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A Black Parent's Handbook to Educating
Your Children
(Outside of the Classroom)
$5.00 (retail) /
73 pages / paperback / ISBN: 0-9629369-0-1 / published by: Baruti
Publishing
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Recognized as the
Essence Magazine number one best-seller in the February 2003 issue,
A Black Parent’s Handbook to Educating Your Children (Outside of
the Classroom) is a book that no parent of elementary or middle
school-aged children should be without! It is a guide providing
strategies and suggestions for parents to utilize towards the
educational growth and development of their children. With
achievement levels and drop out rates at epidemic proportions
throughout the national African-American community, there is a
continued need to provide parents with meaningful and relevant
material to foster immediate change. A Black Parent’s Handbook
does just that through the information contained in the following
chapters: |
Chapter 1 - Preparing
for Success -
The importance of parents ensuring that their children come to
school mentally prepared and motivated for success.
Chapter 2 - Reading
for Success -
The importance of reading and the type of reading that should take
place in the context of the growth and development of the
African-American community.
Chapter 3 - Setting
Goals for Success
- The “art” and importance of goal setting and strategy development
utilizing Kafele’s successful goal setting model.
Chapter 4 - Studying
and Testing for Success
- The “science” and importance of studying and preparing for test
proficiency.
Chapter 5 -
Communicating for Success -
The importance of parents and children engaging in sustained
productive interaction with one another.
Chapter 6 -
Collaborating for Success -
The importance of
parents forming meaningful partnerships with their children’s school
and teachers.
Chapter 7 -
Distractions to Success -
The sometime destructive influences of television, music and the
peer group.
Chapter 8 - A Final
Thought for Success -
The final chapter addresses breakfast, sugar intake, positive
interaction and rest.
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