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Author Colker, Laura J. (Laura Jean), author.

Title Making lemonade : teaching young children to think optimistically / Laura J. Colker, EdD, and Derry Koralek.

Publisher St. Paul, MN : Redleaf Press, 2019.

ISBN 9781605546612 (paperback)



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 Holland Branch Adult  649.64 Col    AVAILABLE  ---
 King Road Adult  649.64 Col    AVAILABLE  ---
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Edition First edition.
Description xv, 148 pages : illustrations, charts, photographs ; 28 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Understanding optimism -- Explanatory style: how optimism is learned -- Creating a climate for teaching optimism -- Activities for building children's optimism -- The optimistic educator.
Summary "The benefits of an optimistic thinking style have slowly been seeping into early childhood teaching practice through research on resiliency, leadership, health, and what has been termed “grit.” Yet there remains a large vacuum in teacher education on both the importance and mechanics of teaching young children to become optimistic thinkers."
Subject(S) Optimism in children.
Educational psychology.
School children -- Attitudes.
Learning, Psychology of.
Added Name(S) Koralek, Derry Gosselin, author.
ISBN 9781605546612 (paperback)