Homework For Grown Ups

Download Homework For Grown Ups full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Homework For Grown Ups ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Homework for Grown-ups

Author : E. Foley
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0767932404
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Homework for Grown-ups by : E. Foley

Download or read book Homework for Grown-ups written by E. Foley and published by Crown. This book was released on 2009-08-11 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A nostalgic compendium of essential knowledge that can help you show the world that you’re smarter than a ten-year-old after all! Have you ever stared blankly at your kids when they’ve asked why the sky is blue? Or clumsily changed the subject when they’ve wanted to know why the wind blows? If you’re done with school, it’s likely you’re also done knowing the difference between an isosceles and equilateral triangle, and you probably leave participles dangling all over the place. Well, not anymore! Thanks to professional know-it-alls Foley and Coates, you can now gain back your self-respect and actually show those kids a thing or two as you tell it to them straight (and not make it up from fragments of facts you kind of remember). Packed with all the basic facts that have managed to free-fall from our heads over the years, Homework for Grown-ups is the ultimate grammar school refresher course in book form. In fact, there’s even a quiz at the end of each chapter to ensure you’ve been paying attention! Written in the light, engaging style of a favorite teacher and featuring lessons in English, math, history, science, geography, art, and even home economics and recess, this fun and handy guide will help you stop hemming and hawing and start speaking with a lot more authority—and a little less shame. E. FOLEY and B. COATES are editors at Vintage who both live in London.

Math for Grownups

Author : Laura Laing
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1440526893
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (45 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Math for Grownups by : Laura Laing

Download or read book Math for Grownups written by Laura Laing and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-06-18 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wish you'd paid more attention in math class? From third grade to senior year of high school, it went in one ear and out the other, didn't it? But now you're staring at the new washer and dryer, trying to figure out the percentage of sales tax on the purchase price. You multiply something by something, right? Or you're scratching your head, wondering how to compute the odds that your football team will take next Sunday's game. You're pretty sure that involved ratios. The problem is, you can't quite remember. Here you get an adult refresher and real-life context—with examples ranging from how to figure out how many shingles it takes to re-roof the garage to the formula for resizing Mom's tomato sauce recipe for your entire family. Forget higher calculus—you just need an open mind. And with this practical guide, math can stop being scary and start being useful.

Back When We Were Grownups

Author : Anne Tyler
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0143196340
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Back When We Were Grownups by : Anne Tyler

Download or read book Back When We Were Grownups written by Anne Tyler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered that she had turned into the wrong person." So Anne Tyler opens this irresistible new novel. The woman is Rebecca Davitch, a fifty-three-year-old grandmother. Is she an impostor in her own life? she asks herself. Is it indeed her own life? Or is it someone else’s? On the surface, Beck, as she is known to the Davitch clan, is outgoing, joyous, a natural celebrator. Giving parties is, after all, her vocation—something she slipped into even before finishing college, when Joe Davitch spotted her at an engagement party in his family’s crumbling nineteenth-century Baltimore row house, where giving parties was the family business. What caught his fancy was that she seemed to be having such a wonderful time. Soon this large-spirited older man, a divorcé with three little girls, swept her into his orbit, and before she knew it she was embracing his extended family plus a child of their own, and hosting endless parties in the ornate, high-ceilinged rooms of The Open Arms. Now, some thirty years later, after presiding over a disastrous family picnic, Rebecca is caught un-awares by the question of who she really is. How she answers it—how she tries to recover her girlhood self, that dignified grownup she had once been—is the story told in this beguiling, funny, and deeply moving novel. As always with Anne Tyler’s novels, once we enter her world it is hard to leave. But in Back When We Were Grownups she so sharpens our perceptions and awakens so many untapped feelings that we come away not only refreshed and delighted, but also infinitely wiser.

Grown-ups Never Do That

Author : Davide Cali
Publisher : Chronicle Books LLC
ISBN 13 : 1452140766
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (521 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Grown-ups Never Do That by : Davide Cali

