Kids & Families

A must-have guide for helping your child conquer worry, fear, and overwhelm

AN OPEN FIELD PUBLICATION FROM MARIA SHRIVER

Kids today are more susceptible than ever to anxiety and stress. As a parent, you want to shield your child from these overwhelming feelings, but it can be daunting in an unpredictable world. Fortunately, there are ways to help, and Raising Calm Kids in a World of Worry shows how. 

Psychotherapists and parent coaching team Ashley Graber, LMFT, and Maria Evans, LMFT, introduce SAFER Parenting—a simple yet powerful five-step approach designed to help children ages 6-12 regulate emotions and build lasting self-esteem. Offering real-life examples and drawing on their experience working with thousands of families struggling with anxiety, they outline key practices to reduce worry both in the moment and over time. You’ll learn how to: 

 

• Recognize often-missed signs of anxiety and uncover their root causes
• Manage big feelings and guide your child toward useful coping tools
• Navigate difficult conversations with therapist-approved techniques
• Nurture your child’s confidence and independence
• Create psychological safety at home to increase calm and lower anxiety

Meeting parents where they are, Raising Calm Kids In a World of Worry shows how despite having plenty of reasons to worry, you can become a more confident parent and help your child find ease when they need it most.

This boxed set includes 12 full - color phonics readers featuring the pups of Nickelodeon's PAW Patrol! Each book features a specific phonics concept that will give boys and girls ages 3 to 7 the tools they need to begin reading on their own.

Do more than just teach students to follow grammar rules. With this important book by your side, empower students to shape their own narratives and seize control of their writing destinies.

Introducing the revamped Grammar and the Teaching of Writing (GTW), a book that helps you teach students to craft good writing.

A follow-up text to Grammar and the Teaching of Writing: Limits and Possibilities, the new GTW leverages students' implicit language knowledge to streamline the learning process. Building on the success of its predecessor, GTW 

• acknowledges the fluid nature of correctness and homes in on common errors;
• introduces "core principles of writing" to enable you to teach students to easily craft compelling sentences and cohesive texts; and
• equips you to help students make strategic writing choices by unraveling the secrets of form-meaning connections.

In its entirety, the new GTW aims to make the task of mastering writing easier, more meaningful, and more integrative. Say goodbye to tedious grammar lessons and hello to a revolutionary "writer's grammar" approach tailored specifically to enhance writing skills.

Unlock the power of personalized reading with practical strategies and easy-to-use ideas to engage students in the digital age. In the first edition of this book, the authors identified ways for working with four different types of readers-struggling readers, reluctant readers, English learners, and advanced readers-using technology to accommodate their various reading journeys and learning styles. The second edition identifies a fifth type of reader-the emerging reader-and ways of personalizing instruction to their needs.

With updated research on the science of reading, this book offers strategies for incorporating social-emotional learning, Universal Design for Learning, and active learning strategies to support the diverse readers in your classroom.

Chock-full of classroom-ready ideas to incorporate technology in the middle and high school English language arts classroom, this second edition packs even more:

Tools and resources to meet the needs of all learners where they are; Empowering strategies to help students decide for themselves how they learn best; and Hands-on activities that ignite students' personal passions and joy for learning.

With QR codes linking to activities and guides to use with students, this book will help you tailor ELA instruction, foster critical thinking, and cultivate digital literacy. Elevate your teaching and ignite a love for reading with this practical guide.

Beginning with the assertion that educators can effectively use comics and graphic novels to develop readers' critical literacy and empathy, DeHart explores the use of graphic novels across grade levels in a wide range of topics and themes. Taking When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed as a recurring focal text, DeHart argues that critical conversations can be opened up through well-chosen graphic novels. The book features recommended titles, insights from graphic novel authors and creators, and lesson ideas. 

Unlock the transformative potential of read-aloud to joyfully strengthen essential literacy skills.

In this eagerly anticipated follow-up to Maria Walther's The Ramped-Up Read Aloud, discover 50 MORE read-aloud experiences designed to bolster students' literacy development, ignite imagination, and enhance motivation.

Backed by the latest research, this indispensable guide equips educators with the knowledge and tools to make read alouds a cornerstone of their teaching practice. More Ramped-Up Read Alouds includes lessons focused on foundational reading concepts like phonological awareness and decoding along with a new chapter on integrating literacy with STEAM.

This must-have resource for K-5 teachers, librarians, schools, and districts goes beyond the basics. It empowers educators to elevate their read alouds, offering strategies to broaden students' content knowledge, expand vocabulary, and boost listening comprehension. Each read-aloud experience features:

• Standards-based learning targets
• Key vocabulary words with kid-friendly definitions
• Effective questioning techniques
• Innovative reading response ideas
• Targeted extension activities to enhance the experience for upper elementary learners

Looking to create joyful, enriching reading experiences that will lead to endless possibilities? Search no further! It's time to make interactive read-aloud a non-negotiable part of the day--and watch learners soar!

