Redleaf Press: Living Like a Child

Living Like a Child:
Learn, Live, and Teach Creatively

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Product Code: 540337

ISBN: 978-1-60554-033-7

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by Bret Primack
on 7/29/2011

For Parents, Too

As a parent, I found the book quite enlightening.  Even though I'm not  a teacher, there are techniques and exercises contained herein that I will use with my child.

by Dr. David Woods
on 7/29/2011

Living Like a Child

Living Like a Child is a book that all adults who work with children should 
read and should use as a guide in creating opportunities for intellectual, 
physical, and social growth in young children. The book promotes a “can do” 
attitude for working with young children. It outlines ideas that can be 
immediately applied to any teaching/learning environment. The book is guided 
by Master Teaching principles that can be applied to all of us who are 
involved in the educational process. First, we need to honor our Master 
Teachers. Second, we must recognize all learning styles. Third, we must 
encourage children, through questions, to think critically. Fourth, we must 
encourage improvisation, not only in ourselves, but in our students, to 
foster and develop creativity. Finally, we need to teach with depth, as well 
as with width. Enrique Feldman has drawn from his own rich experience of 
teaching and learning and has communicated his love for teaching in every 
chapter. This book allows us to identify different ways that students can 
learn and it provides us with key information regarding the diversity of 
learning skills that our children bring to the educational environment. I 
regard Living Like a Child as a practical guide to any educational 
environment and strongly encourage teachers, educational students, parents, 
and grandparents to read the book and to apply the practical principles that 
Enrique Feldman has shared. 
—David G. Woods, Dean, School of Fine Arts, University of Connecticut 
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Review by: Mimi Chenfeld, Educator, national consultant, and author - August 8, 2011

Enrique is a role model in his book, Living Like A Child. He has spent most of his life learning, living, and teaching creatively! Now, lucky reader, you will be able to enjoy his natural, accessible, and delightful ideas, experiences, and suggestions. Positive and inspirational books like this are needed today more than ever!

Review: California Bookwatch - October 1, 2011

LIVING LIKE A CHILD: LEARN, LIVE AND TEACH CREATIVELY offers master ideas for teachers who want to learn how to encourage kids in their childlike love of learning new things. Early childhood education collections will welcome an exploration of arts-based, holistic teaching options that help support a child's overall academic and social development. The title pairs techniques with measurable data and packs in play-based practices that have proven most effective. Any education holding will welcome this!

Review by: Reference And Research Book News, Book News Inc. Research Book News - August 1, 2011

For adults who work with young children, Feldman, a former music and education professor, composer, and performer who directs a non-profit education foundation, explains holistic and arts-based techniques for enhancing children's academic and social-emotional development to meet their potential. He shows readers how to reconnect with their own childlike wonder and love of learning and become master teachers by honoring their master teachers, engaging all learning styles, asking questions to develop critical thinking skills, improvising to encourage creativity, and teaching in both width and depth. He outlines his life learning techniques, along with practical ideas, to enhance learning, growth, and development by adding music, affirming children to improve their self-concept, teaching breathing and relaxing techniques, teaching imagining and visualizing, using movement and children's natural energy, and using dramatic delivery to enhance engagement and improve comprehension. He ends with discussion of the effectiveness of the principles and techniques. There is no index. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Review: The Midwest Book Review- Wisconsin Bookwatch August 2011 - August 1, 2011

The simplicity and serenity of childhood is not lost just because you can buy a beer. "Living Like a Child: Learn, Live, and Teach Creatively" is a guide to understand the childhood mind even when one is decades removed from their own childhood. To teach these children, one must understand how their mind works, and use that knowledge to help them learn more effectively and nurture that love of learning which should never die. For any teacher of young children, "Living Like a Child" is very much worth considering.