A+ Parenting

The Surprisingly Fun Guide to Raising Surprisingly Smart Kids

By: Eva Moskowitz, Eric Grannis

Narrated by: Courtney Patterson

Eva Moskowitz, founder of the highly lauded Success Academy Charter Schools, shares her advice for raising smart, successful, and intellectually engaged children.

Eva Moskowitz has built a national reputation as the founder and leader of Success Academy Charter Schools, one of the country’s most highly regarded networks of schools, but while most people know Eva for her success in educating 20,000 mainly low-income students who are routinely accepted to our nation’s best universities, she has also been responsible for raising three children of her own. In A+ Parenting, Eva shares what she has learned both as a parent and an educator about raising children to be enthusiastic and successful learners.

Eva’s most important message is that parents can and should play a critical role in their children’s intellectual development. Each year, children only spend about 180 days in school; how they spend the remaining 185 days is up to their parents. Children who continue to learn when they are out of school will make far more progress than those who don’t, but parents need not attempt to recreate school at home. Instead, they can encourage their children to engage in fun activities that will have a huge impact on their creativity, intellectual curiosity, and attention span.

A+ Parenting is every parent’s must-have guide to enriching every aspect of a child’s life, from the morning carpool to the soccer field to the dinner table—without having to hire tutors or carve out more hours in the day. Moskowitz explains how to take the time you’re already spending with your children and make it more fulfilling and intellectually stimulating for them. The book is full of practical guidance such as:

• Which extracurricular activities are best for a child’s development.
• How children can learn by watching movies and playing games—and why you should reach for chess or Monopoly over checkers or Candyland.
• How to help your child overcome a learning disability and ensure it doesn’t undermine their self-confidence.
• Why getting angry at children doesn’t work but expressing disappointment does.

In addition to advice, this book is filled with carefully curated lists of educational activities, including games to play, movies to watch, puzzles to solve, books to read, music to listen to, and experiments to perform. These activities, supported with love and joy, are all parents need to turn their children into lifelong learners.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2023 Eva Moskowitz and Eric Grannis (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers

Must read

Fabulous book filled with simple tips to help all parents raise kids who enjoy learning and life - and finding the joy in parenting. As an educator I wish I could give this information to all of my parents and have them follow through with it. A worthwhile read/listen!

Eye Opener

This is a MUST listen to for All who have or work with children. My child goes to Success Academy, I wish I had known about this school when she was in Kindergarten. She began in the 4th grade and is now a 5th grader in Middle School. I find this book incredibly informative. I purchased it in Audible and listened to it while going about. I am trying to get my hands on the Enhancement.

Read and then reread.

Practical advice for fostering intelligence. The PDF was a gold mine of games and books to incorporate into your daily routines.