Many of us didn’t have a perfect childhood. But it’s never too late (or too early!) to transform into the parent you were always meant to be—grounded, present, intentional, compassionate, and confident. In Parent Yourself First, licensed marriage and family therapist Bryana Kappadakunnel argues that the secret to successful parenting is to UN-learn the wounded patterns you grew up with and create new ways to connect with your child. Parenting from a place of connection may feel unlike anything you experienced as a child or what you thought parenting was meant to be. But the results can be remarkable—and transformative.

As the founder of the popular Conscious Mommy community on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok, Kappadakunnel explains that your upbringing is probably impacting your parenting style in ways you don’t even fully recognize, from how you manage your own emotions to how you connect with your kids in their vulnerable moments. In Parent Yourself First, she shares powerful stories from the families she’s counseled and practical tools for managing common parenting woes like tantrums and defiance. Her promise: You can break free of past patterns that no longer serve you and liberate your soul from old traumas and wounds.

Everyone has baggage. But it’s your responsibility to make sure your baggage doesn’t become your child’s problem. Healing yourself allows you to truly connect with your child; understand their needs; and guide them to live the happy, authentic life that they deserve.

A no-judgment, simple-to-follow step-by-step parenting guide to help you manage your emotions, meet your child’s needs with empathy, and create a calmer home—without ever resorting to threats or punishment

Every parent has had that painful moment they realize there must be a better way to raise kids than the old-school yelling, threats, bribes, and punishment way.

For Jon Fogel, that realization set him on a path toward wholeness: understanding himself, learning about the brain, and empowering parents to raise kids who live physically, mentally, and emotionally healthy lives. In just a few short years, he became an inspiration to more than a million people around the world who were also striving to do better and become the best parents they can be.

Now, with Punishment-Free Parenting, Fogel—parenting educator, pastor, and father of four—brings to parents the hard-won wisdom from his research and work as a parenting coach. With memorable stories, advice, and compassionate insight, he offers moms and dads a clear path to their own wholeness as parents—from learning to recognize and name their own emotional triggers to responding with a deeper awareness of their children’s developmental processes. What emerges is a collaborative partnership with children—free from the drama and pain of punishment.

In pages packed with the most helpful research findings from child developmental psychology, neurology, and pediatric medicine, readers will meet other parents just like them and children just like their own who have learned to use the tools and tips that Fogel provides. Punishment-Free Parenting is the simple, accessible, no-judgment book for parents who want the support and guidance of a dad just like them.

In a lunch packing rut? Megan McNamee and Judy Delaware, the founders of Feeding Littles, are here to help with the ultimate lunch box resource. Feeding Littles Lunches is complete with 75+ lunches that are quick to assemble, safe and easy for kids of all ages to eat, and balanced in nutrients for growth, learning and play. Each lunch idea is easily modified for nine of the most common allergens and includes tips for picky eaters, plus vegetarian swaps and “I Can’t Even” tips to make lunch packing even easier. Feeding Littles Lunches is not a recipe book because, let’s face it, most parents don’t want to spend hours packing lunches. Rather, it’s an inspo book with a full-page photo for every lunch, meant to be used with your child as a visual reminder for delicious and easy new ideas that you can assemble from simple ingredients.
 
Feeding Littles Lunches also includes a lunch packing formula to help you plan your own lunches, grocery lists, tips for dealing with cafeteria and school settings, picky eating, food safety, and more! With creative and approachable lunches like Chicken Salad with Mini Brioche Toasts, Sun Butter Banana Roll-Up “Sushi-Style,” Build-Your-Own Naan Pizza, Leftover Burger Mini Sliders, Pesto Turkey Wrap Rounds, and more, you’ll bring joy back to lunchtime.

A Comprehensive and Accessible Guide to the IEP Process 

The IEP process can be confusing, frustrating, and time-consuming. Understanding what your child or student needs is one thing, but getting them help and resources can be another thing altogether. Drawing on decades of experience, Jennifer Laviano and Julie Swanson are uniquely positioned to guide both parents and teachers through the IEP process. 

The IEP Guidefor All breaks down the legal and standardized language and will leave parents feeling confident while navigating the IEP process. Whether you're a parent, a first-time educator, or an experienced educator, this guide will help get students the resources they need and highlight what everyone needs to know about the IEP process.

"A must-have for teachers and parents, and I've sat on both sides of the table."—Allie Grafman, CT Parent Advocate and former coordinator of Special Education