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Are you surprised to learn that over 18 million young Americans play Soccer today? Yet most parents and relatives of Soccer Kids don’t have a clue what the sport is all about. If only there was a book that would help parents understand the game and make Soccer more fun for their kids. Inside this informative, entertaining guide, you’ll find everything parents need to know about the 4th most popular youth sport in the US. From Soccer history to the rules of the game. From field layout to nutrition and sport safety. From the early years to Big Time Soccer. And, most important, you’ll discover what you need to know about the job of a Soccer parent. George Hathaway has compiled hundreds of notes and diagrams developed over his 40 years as a player, coach and Soccer parent to guide you. Along the way, he’s included the best advice for parents available from the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO), United States Youth Soccer, F

A cookbook from the editors at FamilyFun magazine.

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Offers a child-appropriate and parent-friendly guide to Ilchi Lee’s Brain Education (BE) method. Each lesson focuses on a particular aspect of mental ability, including concentration, creativity, memory, and emotional control. Power Brain Kids features colorful design and full-color photography to help keep children interested in the twelve lessons. A charming group of Power Brain youngsters demonstrates correct posture for mind-body development exercises. These brain-building exercises and games provide hours of constructive fun for ages 6-12.

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Those who want a quick answer when confronted with I’m bored! — or want some new ideas when spending quality time with their children — can now choose from more than 115 fast, fabulous, fun activities in eleven categories. Colorful sidebars feature jokes, trivia, riddles and facts that are sure to arouse any child’s curiosity. For anyone wanting to build strong bonds with their child…and have fun doing it!

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Based on the key Montessori principle that children learn best through active experience, Teach Me to Do It Myself presents simple activities through which children explore and develop their skills. These skill areas include sensory perceptions, body coordination, language, understanding of numbers, and movement. This practical, color-illustrated parenting book is filled with activities and instructions for overseeing children as they carry out a variety of learning activities. Most activities will seem simple to parents, because once mastered, adults perform them automatically. However, toddlers experience a sense of accomplishment and self-worth when they learn to perform them independently. The many activities start with dressing and personal hygiene, then go on to include . . .

Be the Coolest Parent on Your Block: Your Guide to Long Island and the Internet for Families, Including New York City and Weekend Getaways is not only a must-have guide, it’s a source of inspiration that will help you to celebrate your family every day of the year. As reviewed by New York Times best-selling author Ellen Tanner Marsh This guide is your single resource to explore, celebrate and appreciate life on Long Island. Be the Coolest Parent on Your Block will help you fill your email box with information you can actually use, like pre-sale codes, advance purchase information and discounts. Be the first to know about upcoming family-friendly events in your area. An easy-to-use resource book, Be the Coolest Parent on Your Block provides Internet listings of activities for Long Island, New York City, and the surrounding areas. Explore over 500 family-oriented venues, annual events and website references.

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This book is a comprehensive resource presenting easy-to-follow ideas for organizing and conducting a parent-child book club for children age s four to nine. Through reading, discussing books, and engaging in related activities, families can promote long-lasting and meaningful connections. Throughout the book, the authors offer suggestions about how to choose books, develop discussion questions, create art and science projects, serve theme-related food, fashion puzzles, and organize physical activities. They also provide guidance on developing goals and guidelines for the book club, establishing book club routines, and leading the book club meetings. By following the parent-child book club model, parents will embark on an adventure that sparks a lifetime of family connections.

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101 Life Skills Games for Children is a resource guide for parents, teachers, and therapists featuring games that teach important life lessons to younger children and teens. Aimed at children ages 6 to 12, this useful, fun game book is organized into three chapters: I-Games, You-Games, and We-Games. The games address aggression, resentment, honesty, flexibility, stereotypes, performance, self-confidence, respect, and group conflict. The book also offers new strategies for such problems as how to integrate the new girl into the group and how to stop boys from fighting in line. Based on years of research, the book packs skill-building games with step-by step instructions and clearly specified objectives to help children grow as individuals and as part of a group.

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Two years ago, author Virginia Lang stood poised over the toilet bowl, a goldfish in hand, when she was struck by the sorrow in her daughter’s eyes at losing her first pet. She pulled back. Mother and daughter then performed an impromptu ceremony in the garden, placing a wildflower on the site and speaking about the loss of a friend.

How to Bury a Goldfish instills meaning in the passages of everyday life. It melds many of the world’s oldest traditions with contemporary celebrations, allowing people to honor life’s events in tangible ways. Not a book of complex rituals with several elements, this is a collection of simple celebrations for anyone in the family. The suggestions are unusual and funny, like celebrating Thanksgiving “Tom Jones style,” where guests sit on pillows and offer food to one another; they are beautifully simple, like reciting The Passionate Shepherd to His Love to an older person on Valentine’s Day; and they are spiritual, like explaining the symbolism of each object in a Kwanza celebration.

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Creating lasting impressions for the next generation!
These ideas and activities have been tried and tested by families like yours. They are designed to make lasting impressions on children of all ages.

Have fun with these simple science experiments that use items commonly found in the home to teach important truths from God’s Word. For example:

? Attempt to crush a raw egg to learn about God’s protection.
? Make candies “spark” and learn how to be a light in the world.
? Watch how peas fall out of a glass and learn to follow God, not the world.
? Make a rainbow and be reminded how God kept His promise to Noah.
? See how a hard-boiled egg can be sucked into a glass bottle and discover that nothing is impossible with God.

Jim Weidmann founded the Family Night movement several years ago and now teaches and leads dads in creativity teams where ideas are developed and shared. He also serves as the Executive Director of the National Day of Prayer. Jim and his wife, Janet, have four children.

Mark DeNooy has been involved in Christian Education for the past 15 years and has taught Science and Bible at Denver Christian Middle School for the past 10 years. He and his wife, Nancy, have three children.

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