| MegaSkills: Information-Age Basics |
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| More Than Ever, Our Children Need MegaSkills |
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| The Joy of Learning: A Message from Dorothy Rich |
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| A Message from Bill Bradley |
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| What's New in This Edition |
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| Opening New Doors |
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SECTION A MegaSkills: The Stuff Achievement Is Made Of |
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MegaSkills and Our Children |
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First Steps: The MegaSkills Program and How It Works |
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Knowing What We're Teaching: MegaSkills and Academics |
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16 | (7) |
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SECTION B Teaching MegaSkills at Home: What to Do and How to Do It |
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MegaSkills and the Technology Connection |
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23 | (4) |
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52 | (12) |
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64 | (11) |
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107 | (12) |
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133 | (14) |
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147 | (10) |
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157 | (14) |
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SECTION C Readiness to Learn: Translating ``Educational Goals'' into Practical Action at Home |
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Getting Ready for School: We Have a Little List |
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171 | (8) |
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The Three R's: Before School |
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179 | (10) |
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SECTION D Strengthening the Three R's at Home |
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Introduction: MegaSkills and the Three R's: The Chicken and the Egg |
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187 | (2) |
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Reading: Moving Along with Books |
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189 | (11) |
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Writing: Everyone Can Do It |
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200 | (12) |
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212 | (9) |
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Transitions: To the Teen Years |
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221 | (11) |
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SECTION E The MegaSkills Support Network: People Helping People |
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Introduction: Beacons in the Fog |
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229 | (3) |
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Parent to Parent: Looking to Each Other for Help |
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232 | (7) |
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Grandparents: MegaSkills Across the Generations |
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239 | (6) |
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Parents and At Home Child Care: Making Sure Sitters Do More Than Sit |
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245 | (7) |
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Parents and Teachers: Superpowers, Not Superhuman |
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252 | (7) |
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Single Parents and the Schools: Making the Connection |
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259 | (5) |
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Parents and Students: Helping Children Feel More at Home in School |
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264 | (11) |
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SECTION F Creativity: The Spark and the Satisfaction |
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Introduction: A Sense of Balance |
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273 | (2) |
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The ``Right Brain'' at Home |
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275 | (9) |
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Inspiration and Perspiration |
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284 | (9) |
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SECTION G MegaSkills: Powerful and Surprising |
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293 | (5) |
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Critical Resources for the Twenty-first Century---Schoolabilities and Employabilities |
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298 | (32) |
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A: Seeing Children's MegaSkills in Action |
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305 | (2) |
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B: MegaSkills Measure: A Quiz for Parents |
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307 | (4) |
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C: The MegaSkills Library for Children |
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311 | (5) |
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D: Internet Resources and Help for Parents |
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316 | (3) |
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E: MegaSkills ``Recipes,'' Chapter by Chapter, by Age Range and Academic Objective |
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319 | (8) |
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F: MegaSkills' Impact Over the Years |
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327 | (3) |
| Acknowledgements |
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| Index |
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| About the Author |
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