Learning Enrichment
Resources for enriching your elementary child's education. Elementary school tips and tools for parents.
Learning Games for Kids and Families
Play is the work of childhood and games for kids and families are the perfect way to reinforce and extend the skills children learn at school. Stock up on great board games for your family or find ideas to make inexpensive and quick games at home.
Play is the work of childhood and games for kids and families are the perfect way to reinforce and extend the skills children learn at school. Stock up on great board games for your family or find ideas to make inexpensive and quick games at home.
Top 3 Kids' Reference Books
Top picks - kids' dictionaries, thesauruses, grammar helpers
Top picks - kids' dictionaries, thesauruses, grammar helpers
An 8-Week Home Learning Program for Early Elementary Kids
Follow this eight-week summer home learning plan for a structured program of Reading, Math, Writing/Spelling/Vocabulary, and Science/Social Studies activities. Geared to grades kindergarten to second, this plan focuses heavily on key areas of early elementary skill development.
Follow this eight-week summer home learning plan for a structured program of Reading, Math, Writing/Spelling/Vocabulary, and Science/Social Studies activities. Geared to grades kindergarten to second, this plan focuses heavily on key areas of early elementary skill development.
Help Your Child Learn to Read
Parents can follow the lead of elementary educators to find at-home activities to enrich children's reading skills.
Parents can follow the lead of elementary educators to find at-home activities to enrich children's reading skills.
Help Your Child Learn Math Skills
Children need many experiences with math concepts to develop their skills in the elementary years. Parents can help at home with these ideas to teach math reasoning and increase their child's math problem solving skills.
Children need many experiences with math concepts to develop their skills in the elementary years. Parents can help at home with these ideas to teach math reasoning and increase their child's math problem solving skills.
Help Your Child Learn Writing Skills
Children need lots of practice with writing to develop their skills in the elementary years. Parents can help at home with these activities and ideas.
Children need lots of practice with writing to develop their skills in the elementary years. Parents can help at home with these activities and ideas.
Language Development in the Elementary Years
What parents can do to enrich children's language development during the elementary years.
What parents can do to enrich children's language development during the elementary years.
Discover and Nurture Your Child's Learning Strengths
Understanding multiple intelligences and personal learning styles helps you enrich your child's learning and overall development.
Understanding multiple intelligences and personal learning styles helps you enrich your child's learning and overall development.
Children and Poetry
Children and poetry are a natural fit. They rhythm and language of poetry makes it perfect for reading aloud to your child. To introduce your child to the world of poetry, your first stop should be the bookstore. Then, take the next step to teach your child to memorize poetry. Deepen your child's interest in poetry with at-home activities and fun ways to write poetry.
Children and poetry are a natural fit. They rhythm and language of poetry makes it perfect for reading aloud to your child. To introduce your child to the world of poetry, your first stop should be the bookstore. Then, take the next step to teach your child to memorize poetry. Deepen your child's interest in poetry with at-home activities and fun ways to write poetry.
Steps to Developing Language Fluency in Young Children
Questions Parents should ask when Developing their Child’s Literary Skills. A step-by-step guide to developing your young child's language and reading fluency from guest author, Nicole Brekelbaum.
Questions Parents should ask when Developing their Child’s Literary Skills. A step-by-step guide to developing your young child's language and reading fluency from guest author, Nicole Brekelbaum.
Parents Play A Big Role in Kids' Science Fair Success
Science Fair Projects and parents go hand in hand. