{"product_id":"children-at-their-best-understanding-and-using-the-five-elements-to-develop-children-s-full-potential-for-parents-teachers-and-therapists-by-karin-kalbantner-wernicke","title":"Children at Their Best: Understanding and Using the Five Elements to Develop Children's Full Potential for Parents, Teachers, and Therapists by Karin Kalbantner-Wernicke","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis exciting and practical book will help anyone working with or caring for children to deepen their understanding of childhood behaviour in general, and of individual children in particular, and to take active steps to nurture their potential, including teachers, therapists, occupational therapists, Chinese medicine and other alternative medicine practitioners, and Qigong and martial arts teachers, as well as parents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"description product-description\" data-model=\"XLite\\Model\\Product\" data-identifier=\"38786\" data-property=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-name\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(105, 105, 105); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 22.652px;\"\u003e\u003ch1 style=\"margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; font-size: 17px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChildren at Their Best\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-subtitle\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(105, 105, 105); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.652px;\"\u003e\u003ch2 style=\"margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.25;\"\u003eUnderstanding and Using the Five Elements to Develop Children's Full Potential for Parents, Teachers, and Therapists\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"contributors\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 13px; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(105, 105, 105); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; line-height: 22.652px;\"\u003eKarin Kalbantner-Wernicke and Bettye Jo Wray-Fears With Thomas Wernicke\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"short-description\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 13px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(105, 105, 105); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.652px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"std\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003eThe authors describe an exciting new way of understanding a child's development by looking at how the Five Elements of Chinese thought can explain patterns of behaviour. They list the problems that can occur if a child's elements are not in balance and presents approaches and activities to help them become more balanced, happier and more resilient.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"std\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"std\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"box-collateral box-description\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; line-height: 22.652px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 10px 15px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: relative; background: rgb(167, 57, 64);\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"box-collateral-content\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; opacity: 1!important;\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"std\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003eUnderstanding child development through the prism of the Five Elements adds an exciting new dimension to western thinking on the nurture of children. It can not only explain patterns of behaviour in a new and helpful way, but suggest approaches and methods to help children, and groups of children, become more balanced and therefore happier, more resilient, and more open to learning and new experience.\u003cbr style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003eThe authors explain in detail the characteristics of each of the Five Elements of Chinese thought (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water) with their distinctive modes of expression and potential associated difficulties, and describe the problems that can occur if a child's elements are not in balance. In doing so, they provide a completely new and accessible way of understanding the emotional and behavioural state, and developmental stage of a child, in and out of the classroom. They introduce a wide range of easy-to-do and entertaining exercises and group activities to balance the elements, both individually and in groups.\u003cbr style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003eThis exciting and practical book will help anyone working with or caring for children to deepen their understanding of childhood behaviour in general, and of individual children in particular, and to take active steps to nurture their potential, including teachers, therapists, occupational therapists, Chinese medicine and other alternative medicine practitioners, and Qigong and martial arts teachers, as well as parents.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"box-collateral box-reviews\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; line-height: 22.652px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"reviews\" style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 10px 15px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: relative; background: rgb(167, 57, 64);\"\u003eReviews\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"box-collateral-content\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; opacity: 1!important;\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"std\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e'Children at Their Best will be enriching for every therapist who works with children…I know from several years of practical experience that it is very ambitious and difficult to supplement eastern wisdom - here the Five Element teaching - and western analytical knowledge usefully, but this volume masters the challenge impressively.'\u003cbr style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e- Dr Dorothea Zeise-Süss, member of the International Society of Traditional Japanese Medicine, author of Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA) for Practice\u003cbr style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e'Reading this wonderful book, I imagine children laughing and jumping with joy and I deeply appreciate the opportunity of reading it. Both Western and Eastern approaches are well-understood and fused into a very new style merging “five elements” with “play”. This book will be a mariner's compass for developing each child's potential and personality. A child's smile is the treasure of the world.'\u003cbr style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e- Sachiko Sugiyama, Acupuncturist, Daishi-Ryu, the Kanto region, Japan\u003cbr style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"\u003e'I love this practical guide for all involved with supporting children to develop their potential through understanding, in practical ways, how to integrate the ancient knowledge of the 5 elements. This knowledge is timeless and here are many practical ideas of how to include it in the modern world. 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