in the halls, and no doubts as to the quality of the education.

The Ballet Companion is a fresh, comprehensive, and thoroughly up-to-date reference book for the dancer. With 150 stunning photographs of ballet stars Maria Riccetto and Benjamin Millepied demonstrating perfect execution of positions and steps, this elegant volume brims with everything today's dance student needs, including:

• Practical advice for getting started, such as selecting a school, making the most of class, and studio etiquette

• Explanations of ballet fundamentals and major training systems

• An illustrated guide through ballet class -- warm-up, barre, and center floor

• Guidelines for safe, healthy dancing through a sensible diet, injury prevention, and cross-training with yoga and Pilates

• Descriptions of must-see ballets and glossaries of dance, music, and theater terms

Along the way you'll find technique secrets from stars of American Ballet Theatre, lavishly illustrated sidebars on ballet history, and tips on everything from styling a ballet bun to stage makeup to performing the perfect pirouette.