Life, the Universe and Awesomeness Diary of a Brilliant Kid is the "tweenager's" atlas for navigating life. This interactive collection of stories, quotes, theories and yes, science, guides you through the difficult years between ages 8 and 12 to help you make sense of yourself and the world around you. Everything is changing! And that's okay! It's actually more than okay -- it's exciting. These changes are the opening salvo of your gradual transition into "grownup," and it's the perfect time to define who you are, how you think and how you choose to face the world. Is it a lot? Yes. But this book can help you sort things out and come out the other side shining. The journal format gives away the plot; Spoiler Alert: the Brilliant Kid is you. No matter how you feel, no matter what's happening in your head right now, you are not broken. You are a unique collection of talents and dreams and wants and surprises, and you have an entire lifetime ahead of you -- aren't you curious to discover just how awesome life can be? This book takes you inside your own head, out into the world and everywhere your dreams may take you. <ul> <li>Learn how to make the kinds of choices that make you feel alive</li> <li>Conquer the three R's of happiness: relationships, relationships and relationships</li> <li>Get a handle on today, tomorrow and what comes next</li> <li>Bounce back from the tough stuff, and discover the seven words that will change your life</li> </ul> There's a lot to learn, but one lesson is clear: never be afraid to shine. Stand up, stand out and be spectacular -- whatever that means to you. Diary of a Brilliant Kid gives you the map and compass so you can start your own journey today.

Diary of a Brilliant Kid: Top Secret Guide to Awesomeness

COPE, ANDY

Oattes, Gavin

Hussey, Will

Self-Help

Capstone

‘ZEST’ equates to zing, enthusiasm, energy, gusto, eagerness, zeal and fervour. It also connotes a tang, a sharpness. It’s the opposite of bland. And Zest: How to Squeeze the Max out of Life is exactly that.It’s more than just a book on personal development. There are an awful lot of those. Zest is a catalyst, a spark that ignites your remembering of what makes you, in a word, you. It drives you to rethink, rejuvenate and reinvent. It also contains a touch of the revolutions.  Have you, as a grown-up, fallen into the trap of becoming a Groan-up? You know you should try to make the best of things, but oftentimes you don’t know what your “best” is anymore. It’s strange. You used to know. What happened? Was it the years of social conformity? There is a whole beige generation out there – a generation that has lost its identity and forgotten who they once were – buried under the crushing, stifling facades of adulthood. If only there was a way to unearth your passions, recover the zest for life you once had. Maybe there is. Zest is a wake-up call for you to explore the formative moments that define your life. It challenges you to believe that your best days are still ahead, to search your soul, to shake things up and bask in the warmth of glorious individuality. Zest will help you:  Explore the pivotal, defining moments in your life Examine both the good and bad experiences that define you Reconnect to the essence of who you are Embrace your quirks, qualities and peculiarities Determine to be the person you always wanted to be  Zest is your permission to play, your licence to wreak the right kind of havoc. Moreover, it’s not about pretending to be someone you’re not, it’s about squeezing every last drop out of who you already are.

