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Online Reading List
- Appreciative Inquiriy
- Bassett Blog – President of NAIS talks about education
- Bay Area Parent
- Carol Dweck's MINDSET
- Challenge Success – changing how we view education
- Child's Work is Child's Play
- DidBook
- Do Try This at Home
- Dr. Edward Hallowell
- Dr. Marty's Blog
- Early Childhood Resources
- Helicopter parenting @ Nannypro.com
- Mark Milliron – Catalyze Learning Intl.
- Mathematics is a Foreign Language in Ukranian
- Milkshakes and Margaritas
- Moms Inspire Learning
- More Early Childhood Resources
- Motherlode – Lisa Belkin / NY Times
- NYT: Playing to Learn – Susan Engle
- Robert Evans, Ed.D. – Educational Consultant
- Steve Reifman
- Tangled Ball
- TED: Ideas Worth Spreading – Elizabeth Gilbert on Genius
- Tween Parent
Offline Reading List
- Best Friends/Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Our Children, By Michael G. Thompson, Ph.D.and Catherine O'Neill Grace
- In a Different Voice, by Carol Gilligan
- The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, by Wendy Mogel
- Raising Lifelong Learners: A Parent's Guide by Lucy McCormick Calkins
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