'Masterful advice for parents seeking a school-ready, head start for their child. 'Robyn Gordon, Psychologist, The Cairnmillar Institute. Illuminating his broad experience and knowledge of kids and early parenting, psychologist and educator, Greg Nicholson, sets out his tried and tested guidelines for parents of preschoolers, on how to prepare their youngsters, step by step, for that first important year of school. The chapters, for both adults and their kids, are brief but concise. While alerting the grown-ups to the pitfalls of mollycoddling, hovering and of telling their little charges they're the smartest kids around, the book of 244 pages, covers every base from dressing, motor skills and handling the lunch box, to exciting awareness, learning assertiveness and respect, and grasping new concepts using a neat bag of tools. Each guideline contains an Activity box for practising kiddiwinks to learn and hone their new skills and to thus achieve the book's ultimate goal: the icing on the cake-a confident, eager young child, striding forth on the path of independence to conquer a thrilling new world.