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How To Improve Your Child's Literacy

annie20 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:49:13 -0500

How To Make a Difference in Your Child's Education

3100 Caldera Blvd — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:54:13 -0500

How To Improve Your Child's Math Skills Using Dice

annie20 — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:49:30 -0500

How To Help Reluctant Readers at Home

caseynspeedy — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:53:04 -0500

Getting children to read at home is a difficult task in itself. But assisting kids who are struggling is a huge and sometimes tedious argument. Children who are struggling will avoid reading at all costs. There are a few things that can make everyone's lives easier.

How To Work with Young Writers

Ae640 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:05:27 -0500

Children don't really care if you are an extensively published writer. (You also don't have to be an expert children's book writer.) What children really care about is satisfying their curiosity about the exciting world of books and writing:

How To Teach Writing to Children

Ae640 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:39:23 -0500

Most children's book authors have a way of inspiring children not just to read more but also dream big - and become a writer. You can give the same inspiration directly - by teaching writing lessons to children.

How To Be an Effective Substitute Teacher

caseynspeedy — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:37:53 -0500

Substituting is the most difficult job! But there are a few things that can make your job easier. Keeping these quick tips in the forefront of your thinking will also make the teacher you are subbing for want to have you back in his/her classroom.

How To Get Children to Do Their Homework

caseynspeedy — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:13:27 -0500

Many parents struggle with getting their children to complete their homework. But as we are all aware from our own youth, it is important for student understanding. It is also important for teachers as they gauge student understanding from independent practice. So how do we make both of these worlds converge? Well, here are a few simple steps to help parents encourage their children to complete their homework with minimal anguish.

How To Inspire in Your Child a Love of Reading

Karen — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:05:28 -0600

10 Keys to the Treasure Chest
Mommy, read me a story--
One about heroes, one about glory.
Open the gate to a world I don't know.
Help me to learn...cause me to grow.

Josh dropped his wet baseball mitt on the kitchen floor and scrunched off his muddy tennis shoes. He knew Grandma must be in the attic. Climbing the retractable ladder, he spied Grandma sitting on a battered footstool, holding a bronze key in her right hand, just staring at it. Josh pulled himself up and asked, "What's that for?" Grandma grinned, stuck the key into the lock of the enormous leather trunk. Click! The domed top creaked open. Josh whispered, "What's inside? Can I see?" Curiosity swirled in the room like a summer breeze.

How To Easily Read Shakespeare

Marilisa560 — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:03:25 -0600

I think that if a poll was taken of high school students asking, 'Who would you most wish to see tortured?', William Shakespeare would top the list. English teachers love the Bard in all his wonderful, bawdy 16th century dialogue and prose; English students hate him for the same reason. If you need or want to read a comedy, tragedy or sonnet of Shakespeare's and don't know how to begin, here are some tips to get you started.