Keep Kids Learning and Having Fun All Summer Long
(June 2, 2004, Baltimore, MD) -- For children, summer is a break from the classroom and a time to play outside, have fun with friends and enjoy family vacations. Summer can also be a great opportunity to help children enhance math, reading, and writing skills, and prepare for the upcoming school year.
"Students can lose one or two months worth...... >Read More
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Reading Tips for Parents
Talk to your children, and encourage them to talk. Include vocabulary lessons in everyday activities, explaining to your children what things are called and having them tell you what things are and what words mean. This will help you ensure that your children know words and can properly use them in conversation.
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Help your teen clean up his language
“Mom, why do teenagers use swear words?” innocently asks ten year old Kaytie. This child’s question is one that many parents ask themselves, their friends and families virtually every day. Whether overhearing a teen talking on the phone, chatting with a friend in the basement, or in the heat of an argument between siblings, parents of teens...... >Read More
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Handling Homework
Whenever I start a sentence with the words, "Tonight's homework is", I know it will be met with moaning and groaning. I am never surprised by my students' attitude toward extra assignment. In fact, I can even sympathize with them. After all, they have been cooped up in my classroom all day doggedly working sums and sounding out new... >Read More
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Teach the Children at Home? Who, me?
It is a growing trend for families in North America and in other parts of the world. Home schooling is a phenomenon, and it's proponents are more than willing to tell you why.
Home schooling was not the first thing that Ann Feenstra would have thought to choose for her family. "It intrigued my husband right away," she says, "but... >Read More
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The Difference
When I think of Christmas, I often think of something that happened... >more
Helping Your Child Love Learning
It's September, and you can feel the anticipation in the air.
As you... >more
What Do You Fear?
