Lighting Their Fires: Raising Extraordinary Children In A Mixed-up, Muddled-up, Shook-up World (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
Even better than Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire. Loved that too, but it was more focused on what he does in the classroom, their creative endeavors for before and after school, and how he manages everything. In this book Esquith takes time describing his perspectives and thought processes even as he's in the middle of carefully and consciously interacting with his students. Here is where we get to learn from all his years of experience, how to be invited into the hearts and minds of children we are called to teach, and help them achieve for themselves what they may have never thought they could. Excellent for teachers, administrators, and parents alike. Are you a teacher, too? Or raising kids? Or (oh dear!) both? You should read master teacher Rafe Esquith's new book, Lighting Their Fires. Have you almost given up (in despair) your hope of raising and teaching children who are respectful, hard-working, and self-motivated learners? Esquith tells it like it is. He shows us a few of his best at a baseball game and showcases their amazing behavior in sharp contrast to other children (oh double-dear!) and adults. You will be moved to try again. Esquith will light your fire so that you can light their fires.
What do You think about Lighting Their Fires: Raising Extraordinary Children In A Mixed-up, Muddled-up, Shook-up World (2009)?
Good read. He is a little intense at times but I think has a lot if good advice.
—apoo
