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Generators: 20 Activities to Recharge Your Intergenerational Group
Jennifer Griffin-Wiesner

Search Institute Press, 2005

Rejuvenate your whole community and bring generations together with Generators! This book of reproducible handouts offers a variety of ways to involve everyone—from the young to the young at heart—in building assets and promoting interaction through fun, intergenerational activities. Participants can choose from quick and easy activities or long-term projects, all of which are easy to follow and adaptable for different situations and ...

Playful Reading: Positive, Fun Ways to Build the Bond Between Preschoolers, Books, and You

2 reviews
Carolyn Munson-Benson

Search Institute Press, 2005

Especially helpful for using at home
Sometimes reviewers feel so inadequate describing rich, thoughtful volumes in puny reviews. For example, the ways early literacy, family ties, and memory making can be enhanced using Carolyn Munson-Benson's inspired, practical book about the influential relationship of preschoolers, adults, and books are developed with such mindfulness and delivered with such clarity in this sensible ...

Teaching Kids to Change the World: Lessons to Inspire Social Responsibility for Grades 6-12
Jennifer Griffin-Wiesner, Chris Maser

Search Institute Press, 2008

Through a series of modules, this resource offers educators and youth-group leaders a means of inspiring social consciousness and action among youth and teaches young people how to think, rather than what to think. Without money, power, or the right to vote, how do children and teenagers find a voice in society? How can educators and leaders talk meaningfully with students about such broad concepts? Avoiding partisan politics and moral ...

Mentoring for Meaningful Results: Asset-Building Tips, Tools, and Activities for Youth and Adults
Kristie Probst

Search Institute Press, 2006

Mentoring gets a face lift in this handbook for fostering a healthy, successful mentoring program. Developed with input from Big Brothers Big Sisters and MENTOR/The National Mentoring Partnership, this guide provides a comprehensive approach that factors in the needs of the entire mentoring team, including program leaders, mentors, mentees, parents, and caregivers. Ideal for schools, organizations, and communities starting new mentoring programs ...

The Best of Building Assets Together: Favorite Group Activities That Help Youth Succeed
Jolene L. Roehlkepartain

Search Institute Press, 2008

Favorite activities from other Search Institute Press books complement new activities in this greatest hits compilation that is grounded in the 40 Developmental Assets®. More than 150 games and projects—which have been revamped with anecdotes, tips, and techniques—are proven successes, while the new games were developed with input from Search Institute Press’s asset builders across North America. Exploring a wide range of ...

Empowering Youth: How to Encourage Young Leaders to Do Great Things

1 review
Kelly Curtis

Search Institute Press, 2008

Let's get the kids involved!
Kelly Curtis, who writes the blog Pass the Torch honored me by sending me an advance copy of her new book, Empowering Youth: How to Encourage Young Leaders to Do Great Things. On the back cover, she poses the question: How do you bring out the power in young people? Throughout this well-written and fascinating book, Curtis explains how important it is that kids be given opportunities to ...

Conversations on the Go: Clever Questions to Keep Teens and Grown-Ups Talking
Mary Ackerman

Search Institute Press, 2004

Fun ways to encourage family and other youth-adult conversations, this book is filled with intriguing questions, guaranteed to stretch the imagination and bring out each other's personality and true self.

Helping Teens Handle Tough Experiences: Strategies to Foster Resilience
Jill R. Nelson, Sarah Kjos

Search Institute Press, 2008

Educators, mentors, congregational leaders, counselors, and other youth-serving professionals will find the tools they need to help young people with personal, familial, social, or cultural adversities in this resource. Specific crises are addressed, including youths who physically harm themselves, parents who are chemically dependent, abusive dating relationships, depression, and homelessness—and solutions are offered for managing them. ...

Great Group Games: 175 Boredom-Busting, Zero-Prep Team Builders for All Ages

1 review
Susan Ragsdale, Ann Saylor

Search Institute Press, 2007

Great Selection of Games and De-Briefing Sessions!
As a pastor for Youth and Children, I am always looking for new and creative games. This book is a wonderful resource for "just-for-fun" games as well as for trust-building games. The de-briefing that is included after every game has insightful questions for all ages. I have used many of these games with both elementary age children as well as youth with great success. It has many of the ...

