The Five Love Languages of Children

By Gary Chapman & Ross Campbell, M.D.

Synopsis: Sometimes parents speak different love languages than their children.  This book can help you to discover your child's primary love language: quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service and physical touch.  Learn what you can do to effectively convey feelings of respect, affection, and commitment that will resonate in your child's soul.

Trend-Savvy Parenting

by Dr. Mary Manz Simon

Synopsis: If keeping up with the latest trends makes your head spin, Trend-Savvy Parenting can help. Trends expert Dr. Mary Manz Simon understands today’s world and the trends that have an effect on today’s families. While some trends are harmless, others are potentially negative. With practical advice on topics you need to understand, Trend-Savvy Parenting will enlighten and encourage you as you navigate the current influences that affect your family.

The Survival Guide for Kids with ADD or ADHD

by John F. Taylor, Ph.D

Synopsis: This book is written in a format that children with ADD or ADHD could easily read. With its kid-friendly language and practical strategies for everyday situations, it is an extremely valuable resource for kids, parents and adults that work with children.

Some of the areas covered are:

• What ADD and ADHD mean – and don’t mean
• Ways to make each day go better at home, at school, and with friends
• How to deal with strong feelings like anger, worry, and sadness
• The lowdown on medicine many kids take for ADD or ADHD
• The dish on foods that can help you manage your ADD or ADHD
• Fun quizzes that will help you remember what you’re learning
• And much more

Dude, That's Rude!

By Pamela Espeland & Elizabeth Verdick

Synopsis: "Kids today need manners more than ever, and Dude, That’s Rude! makes it fun and easy to get some. Full-color cartoons and kid-friendly text teach the basics of polite behavior in all kinds of situations—at home, at school, in the bathroom, on the phone, at the mall, and more."

Trend-Savvy Parenting

by Dr. Mary Manz Simon

Synopsis: If keeping up with the latest trends makes your head spin, Trend-Savvy Parenting can help. Trends expert Dr. Mary Manz Simon understands today’s world and the trends that have an effect on today’s families. While some trends are harmless, others are potentially negative. With practical advice on topics you need to understand, Trend-Savvy Parenting will enlighten and encourage you as you navigate the current influences that affect your family.

Educating Your Gifted Child

by Vicki Caruana

Prop Box Play

by Ann Barbour and Blanche Desjean-Perrotta

Ideal for Preschool or Church Ministry

Synopsis: Encourage more dramatic play in your classroom with Prop Box Play. Children love to express themselves and exercise their imaginations, and props to inspire different roles, help them interact with each other and cultivate important social skills. Set the stage for hours of dramatic play and creativity with 50 themes that include lists of props, easy extension activities, vocabulary and children's literature.

Creating Rooms of Wonder

By Carol Seefeldt

Synopsis: What children see around them affects what and how they learn. Displaying children's artwork with thoughtfulness and care benefits children, teachers, and families. Ceilings, floors, table-tops, windows, doors- it's all useful space to display the beautiful works of children, enhance the learning process, and communicate to parents what their children are experiencing in school. Learn how to create rooms of wonder using the basics: color, line, texture, composition, focal points, and rhythm.

ADHD in the Young Child

By Cathy Reimers, Ph.D, and Bruce A. Brunger

Ideal for Preschool or Church Ministry

Synopsis: ADHD in the Young Child is a must have resource for understanding ADHD in the young child. It starts with a day in the life of an ADHD pre-schooler and offers techniques to manage behavior, build self-esteem and improve social skills. Typical problems and remedies that occur at home, school and other situations are discussed. Chapters also include Assessment and Treatment of ADHD.

Key to Your Child’s Heart

By Gary Smalley

Word Publishing (paperback edition)

Age: Adults

Synopsis: Smalley deals with specific, proven, parenting techniques that can make even the most difficult child a cooperative one. Discusses six characteristics of a close-knit family, opening up a closed child, ten keys to effective but tender discipline, and more.

On Daddy’s Shoulders

by Tommy Tenney and Amie Dockery

Regal

Top Pick by Parents

Synopsis: A big struggle for parents is raising their children to love God and to follow after His calling. This book offers insightful information with great Biblical pulls on how parents can leave a spiritual legacy for their children. It focuses on raising our children to be who God created them to be, rather than who we would like them to be. Includes inspirational stories as well as effective ideas for families.

Transforming Children Into Spiritual Champions

By George Barna

Regal Books

Top Pick by Children’s Ministers

Synopsis: A brilliant resource for children’s ministers, pastors, Sunday school teachers, and parents. Includes statistics from Barna Research on what effective churches are doing to reach the largest hidden mission field in America-our children!

Reclaim your School!

10 Steps to Practically and Legally Evangelize Your School

By Brad and Susanne Dacus

Pacific Justice Institute

Synopsis: This book is an excellent tool for those who recognize the need to share Christ in our world. Written for students, parents, teachers, and pastors, it is an effective motivator for those who want to impact the public school system in powerful, legal ways. Offers ways to legally share Christ in the public school system, and gives excellent explanations and resources.

The Kid Book

By Vicki Barnes

For Kids Only, Inc.

Age: Adults

Synopsis: Excellent resource for both parents, teachers, future parents, and ministry leaders; will help them understand their own personalities as well as the children they are impacting. Uses four different colors as personality types and refers to the best methods for dealing with each of the different personality types. To purchase click on "Add to Cart"

Also check out The Kid Book Surveys for personality types.

The Kid Book Surveys

By Vicki C. Barnes

Vicki Barnes Seminars

Age: K-3 or 4-6 (2 different surveys)

Synopsis: Quick, easy survey that children can fill out to discover their individual personality types. Personality types are given a name, symbol and color and are described for adults to go over with kids.
Price $3.00

The Five Love Languages of Children

By Gary Chapman & Ross Campbell, M.D.

Synopsis: Sometimes parents speak different love languages than their children.  This book can help you to discover your child's primary love language: quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service and physical touch.  Learn what you can do to effectively convey feelings of respect, affection, and commitment that will resonate in your child's soul.

Helping Children Live Like Jesus

13 Lessons From the Life of Christ

Group

Synopsis: Follow the layout or pick and choose from 13 lessons that introduce children to Jesus. Jesus’ life will become real to your kids as they learn biblical truths the active way. Activities will appeal to every learning style, helping kids know Jesus better.  For it’s only by knowing Jesus can kids ever hope to live like Jesus.

Learning In Spite of Labels

by Joyce Herzog

Greenleaf

Age: Adults/Teachers

Synopsis: This book shares practical strategies for working with children with learning disabilities.