Zest: How to Squeeze the Max out of Life

Happiness

From the bestselling authors of Diary of a Brilliant Kid comes the much-anticipated follow-up, Brill Kid – The Big Number 2 
Brill Kid - The Big Number 2 takes Awesomeness to the next level! 
This book is rock solid 'personal development' with a difference. A BIG difference! It's aimed at 7 to 11s, the exact age when mental habits are created. The book picks up where Diary of a Brilliant Kid left off – raising the bar from mental health to mental wealth, enabling young people to flourish in a world that's hell bent on knocking them sideways. 
It's about happiness and wellbeing. It tells you how to shine when the world's a bit dull. It's about learning to be your best self and hanging in there when the world's doing its worst. It's got oodles of content about self-care, kindness and confidence. It's got facts, diagrams, stories, activities, quotes and lots of silliness!\nBrill Kids will learn the following:\nDiscover how life is actually all about crisps, sandwiches and milk and guess what – YOU are the magic ingredient! How to upgrade your life from just ‘okay’ to ‘BRILLIANT!’ Find out why LEGO and LIFE are actually the same thing (but spelt different obvs). Why kindness really does matter How to train your parents – yes, YOU! A personal letter to all the little (& big) worriers out there (fyi – there are lots of us) 
Brill Kid - The Big Number 2 will inspire kids, make them laugh and learn and leave them bouncing with brilliance!\nFrom the Inside Flap\nWelcome to the back page, weirdly the bit most people read first. The pressure's on because we need to write something that makes you really really REALLY want to read this book. So we thought we'd just tell the truth. Brill Kid 2 is fiendishly brilliant. It's got oodles of content about taking care of yourself, kindness and confidence. It's got facts, diagrams, stories, activities, quotes and jam. But the key ingredient is YOU.\nYes, this book has a YOU-Certificate. It's written for YOU, it's about YOU and it contains YOU. The best version of YOU. Basically, this book will show you how to SHINE when the world's a bit dull. It's about how to be your best even when the world's doing its worst.\nPLOT SPOILER ALERT: happy endings are nice. But happy middles are cool and happy beginnings are the best place to start. And that, new best friend, is why we squeezed out our BIG number 2.\n* Contains actual rainbows 
** Not suitable for adults\nFrom the Back Cover\nWelcome to the back page, weirdly the bit most people read first. The pressure's on because we need to write something that makes you really really REALLY want to read this book. So we thought we'd just tell the truth. Brill Kid 2 is fiendishly brilliant. It's got oodles of content about taking care of yourself, kindness and confidence. It's got facts, diagrams, stories, activities, quotes and jam. But the key ingredient is YOU.\nYes, this book has a YOU-Certificate. It's written for YOU, it's about YOU and it contains YOU. The best version of YOU. Basically, this book will show you how to SHINE when the world's a bit dull. It's about how to be your best even when the world's doing its worst.\nPLOT SPOILER ALERT: happy endings are nice. But happy middles are cool and happy beginnings are the best place to start. And that, new best friend, is why we squeezed out our BIG number 2.\n* Contains actual rainbows 
** Not suitable for adults

Brill Kid - The Big Number 2: Awesomeness - The Next Level

The tried-and-tested lesson starters contained in Where Can an Elephant Roost? will engage your Key Stage 2 pupils' imaginations and get them in the mood for learning. For maximum impact, use them as warm-up, starter exercises first thing in the morning, to help develop their thinking skills, and they will be fired up for the whole day. With 180 activities in the book, there are enough for the whole year! Very often teachers will sense there's an elephant in the room - the classroom. The unspoken assumption being that when a lesson begins, learning somehow takes place through an uninterrupted process of osmosis. Unfortunately, this is a little like the old adage about taking a horse to water ... . This book is not about horses, it's about elephants - flying ones at that. And the whole idea is that it makes other people think. Or perhaps, more accurately, it makes other people want to think. There are a variety of activities, so you can choose the one that suits your pupils' needs and your mood. Why not challenge your students to design a device that will stop people from biting their nails, or ask them to imagine what they might find at the end of the rainbow? Activities encourage children to think outside of the box, engage in deep thought, portray concepts pictorially and collaborate with each other. The CD-Rom enables you to display the activities on an interactive white-board and easily print out the activities and resource sheets. Teacher's notes provide helpful hints and extension ideas.

Where Can an Elephant Roost: Challenges to Ignite Learning in Key Stage 2

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Brilliant Publications

Who's Afraid of a Big Growth Mindset? You know the story of the three little pigs. But you've never explored it like this. Here are 60 challenging pig-related classroom exercises that will ask your students to try, try again, make mistakes, have false starts, persist, sweat, struggle and eventually succeed. It may make their brains hurt, but it is a hurting brain that is a growing brain. While this book uses the story of the three little pigs, it really isn't about the pigs and the wolf. It's about helping your students develop a growth mindset by getting them to think between, above, below, around and beyond the lines. And once they've grown their brains by working through the challenges in this book, they will be ready to accept new challenges and to keep growing more and more neural connections.