Download or read book Grown-ups Never Do That written by Davide Cali and published by Chronicle Books LLC. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A picture book reminding us that everyone is human and makes mistakes . . . even grown-ups: “Hilarious.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Whether it’s forgetting to do chores, running late, or burping, no adult would ever behave so poorly—at least, that’s what you might think. By the end of this outrageous, laugh-out-loud picture book, you’ll know better . . . From the duo behind Junior Library Guild selection I Didn’t Do My Homework Because and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to School, this relatable and rollicking tale will have kids (and the adults who read with them) in stitches—and remind them that it’s okay not to be perfect all the time . . . and that manners exist for a reason. “Illustrated with irony-laden wit . . . Delightfully droll text.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A fun, simple, and goofy read for both adults and kids.” —School Library Journal “Comically elegant, jewel-toned vignettes by Chaud, which detail an entire page of adult klutzes, a cheating chess player, and an amusing four-panel sequence of a father staring at his phone from breakfast to bedtime, hit the mark every time.” —Publishers Weekly

The Collapse of Parenting

Author : Leonard Sax
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 1541604547
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (416 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Collapse of Parenting by : Leonard Sax

Download or read book The Collapse of Parenting written by Leonard Sax and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this New York Times bestseller, one of America’s premier physicians offers a must-read account of the new challenges facing parents today and a program for how we can better prepare our children to navigate the obstacles they face In The Collapse of Parenting, internationally acclaimed author Leonard Sax argues that rising levels of obesity, depression, and anxiety among young people can be traced to parents abdicating their authority. The result is children who have no standard of right and wrong, who lack discipline, and who look to their peers and the Internet for direction. Sax shows how parents must reassert their authority - by limiting time with screens, by encouraging better habits at the dinner table, and by teaching humility and perspective - to renew their relationships with their children. Drawing on nearly thirty years of experience as a family physician and psychologist, along with hundreds of interviews with children, parents, and teachers, Sax offers a blueprint parents can use to help their children thrive in an increasingly complicated world.

The Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups: The Second File

Author : David Wisniewski
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0688178545
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (881 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups: The Second File by : David Wisniewski

Download or read book The Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups: The Second File written by David Wisniewski and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2001-07-31 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urgent!It's happened again! David Wisniewski has completed another daring raid into the vault of parent rules. Within these forbidden pages lurk the real reasons why grown-ups want you to brush your teeth, eat your breakfast, and clean under your bed. The truth has been hidden for centuries, but the time of mystery is over. Grab a flashlight! Get under cover! It's time for ... The Secret Knowledge of Grown-Ups! The Second File

Grown-Ups Are Dumb! ((No Offense))

Author : Alexa Kitchen
Publisher : Hyperion
ISBN 13 : 9781423113317
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (133 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Grown-Ups Are Dumb! ((No Offense)) by : Alexa Kitchen

Download or read book Grown-Ups Are Dumb! ((No Offense)) written by Alexa Kitchen and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 2009-09-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dumb parents, little brothers, gigantic messes, and homework--this is the plight of young readers everywhere. And, until now, it had not been expressed by someone so close to the source. /DIV DIVTen-year-old Alexa Kitchen may have an unusual talent--she is the world's youngest comics artist--but she really is just like many girls her age. Just trying to get by in a world that seems determined to undermine her at every turn. Luckily she's got a way with a pen and a good sense of humor. This collection of funny, insightful cartoons based on the real-life trials of many families will resonate with young readers everywhere.

The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Grownups

Author : Stan Berenstain
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0375980857
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (759 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Grownups by : Stan Berenstain

Download or read book The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Grownups written by Stan Berenstain and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2014-02-26 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Come for a visit in Bear Country with this classic First Time Book® from Stan and Jan Berenstain. Brother and Sister think Mama and Papa are too bossy, so the Bear family decides to switch places so they can see what life is like through each other’s eyes. This beloved story is a perfect way to teach children about empathy and appreciating their family.

Shakespeare for Grown-ups

Author : Elizabeth Foley
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448182905
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Shakespeare for Grown-ups by : Elizabeth Foley

Download or read book Shakespeare for Grown-ups written by Elizabeth Foley and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Rather jolly and very helpful’ The Times Need to swot up on your Shakespeare? The ultimate guide to the Bard, perfect for the Shakespeare aficionado and general reader alike. If you’ve always felt a bit embarrassed at your precarious grasp on the plot of Othello, or you haven’t a clue what a petard (as in ‘hoist with his own petard’) actually is, then fear not, because this, at last, is the perfect guide to the Bard. From the authors of the number-one bestselling Homework for Grown-ups, Shakespeare for Grown-ups is the essential book for anyone keen to deepen their knowledge of they plays and sonnets. For parents helping with their children’s homework, casual theatre-goers who want to enhance their enjoyment of the most popular plays and the general reader who feels they should probably know more about Britain’s most splendid scribe, Shakespeare for Grown-ups covers Shakespeare's time; his personal life; his language; his key themes; his less familiar works and characters; his most famous speeches and quotations; phrases and words that have entered general usage, and much more.

