Making Everyday Choices

Preface: Why?
Acknowledgments: Thank you
Introduction: How

Chapter 1: Do's & Don'ts

Chapter 2: One Step Ahead
Buy Now . . . Uh Oh . . .
No Time?
Simplify
The Dreaded Homework
Tipping the Scales

Chapter 3: Action Figures
"No Thanks"
Which Way?
Rain, Rain, Rain
Sick to Your Stomach
Adults Make Decisions, too

Chapter 4: Opinion Lab
Back It Up . . .
The Majority Rules
Open Minds
Fill-in-the-Blanks
Should I or Shouldn't I?
Honest Opinion?

Chapter 5: Streamlining
Stuff
Write About "Anything"
Too Many Library Books!
Recipe for Friendship
Mixed Up
Zeroing In
Pick a Number, Any Number!

Chapter 6: Side By Side
Meet the Inventors
Gorilla or Elephant?
Juggling Act
Six Words
Me, Me, & Me
What's In a Name?
Take Me to Your Leader
Who Says I'm Bossy?
Companion Sidebar on Brainstorming

Chapter 7: Don't Jump!
Is Seeing Believing?
Scrumptious!
Fair or Unfair?
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Race in the Park
What's Inside?

Chapter 8: Huh? What Did You Say?
Better Safe Than Sorry
The Early Bird Gets the Worm
Don't Bite Off More Than You Can Chew
Don't Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch
Haste Makes Waste
Two Heads Are Better Than one

Chapter 9: How Did This Happen?
Oh, That Little Voice
Walking the Dog
Who Did It?
We Can
You Never Know
Imagine If
Cause and No Effect

Chapter 10: Words of Wisdom: From the Experts

Chapter 11: Food for Thought: A Menu for Educators
Leave It Alone
Outside the Cocoon
In My Opinion
What Do I Really Think?
Counterproductive
Getting Full
Wrong Foot Forward
Cut It Down
Who Me?
Before It Spirals . . .

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