The Whole Brain Child
Read this over the best course of a year or so. Everytime I picked it up I walked away feeling energised as a parent and ready to try out the new ideas. And when out into action I noticed it made a significant difference to the behaviour and wellbeing of my children.
My next objective is to print the summary notes at the end of the book (and maybe even turn them into some sort of resource sheet...). Genuinely very well written and oozing with fantastic ideas.
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Empireland by Sathnam Sanghera
Read as part of my continued participation in The History Teacher Book Club on Twitter. And again, another excellent read. Notes are below: Don't give a damn comes from India. A damn was the lowest coin in Indian currency. New Amsterdam was traded to the British in exchange for the Indonesian Island of Run (the world's best nutmeg producer, a crop with a 32000% price mark up when taken to Europe). The Brits were not impressed that they'd been forced into this concession by th