Algebra For Parents: A Book For Grown-ups About Middle School Mathematics

Author : Ron Aharoni
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9811209243
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Algebra For Parents: A Book For Grown-ups About Middle School Mathematics by : Ron Aharoni

Download or read book Algebra For Parents: A Book For Grown-ups About Middle School Mathematics written by Ron Aharoni and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2021-01-22 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book goes through middle school mathematics and techniques and methods of its teaching. It is meant to aid parents who wish to be involved in the mathematical education of their children, as well as teachers who wish to learn principles of mathematics and of its teaching.

Sorry, Grown-Ups, You Can't Go to School!

Author : Christina Geist
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1524770868
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Sorry, Grown-Ups, You Can't Go to School! by : Christina Geist

Download or read book Sorry, Grown-Ups, You Can't Go to School! written by Christina Geist and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fun role-reversal picture book will help reluctant students get excited to go back to school! It's just another school morning...until Mom, Dad, Grandma, and even Bow-wow the dog BEG the kids to let them come to school, too! Dad can tie his own shoes--why can't he come? Mom is all ready with her brand-new backpack--she's allowed, right? No! Only kids and teachers! Christina Geist's warm, interactive story is the perfect tool for parents of kids who are reluctant or nervous about going to school. The fun refrain--"Sorry, grown-ups! You can't go to school! Only kids and teachers! Only kids and teachers!"--brilliantly paints school as something exclusive and desirable...which kids can access! Tim Bowers's lively illustrations enhance the fun and heighten the hilarity. This is sure to be a back-to-school classic in many families and classrooms!

Closing the Book on Homework

Author : John Buell
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781592137688
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (376 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Closing the Book on Homework by : John Buell

Download or read book Closing the Book on Homework written by John Buell and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2008-11-20 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ringing indictment of homework and what can replace it.

The Hope Chest

Author : Karen Schwabach
Publisher : Yearling
ISBN 13 : 0307495949
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Hope Chest by : Karen Schwabach

Download or read book The Hope Chest written by Karen Schwabach and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2009-03-12 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A perfect Common Core tie-in, The Hope Chest includes nonfiction backmatter with period photographs, historical notes about the suffrage movement, and a Voting in America timeline. It's also a New York State Curriculum title for fourth grade. Eleven-year-old Violet has one goal in mind when she runs away from home: to find her sister, Chloe. Violet’s parents said Chloe had turned into the Wrong Sort of Person, but Violet knew better. The only problem is that Chloe’s not in New York anymore. She's moved on to Tennesee where she's fighting for the right of women to vote. As Violet's journey grows longer, her single-minded pursuit of reuniting with her sister changes. Before long she is standing side-by-side with her new friends—suffragists, socialists, and colored people—the type of people whom her parents would not approve. But if Violet’s becoming the Wrong Sort of Person, why does it feel just right? This stirring depiction of the very end of the women's suffrage battle in America is sure to please readers who like their historical fiction fast-paced and action-packed. American Girls fans will fall hard for Violet and her less-than-proper friends.

How to Take the Groan Out of Grown-Ups (and Get Along!)

Author : Eric Braun
Publisher : Free Spirit Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781631986178
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (861 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis How to Take the Groan Out of Grown-Ups (and Get Along!) by : Eric Braun

Download or read book How to Take the Groan Out of Grown-Ups (and Get Along!) written by Eric Braun and published by Free Spirit Publishing. This book was released on 2022 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Part of the Laugh and Learn series, this book provides guidelines for kids on how to get along with the adults in their lives. It shows kids how to build relationships, repair them, and how to know when they need to change them while being true to who they are"--

How to Raise an Adult

Author : Julie Lythcott-Haims
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1627791787
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (277 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis How to Raise an Adult by : Julie Lythcott-Haims