Make a World of Difference: 50 Asset-Building Activities to Help Teens Explore Diversity
Dawn C. Oparah

Search Institute Press, 2006

A wide range of cultural competence is addressed in this creative resource for raising diversity awareness in teenagers. With a comprehensive approach that incorporates a variety of learning styles and skill levels, the three sections include personal-awareness activities for those with little exposure to diversity issues, a section for building cultural awareness around a particular topic, and practice activities for trying out new ...

Parenting Preschoolers with a Purpose: Caring for Your Kids and Yourself
Jolene L. Roehlkepartain

Search Institute Press, 2006

From bed-wetting and eating to bath time and siblings, this guide helps parents foster rewarding relationships with their preschoolers through practical, creative solutions to sticky everyday situations. Imaginative and innovative approaches to 40 common challenges not only solve the immediate problems but also enhance the parent-child relationship, while 15 common issues that parents find themselves facing, such as finances, isolation, job ...

Stay Close: 40 Clever Ways to Connect with Kids When You're Apart
Tenessa Gemelke

Search Institute Press, 2005

Whether from the distance of a neighboring city, across the country, or halfway around the world, maintaining vital connections from afar with maturing children is a challenging task. The ideas presented in this book help bridge the physical and generational gap between parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, family friends, and the kids they love. Fun activities and personal anecdotes offer ideas for establishing relationships, adapting them, and ...

When Parents Ask for Help: Everyday Issues through an Asset-Building Lens
Renie Howard

Search Institute Press, 2003

With reproducible articles that speak directly to parents and caregivers about the dilemmas adolescents face, this collection reframes issues from an asset-based point of view to give parents plenty of encouragement, hope, and practical ideas.

Great Places to Learn: How Asset-Building Schools Help Students Succeed
Neal Starkman, Peter C. Scales, ...

Search Institute Press, 1999

A powerful, positive guide to infusing assets into any school community.

Building Assets Together: 135 Group Activities for Helping Youth Succeed
Jolene L. Roehlkepartain

Search Institute Press, 1997

Creative, interesting, and thought provoking, these 94 interactive group activities will produce laughter, insight, and more successful young people.

Building Assets is Elementary: Group Activities for Helping Kids Ages 8-12 Succeed
Rita Welch, Tenessa Gemelke

Search Institute Press, 2004

With one foot still in the childish, fun-loving, game-playing stage and the other foot cautiously stepping into a world of more choices and greater responsibilities, fourth-sixth grade students will light up at this creative collection. The 61 activities blend guidance, wisdom, and the practical skills of building assets in their changing lives with engaging fun.

Getting to Outcomes with Developmental Assets: Ten Steps to Measuring Success in Youth Programs and ...

1 review
Deborah Fisher, Pamela Imm, ...

Search Institute Press, 2006

GTO
Great book if you want to learn how to develop and sustain programs. I use it with all of my projects.

Parenting Preteens with a Purpose: Navigating the Middle Years
Kate Thomsen

Search Institute Press, 2008

Based on a large body of research about healthy development in children ages 8–12, this guide offers parents practical how-tos for handling issues that arise in the preteen years, including peer pressure, bullying, friendship, self-discipline, money, body image, and good eating habits. In addition, a self-care section for parents highlights the many stresses adults face—job demands, financial pressures, isolation, perfectionism, and ...

Great Preschools: Building Developmental Assets in Early Childhood
Tamara J. Will, Karen King, ...

Search Institute Press, 2007

Providing a wide range of tools, this practical guide aids teachers in creating a nurturing preschool environment and helps preschoolers develop critical social competencies. Containing new findings from Search Institute’s Developmental Assets® research for preschoolers, this easy-to-use guidebook identifies what young children need from their families, teachers, and caregivers. The simple roadmap reveals the value of the work that ...

Engage Every Parent!: Encouraging Families to Sign On, Show Up, and Make a Difference
Nancy Tellett-Royce, Susan Wootten

Search Institute Press, 2008

Offering indispensable advice, this authoritative guide explores how teachers, program leaders, coaches, and other youth workers can forge partnerships with families and encourage meaningful parental involvement. Inspirational stories and icebreaker suggestions are combined with fun activities and reproducible handouts, all designed to increase parental communication. Event planning, volunteer recruitment, and sustaining parental participation ...

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