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Raising Extraordinary Children in a Mixed-up, Muddled-up, Shook-up World
Viking Adult
September 2009
On Sale: August 25, 2009
208 pages
ISBN: 0670021083
EAN: 9780670021086
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
One of America's most celebrated educators teaches parents
how to create extraordinary children-in the classroom and
beyond In his bestselling book, Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire,
readers were introduced to Rafe Esquith and his
extraordinary students in Hobart Elementary School's Room
56. Using his amazing and inspiring classroom techniques,
Esquith has helped thousands of children learn to maximize
their potential. In Lighting Their Fires, Esquith shows
that children aren't born extraordinary; they become that
way as a result of parents and teachers who instill values
that serve them not just in school, but for the rest of
their lives. Framed by a class trip to a major league
baseball game, Lighting Their Fires moves inning by inning
through concepts that help children build character and
develop enriching lives. Whether he is highlighting the
importance of time management or offering a step-by-step
discussion of how children can become good decision makers,
Esquith shows how parents can equip their kids with all the
tools they need to find success and have fun in the
process. Using examples from classic films and great books,
he stresses the value of sacrifice, the importance of
staying true to oneself, and the danger that television can
pose to growing young minds. Lighting Their Fires is that
rarest of education books: one that explains not just how
to make our children great students, but how to make them
thoughtful and honorable people.
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