Download or read book How to Raise an Adult written by Julie Lythcott-Haims and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller "Julie Lythcott-Haims is a national treasure. . . . A must-read for every parent who senses that there is a healthier and saner way to raise our children." -Madeline Levine, author of the New York Times bestsellers The Price of Privilege and Teach Your Children Well "For parents who want to foster hearty self-reliance instead of hollow self-esteem, How to Raise an Adult is the right book at the right time." -Daniel H. Pink, author of the New York Times bestsellers Drive and A Whole New Mind A provocative manifesto that exposes the harms of helicopter parenting and sets forth an alternate philosophy for raising preteens and teens to self-sufficient young adulthood In How to Raise an Adult, Julie Lythcott-Haims draws on research, on conversations with admissions officers, educators, and employers, and on her own insights as a mother and as a student dean to highlight the ways in which overparenting harms children, their stressed-out parents, and society at large. While empathizing with the parental hopes and, especially, fears that lead to overhelping, Lythcott-Haims offers practical alternative strategies that underline the importance of allowing children to make their own mistakes and develop the resilience, resourcefulness, and inner determination necessary for success. Relevant to parents of toddlers as well as of twentysomethings-and of special value to parents of teens-this book is a rallying cry for those who wish to ensure that the next generation can take charge of their own lives with competence and confidence.

Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World

Author : Don Tapscott
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071641556
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (716 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World by : Don Tapscott

Download or read book Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World written by Don Tapscott and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2008-11-16 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SELECTED AS A 2008 BEST BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE ECONOMIST The Net Generation Has Arrived. Are you ready for it? Chances are you know a person between the ages of 11 and 30. You've seen them doing five things at once: texting friends, downloading music, uploading videos, watching a movie on a two-inch screen, and doing who-knows-what on Facebook or MySpace. They're the first generation to have literally grown up digital--and they're part of a global cultural phenomenon that's here to stay. The bottom line is this: If you understand the Net Generation, you will understand the future. If you're a Baby Boomer or Gen-Xer: This is your field guide. A fascinating inside look at the Net Generation, Grown Up Digital is inspired by a $4 million private research study. New York Times bestselling author Don Tapscott has surveyed more than 11,000 young people. Instead of a bunch of spoiled “screenagers” with short attention spans and zero social skills, he discovered a remarkably bright community which has developed revolutionary new ways of thinking, interacting, working, and socializing. Grown Up Digital reveals: How the brain of the Net Generation processes information Seven ways to attract and engage young talent in the workforce Seven guidelines for educators to tap the Net Gen potential Parenting 2.0: There's no place like the new home Citizen Net: How young people and the Internet are transforming democracy Today's young people are using technology in ways you could never imagine. Instead of passively watching television, the “Net Geners” are actively participating in the distribution of entertainment and information. For the first time in history, youth are the authorities on something really important. And they're changing every aspect of our society-from the workplace to the marketplace, from the classroom to the living room, from the voting booth to the Oval Office. The Digital Age is here. The Net Generation has arrived. Meet the future.

The Grown-Up's Guide to Teenage Humans

Author : Josh Shipp
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 006265408X
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (626 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Grown-Up's Guide to Teenage Humans by : Josh Shipp

Download or read book The Grown-Up's Guide to Teenage Humans written by Josh Shipp and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nautilus Gold Award Winner: Parenting & Family A practical guide to understanding teens from bestselling author and global youth advocate Josh Shipp. In 2015, Harvard researchers found that every child who does well in the face of adversity has had at least one stable and committed relationship with a supportive adult. But Josh Shipp didn’t need Harvard to know that. Once an at-risk foster kid, he was headed straight for trouble until he met the man who changed his life: Rodney, the foster parent who refused to quit on Shipp and got him to believe in himself. Now, in The Grown-Up’s Guide to Teenage Humans, Shipp shows all of us how to be that caring adult in a teenager’s life. Stressing the need for compassion, trust, and encouragement, he breaks down the phases of a teenage human from sixth to twelfth grade, examining the changes, goals, and mentality of teenagers at each stage. Shipp offers revelatory stories that take us inside the teen brain, and shares wisdom from top professionals and the most expert grown-ups. He also includes practice scripts that address tough issues, including: FORGIVENESS: What do I do when a teen has been really hurt by someone and it’s not their fault? COMMUNICATION: How do I get a teen to talk to me? They just grunt. TRUST: My teen blew it. My trust is gone. Where do we go from here? BULLYING: Help! A teen (or their friend) is being harassed. DIFFICULT AND AWKWARD CONVERSATIONS: Drugs. Death. Sex. Oh my. Written in Shipp’s playfully authoritative, no-nonsense voice, The Grown-Up’s Guide to Teenage Humans tells his story and unpacks practical strategies that can make a difference. Ultimately, it's not about shortcuts or magic words—as Shipp reminds us, it’s about investing in kids and giving them the love, time, and support they need to thrive. And that means every kid is one caring adult away from being a success story.