Preparing Children for Success in School and Life

Marcia L. Tate, EdD, is the former executive director of professional development for the DeKalb County School System in Decatur, Georgia. During her thirty-year career with the district, she has been a classroom teacher, reading specialist, language arts coordinator, and staff development executive director.   Marcia is currently an educational consultant and has taught over 500,000 administrators, teachers, parents, and business and community leaders throughout the world. She is the author of the eight books in the best-selling Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites series and four additional books: Formative Assessment in a Brain-Compatible Classroom: How Do We Really Know They’re Learning?, 100 Brain-Friendly Lessons for Unforgettable Teaching and Learning K–8, and 100 Brain-Friendly Lessons for Unforgettable Teaching and Learning 9–12, and her latest book, Healthy Teachers, Happy Classrooms that is designed to address both the personal and professional lives of all educators. Participants in her workshops refer to them as some of the best ones they have ever experienced since Marcia uses the twenty strategies outlined in her books to actively engage her audiences.   Marcia received her bachelor’s degree in psychology and elementary education from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. She earned her master’s degree in remedial reading from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, her specialist degree in educational leadership from Georgia State University, and her doctorate in educational leadership from Clark Atlanta University.   Marcia is married to Tyrone Tate and is the proud mother of three children: Jennifer, Jessica, and Christopher, and nine grandchildren: Christian, Aidan, Maxwell, Aaron, Roman, Shiloh, Aya, Noah, and Alyssa.   Marcia and her husband own the company Developing Minds, Inc. and can be contacted by calling the company at (770) 918-5039, emailing her at marciata@ bellsouth.net, or by visiting her website at www.developingmindsinc.com. You can also follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @DrMarciaTate.

Foreword by Eric Jensen
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
Part One: Preparing Children for Success in Life
1. Develop a Relationship With Your Child
2. Hug, Rock, and Love Your Child
3. Surround Your Child With a Calming Environment
4. Give Your Child a Brain-Healthy Start
5. Talk To and With Your Child
6. Read To and With Your Child
7. Provide Opportunities for Creative Play
8. Teach Your Child Rules, Rituals, and Responsibility
9. Accentuate the Positive
10. Deemphasize the Negative
11. Identify Chronic Behavior and Mood Disorders
12. Expect the Best and Visualize Success
Part Two: Preparing Children for Success in School
13. Laugh and Have Fun; It′s Good for You and Your Child
14. Stengthen Your Child′s Auditory Mode of Learning
15. Strengthen Your Child′s Visual Mode of Learning
16. Strengthen Your Child′s Kinesthetic Mode of Learning
17. Strengthen Your Child′s Tactile Mode of Learning
18. Make Memories With Music
19. Connect Content With Your Child′s Life
20. Partner With Your Child′s Teachers
Afterword
Bibliography
Index