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Lighting Their Fires: How Parents and Teachers Can Raise Extraordinary Kids in a Mediocre World

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Discover actionable blueprints for nurturing lifelong excellence in children with Lighting Their Fires: How Parents and Teachers Can Raise Extraordinary Kids in a Mediocre World, written by acclaimed educator and Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire author Rafe Esquith. In this profound educational manifesto, Esquith shifts his lens to the foundational virtues that happen outside the academic syllabus—such as focus, time management, humility, and genuine sportsmanship. Using a captivating, cross-disciplinary narrative that chronicles a class trip with his famous Hobart Shakespeareans to a baseball game, Esquith breaks down how everyday moments can be transformed into scannable, lifelong character lessons. Serving as an exceptional professional development tool and parent-teacher collaboration resource, this volume stands as an indispensable asset for educators and library research shelves dedicated to holistic child development.

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370.114 ESQ l

Publisher

New York, United States : Penguin Books., 2009

Collation

208 pages ; 21 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780143112860

Classification

370

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Edition

Reprint Edition

Subject(s)

parenting
Education
motivation
Academic achievement
Teaching Methods

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