Here are some of my favorite and most influential books as an educator and as a parent. I have copies I’m happy to lend. Stop by my office any time.

Hold onto your kids, Gordon Neufeld -This book is about the pivotal importance of children’s relationships to those responsible for them and the devastating impact in today’s society of competing attachments with peers. However it is much more than a book on peer orientation: it is about parenting with relationship in mind. http://neufeldinstitute.com/book

Mindsets, Carol Dweck – Teaching a growth mindset creates motivation and productivity.   http://mindsetonline.com/

Spark, John Ratey- powering your brain through exercise.   http://www.sparkinglife.org/

Mindup – The Goldie Hawn Foundation.  Social and emotional learning skills that link cognitive neuroscience, positive psychology and mindful awareness training utilizing a brain centric approach.   http://thehawnfoundation.org/mindup/

The Element – Ken Robinson – How finding your passion changes everything. http://sirkenrobinson.com/

Calm, Alert, and Learning – Stuart Shanker – One of the major keys to student success is self regulation – The ability to monitor and modify emotions, to focus or shift attention, to control impulses, to tolerate frustration or delay gratification. Shanker describes strategies to improve self regulation in our learners. http://www.self-regulation.ca/resources/calm-alert-and-learning/