Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements



This booklet has been made possible with help from the
following people who reviewed early drafts, provided materials
and suggestions, and generously contributed from their own
experience: Ruth Pilsbury, Steven Tigner, Marty Sears, Miriam
Marecek, Anne Ilacqua, Lee Delattre, Julie Boothby, April
Supple, Judith Schickedanz, Joan Dee, Thomas Culliton, Scott
and Victoria Stripling, Roselmina Indrisano, Richard Chambers,
John Burkett, Roger Shattuck, Leon Kass, Maria Brisk, William
Bennet, Jayne Karsten, Myles Striar, William and Jan Russell,
Andrew Oldenqist, Edward Styles Peter Losin, Betsy Speicher,
Charles Glenn, Victor Kestenbaum, Charles Griswold, Jane
O'Hern, David Kahn, Sydney Eisen, Kevin Ryan, Carolyn Gecan,
Gary Edwards, Robert Fullinwinder, Charles Karelis, James
Herbert, Mary Minner, and many individuals within the Office of
Educational Research and Improvement.

Mark Travaglini and Mamie Brown copyedited this book with
production assistance from Torey Evans. Jaine Shattan reviewed
the bibliography and Michael Patrick Hearn advised on the use
of artwork that is in the public domain.

Edwin J. Delattre is Dean of Boston University's School of
Education, Olin Scholar in Applied Ethics, and Professor of
Philosophy in the College of Liberal Arts. He is President
Emeritus of St. John's College in Annapolis, MD, and Santa Fe,
NM, and the author of two books and numerous articles on ethics
in education, business, government, and law enforcement. He
holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. from
the University of Texas at Austin.



AliceB. Delattre has worked as a cataloguer at the
Tompkins-McCaw library of the Medical College of Virginia
Commonwealth University and in the Catalogue Department of the
Main Library, University of Texas at Austin, and she has served
as a volunteer in the Concord Free Public Library in Concord,
Massachusetts. She holds a B.A. from Longwood College in
Farmville, Virginia, and did graduate study in library science
at The University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio.



Nancy Ione Young drew the cover illustration.

Illustrations from classic children's books include: pages
3, 5, and 9 by W.W. Denslow in Thw Onderful Wizard of Oz and
pages 20, 26, 30, and 44 by Arthur Rackham in Sleeping BEauty.

The illustration of the book on the inside back cover is
by Brian A. Griffin.


What We Can Do To Help Our Children Learn:


Listen to them and pay attention to their problems.

Read with them.

Tell family stories.

Limit their television watching.

Have books and other reading materials in the house.

Look up words in the dictionary with them.

Encourage them to use an encyclopedia.

Share favorite poems and songs with them.

Take them to the library--get them their own library cards.

Take them to museums and historical sites, when possible.

Discuss the daily news with them.

Go exploring with them and learn about plants, animals, and
local geography.

Find a quiet place for them to study.

Review their homework.

Meet with their teachers.