Based on a weekly newspaper column intended to encourage parents to become involved in their children's education, this book provides encouragement and specific suggestions, in 16 chapters, for parents who want to help their children learn from everyday experiences. The chapters are: (1) "Who, Me? A Teacher?" (2) "Your Child's Self Esteem"; (3) "Developing Skills for Learning"; (4) "Developing a Love of Reading"; (5) "Learning To Read"; (6) "Beginning To Print"; (7) "Language: Having Fun with Words"; (8) "Math: So Much More than Counting!" (9) "Developing Muscles, Coordination, and 'Good Sports'"; (10) "Creative Thinking"; (11) "Encouraging Your Child's Curiosity"; (12) "Nurturing Artistic Expression"; (13) "Singers, Dancers, and Music Makers"; (14) What about Television?" (15)"Summer: Dealing with 'Mom, What Can I Do?'" and (16) "Entering Kindergarten." An annotated list of parenting resources is included. Contains 53 references. (DR)