Dawson, Peg.
Summary: The latest research in child development shows that many kids who have the brain and heart to succeed lack or lag behind in crucial "executive skills" -- the fundamental habits of mind required for getting organized, staying focused, and controlling impulses and emotions. Learn easy-to-follow steps to identify your child's strengths and weaknesses, use activities and techniques proven to boost...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC 2012
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Summary: "Congratulations, you're a manager! After you pop the champagne, accept the shiny new title, and step into this thrilling next chapter of your career, the truth descends like a fog: you don't really know what you're doing. That's exactly how Julie Zhuo felt when she became a rookie manager at the age of twenty-five. She stared at a long list of challenges--from hiring to firing, from meeting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2019
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Summary: "With a toddler-sized hairbrush, a mirror hung at just the right height, and the step-by-step photos in I Did It Myself!, children aged 2 to 5 are on the path to mastering self-care skills. From getting dressed to washing hands, brushing teeth, and applying lotion, each activity fosters independence, builds concentration, helps develop motor skills, and encourages responsibility"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2022
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Contents: The big deal about executive functioning -- General support for executive functioning difficulties -- Holding back impulses -- Keeping information in working memory -- Shifting, being flexible and regulating emotion -- Focusing and self-monitoring -- Not just ordinary organizing -- Managing time -- Taking action -- Sustaining effort -- Planning/problem solving/goal setting/using critical...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prufrock Press Inc. 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 FORYoshitake, Shinsuke
Summary: A little boy imagines all the things he will be able to open once he gets bigger, but for now he needs his parents' help.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2023
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Summary: "Getting an MBA takes time and money, making it inaccessible to many people who want to take charge in the business world. Now "The 12-Week MBA" offers an alternative way to learn business essentials, focusing on the skills and knowledge required to succeed as a manager and business leader. "The 12-Week MBA"'s unique premise is that there is a core set of business skills that entrepreneurs and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Go 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 658 BILSummary: "Kids will explore, build, and experiment their way through games and challenges that encourage them to develop their creative problem-solving and strategic thinking skills. Improve math and problem-solving skills; Explore imagination and invention; Learn about healthy eating habits; Build confidence around creative thinking."--
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in JPT Launchpad, Call number: J LAUNCHPAD PROSummary: "Kids will unleash their creativity and learn some early education basics with these interactive games, books, and sing-alongs! Play songs and discover different instruments; Read along with interactive stories; Paint by number; Develop logic, spatial intelligence, and cognitive skills"--
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2018
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Summary: Carmen has lost two teeth and another is very loose, but her twin brother, Carlos, cannot get even one tooth to wiggle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2018
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MCDBotelho, Elena L.
Summary: Everything we thought we knew about what it takes to get to the top is wrong. You must graduate from an elite college or business school. In fact, only 7 percent of the CEOs of today's companies went to a top school--and 8 percent didn't graduate from college at all. Given how cuthroat the competition to get to the corner office is, you can never suffer a career detour or make a major mistake....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Currency 2017
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Summary: "Sweeping, scrubbing, dusting, and picking up are perfect hands-on activities for teaching toddlers to care for their environment, while also fostering independence and developing strong motor skills. Inspired by the Montessori curriculum, this colorful guide specially created for 2- to 5-year-olds, teaches practical life skills with step-by-step photos"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 155.4 KHACashman, Kevin
Summary: This classic bestseller by Kevin Cashman pioneered a holistic approach to leadership development: grow the whole person to grow the whole leader. The third edition turns leadership development inside out for a new generation of authentic, purpose-inspired leaders.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BK Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. 2017
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Contents: Follow your stars to a brighter future -- Reach for your stars -- Discover and describe: the detective -- Transform for brilliance -- Motivate the rest to be like the best -- Own your own learning -- Learning to lead -- Distribute globally, act locally -- Experience a real-world executive program -- Unleash the suppressed energy of frontline managers -- Drive cultural change with individual...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3 SEISaltz, Gail
Summary: "A powerful and inspiring examination of the connection between potential for great talent and conditions commonly thought to be "disabilities""--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.9 SALCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 305.9 SALSummary: "The goal of the Engineering & Design Module is to teach kids to recognize challenges, turn them into opportunities, and identify scalable solutions to solve them. Topics in this module include puzzles, invention, construction, machines, architecture, curiosity. STEAM Academy offers an interdisciplinary approach that weaves together the science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Products, LLC 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: This engineering focused STEAM kit encourages young readers to become interested in construction and engineering while they are still learning basic life skills. This simple title with real photographs, paired with construction blocks can keep little ones happy and bus while channeling their inner engineers.
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: Penworthy 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "The goal of the Engineering & Design Module is to teach kids to recognize challenges, turn them into opportunities, and identify scalable solutions to solve them. Topics in this module include puzzles, invention, construction, machines, architecture, curiosity. STEAM Academy offers an interdisciplinary approach that weaves together the science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway Products, LLC 2023
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1 available in JPT Launchpad, Call number: J LAUNCHPAD ENGSummary: "Kids will use their imagination and creativity to solve puzzles, create new things, and practice fundamental classroom skills. Explore music and learn notes; Develop creative thinking and problem-solving skills; Learn how creativity comes to life in the kitchen; Practice reading and writing."--
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2021
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Summary: "When it comes to parenting, sometimes you have to trust your gut. With her first book, It's OK Not to Share, Heather Shumaker overturned all the conventional rules of parenting with her "renegade rules" for raising competent and compassionate kids. In It's Ok To Go Up the Slide, Shumaker takes on new hot-button issues with renegade rules such as: - Recess Is A Right - It's Ok Not To Kiss...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tarcher 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649 SHULawrence, David
Summary: "Lucy Andia is an award-winning volleyball player. She tries out for the Peabody team sure she'll be the star. But when other girls have greater talent, Lucy has to change positions. Can Lucy embrace her new role on the team?" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Panet, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LAWSummary: "This technology focused STEAM kit if full of fun facts about robots, computers, x-rays and other cool technology and inventions. Then get active with the interactive coding games that keeps bodies busy while brains gain valuable practice in sequencing, decision making and following commands just like a computer."
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: Penworthy 2019
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1 available in Parent Teacher Kits, Call number: JPT KIT ROBShumaker, Heather
Summary: Shumaker continues to overturn conventional parenting rules in this sequel to It's OK Not to Share. -- Heather Shumaker has sparked much discussion with her 'renegade rules for raising competent and compassionate kids.' In this follow-up book, she takes on new hot-button issues like banning homework, technology use, and skipping kindergarten. She helps parents help their kids develop important...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 649 SHUOtoshi, Kathryn
Summary: Little hands can do so many wonderful things: plant ideas; lift spirits; stretch imaginations. This colorful concept book rouses children to use their hands for the good and reach for their dreams.--Publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Dot Press 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE OTOBorba, Michele
Summary: The bestselling author of unselfie explains why the old markers of accomplishment (grades, test scores) are no longer reliable predictors of success in the 21st century - and offers 7 teachable traits that will safeguard our kids for the future. Michele Borba has been a teacher, educational consultant, and parent for 40 years - and she's never been more worried than she is about this current...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2021