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Parenting Resources

  • For Families
  • Staff Directory
  • After-School Program
  • Administrative Resources and Forms
  • Parenting Resources
  • School Food
  • PTA and School Leadership Team
    • Executive Board and SLT Members
    • Links to PTA Website and Social Media
    • Fundraising and Events
    • PTA Meeting Calendar
  • Workshops
  • Department of Education

Denise’s Book Shelf

Denise has a Parenting Library in the Main office, with the following books available to check out:

A
All Joy and No Fun
by Jennifer Senior
B
Best Friends, Worst Enemies
by Michael Thompson and Catherine O’Neill Grace
Beyond the Bake Sale
by Anne T. Henderson, Karen L. Mapp, Vivian R. Johnson and Don Davies
Boys Adrift by Leonard Sax, M.D, PhD
F
Far from the Tree
by Andrew Solomon
H
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk
by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
How Children Succeed by Paul Tough
J
Just Tell Me What to Say
by Betsy Brown Braun
L
Late, Lost and Unprepared
by Joyce Cooper-Kahn and Laurie Dietzel
Lost at School
by Ross W. Greene
N
Nurture Shock
by Po Bronson
P
Parenting Your Powerful Child
by Dr. Kevin Leman
R
Raising a Rock Star Reader
by Amy Mascott and Allison McDonald
Raising Human Beings
by Ross W. Greene
Raising Your Spirited Child
by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
S
Setting Limits with Your Strong Willed Child
by Robert J. Mackenzie
Sleep Better
by V. Mark Durand
T
Ten Things Every Child With Autism Wishes You Knew
by Ellen Notbohm
The Art of Roughhousing by Anthony T. DeBenedet, MD and Lawrence J. Cohen, PhD
The Blessing of a Skinned Knee
by Wendy Mogel
The “Me, Me, Me” Epidemic
by Amy McCready
The Opposite of Worry by Lawrence J. Cohen, PhD
The Organized Student
by Donna Goldberg with Jennifer Zwiebel
The Read-Aloud Handbook
by Jim Trelease
The Truth About Children and Divorce
by Robert E. Emery
The Unwritten Rules of Friendship
by Natalie Nadorsky Elman and Eileen Kennedy-Moore
The Whole-Brain Child
by Daniel J. Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson
U
UnSelfie –
Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in our All-About Me World
by Michele Borba
W
What Kindergarten Teachers Know
by Lisa Holewa and Joan Rice
What’s Math Got to Do With It?
by Jo Boaler
When Kids Call the Shots
by Sean Grover
Why Do They Act That Way? by David Walsh
Y
Yardsticks
by Chip Wood

Online Resources:

  • Child Mind Institute
    This website has a wealth of valuable information for parents looking for advice on a variety of topics. Here is a link to their Parents page (Open External Link): https://childmind.org/guide/parents-guide-getting-good-care-2/ .

    This is a great article about preparing for the return to school (Open External Link): https://childmind.org/article/back-to-school-dos-and-donts/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=childmind&utm_content=6+-+BacktoSchool+Dos+and+Donrsquots&utm_campaign=weekly+081517&source=weekly+081517

  • Great Schools
    This is not just a website comparing schools; it also has a wealth of information on many parenting and child development topics, and organizes the information by age group and grade.  You can sign up for weekly tips by grade that will automatically be emailed to you. This link will take you to the Elementary School section (Open External Link): http://www.greatschools.org/elementary-school/
  • Ask Dr. Sears
    This website offers information and advice on all aspects of children and parenting- this link will take you to an article on how to keep our kids healthy as the school year begins (Open External Link): http://www.askdrsears.com/news/sears-family-blog/five-back-to-school-health-tips
  • Healthy Children.org
    This site, sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics is a great resource on many parenting topics (Open External Link):  https://www.healthychildren.org/English/Pages/default.aspx

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