The Three Little Pigs Teach Growth Mindset: Hands-On Activities and Open-Ended Questions For Developing Grit, Adaptability and Creative Thinking In K-5 Classrooms (3 Little Pigs Growth Mindset)

Hymer, Barry

Ulysses Press

Brilliant Activities to Stimulate Creative Thinking has over 150 entertaining, open-ended challenges that will provide mental stimulation for all children, not just gifted and talented children.
The creative, challenging activities develop mental agility and the ability to ‘think outside the box’ developing pupils’ higher level thinking skills.
Children’s overall confidence and self-esteem will increase as they work through these challenges where there are no correct answers and any input is valued.
These 10-15 minute activities can be used first thing in the morning to fire-up your class, to engage fast finishers, or for homework.
All the activities require minimal preparation.

Brilliant Activities to Stimulate Creative Thinking: Stretch Gifted and Talented Children - And Everyone Else - In Primary Schools

50 Brilliant PE Challenges Using Just a Hoop contains 50 exciting PE challenges using just a hoop! The book is aimed at busy primary school teachers, who are required to teach PE, but often don't have much knowledge of the subject. This easy-to-use resource will enable teachers to deliver outstanding PE lessons with maximum pupil participation, making them an ideal purchase for primary schools looking for ways to spend their PE and Sports Premium funding. This book contains a variety of individual, group and whole class activities, designed to develop skills, foster enjoyment and promote physical exercise. Every activity is difficulty-rated and contains handy tips and suggestions for further development, ensuring all children remain engaged and challenged according to their ability. They are laid out in an easy-to-follow format and complement the September 2014 National Curriculum for England Physical Education requirements. Why not also challenge your pupils with activities using just a beanbag, or tennis ball?

50 Brilliant PE Challenges Using Just a Hoop

50 Brilliant PE Challenges Using Just a Tennis Ball contains 50 exciting PE challenges using just a tennis ball!
The book is aimed at busy primary school teachers, who are required to teach PE, but often donʼt have much knowledge of the subject.
This easy-to-use handbook will enable teachers to deliver outstanding PE lessons with maximum pupil participation, making them an ideal purchase for primary schools looking for ways to spend their PE and Sports Premium funding.
Each book contains a variety of individual, group and whole class activities, designed to develop skills, foster enjoyment and promote physical exercise.
Every activity is difficulty-rated and contains handy tips and suggestions for further development, ensuring all children remain engaged and challenged according to their ability.
The activities are laid out in an easy-to-follow format and complement the September 2014 National Curriculum Physical Education requirements.
Why not also challenge your pupils with activities using just a beanbag, or hoop?

50 Brilliant PE Challenges Using Just a Tennis Ball

50 Brilliant PE Challenges with Just a Beanbag contains 50 exciting PE challenges using just a beanbag! The book is aimed at busy primary school teachers, who are required to teach PE, but often don't have much knowledge of the subject. This easy-to-use resource will enable teachers to deliver outstanding PE lessons with maximum pupil participation, making them an ideal purchase for primary schools looking for ways to spend their PE and Sports Premium funding. This book contains a variety of individual, group and whole class activities, designed to develop skills, foster enjoyment and promote physical exercise. Every activity is difficulty-rated and contains handy tips and suggestions for further development, ensuring all children remain engaged and challenged according to their ability. They are laid out in an easy-to-follow format and complement the September 2014 National Curriculum for England Physical Education requirements. Why not also challenge your pupils with activities using just a hoop, or tennis ball?

50 Brilliant PE Challenges Using Just a Beanbag

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