Strangers, Young Musicians, and Learning Tips for Kids

Books by NEA Members - Reviewed in NEA Today, November 2004

Safe from Strangers

By Gerri Willever

Useful for educators but designed primarily as a guide for parents, Safe from Strangers offers practical methods and effective strategies to prevent abductions and keep children safe. Twenty-five accessible, succinct tips are given that include everything from reminding kids to keep personal information to themselves to Internet safety. A retired teacher and black belt wrote the book with contributions from FBI Special Agent David Freyman. 64 pp. From Franklin Mason Press.

Growing Your Musician

By Tony Bancroft

With valuable advice and meaningful anecdotes, this practical, step-by-step guide is written for parents who want to help their young musicians excel in the school band or orchestra. Compiling practice strategies and other tips into accessible charts and sidebars, a credentialed band director allows all parents, regardless of their level of experience, to be involved in their child's musical development. 118 pp. Growing Your Musician is from MENC: The National Association for Music Education. To order, call 800-828-0229.

KidTips

By Kathy Young

Written by a veteran special education teacher, this book provides students in grades 3–8 with more than 250 simple, field-tested study tips, arranged in a program format, to help them succeed. The tips cover content areas such as reading, math, and spelling, as well as skills such as completing projects and self-advocacy. KidTips includes a CD-ROM with PDF files of tip cards, so teachers can print them out for their own use. 145 pp. From Attainment Company, Inc.   

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