The first half of 2020 saw an unprecedented amount of time spent at home due to social distancing, school closures, online classes, and remote work. While it was a good opportunity to spend quality time with family and escape from a busy life, it also revealed a more relaxed and comfortable side of myself and my children. In this issue, we have selected books that can help children during their vacation and assist us in re-establishing our daily routines as we return to our regular lives and workplaces.

Study Head Reading Method  
Everything about feasible and sustainable reading education  
By Choi Seung-pil | Book Guru

"Study Head Reading Method" is a reading education guide that consolidates the know-how accumulated by author Choi Seung-pil over 12 years of conducting reading and essay classes with children. Although he is a professional who travels nationwide giving lectures on reading methods, this book focuses solely on reading techniques that can be implemented at home. It is filled with effective reading methods backed by real-life examples and data. Equally important is the author’s insight into the essence and principles of reading education. As a children’s book author and a father who reads to his three children daily, Choi often includes reflections on the thoughts of both children and parents. Through sincere writing, he offers refreshing solutions to various challenges encountered in reading education. Each chapter concludes with an information page featuring 14 reading methods applicable based on the child's grade and reading level. The reading method pages, presented in a planner format, include points to watch out for and specific reading outcomes, making it easy for anyone to create a reading plan. The final chapter, "How to Boost Language Skills in a Short Time," is packed with content that adult readers can also implement. Following the engaging narrative feels like attending a live lecture by the author, and by the end of the 300-plus pages, the principles of reading education are clearly summarized. "Study Head Reading Method" is an essential book for parents of elementary and middle school students who want to recharge their motivation whenever they feel weary of reading education.

Play Outside the Box  
Creative Gifted Education by Professor Kim Kyung-hee, Nobel Prize in Creativity Education  
By Kim Kyung-hee | Forche

Professor Kim Kyung-hee, a world authority and master of creativity education, has dedicated over 30 years solely to researching creativity. Having studied under Dr. E. Paul Torrance, the father of creativity, Professor Kim has explored the secrets of creativity by researching innovators like Einstein and Steve Jobs, who have "changed the world for the better." This book is written with a heartfelt desire to enhance our children's creativity for the future of South Korea. Professor Kim, who was the first foreigner to receive the "Torrance Award," known as the Nobel Prize of creativity in 2018, introduces a "creative gifted education method" based on the CAT theory developed through thorough and scientific research, empowering parents to nurture their children's creativity.

The Power of Tiny Habits  
How to Create the Best Changes  
By James Clear | Business Books

The author, once a promising high school baseball player, suffered a severe accident when he was struck in the face by a teammate's bat during practice. This incident shattered 30 bones in his face, caused his left eye to bulge, putting him at risk of blindness, and resulted in three cardiac arrests. Instead of succumbing to despair, he resolved to find and repeat even the smallest actions he could do at that moment. After practicing walking daily, he was able to engage in sports within six months and became the top male athlete in college six years later. Drawing from this experience, he became a leading self-development expert, sharing the "power of tiny habits" that saved him from the depths of life. "The Power of Tiny Habits" distills the author's vivid experiences along with the latest research in biology, neuroscience, and psychology to present know-how for transforming life through a single habit. If you have resolved to "exercise in the new year," from the author's perspective, this goal is destined to fail. This is because creating a habit requires clarity in commitment (First Law), attractiveness (Second Law), ease (Third Law), and satisfaction (Fourth Law). The above resolution does not meet any of these criteria. To truly create a habit that leads to change, your approach must be completely different. This book explains how to achieve rapid, efficient, and certain change based on these four laws. Whether it's quitting smoking, dieting, or achieving outstanding results in business, if you adopt the methods proposed by the author to gradually build good habits, you will attain whatever you resolve to achieve.

The Art of Starting  
Seven Weapons for Lazy Perfectionists Who Just Worry in Bed  
By Gary Bishop | Woongjin Knowledge House

Even if you learn that repeating something 100 times can create a good habit or that practicing for 10,000 hours can make you an expert, if you never take that first step, all the ambitious reading will be for nothing. Ask yourself honestly: Have you really done nothing because you didn’t know how? Every New Year, on the first of each month, or starting next week, or even tomorrow, you resolve to live differently, yet you always end up regretting that you never truly started. Gary Bishop, the author of "The Art of Starting," is the person who helps you take that first step. This book provides seven affirmations that can help you stop the negative self-talk that holds you back and awaken your true potential. It introduces essential tools for igniting action in a way that delivers powerful insights and persuasion. The author firmly states, "If you sit still waiting to feel perfect, you will never start anything," encouraging readers to shed feelings of defeat and helplessness and move forward decisively.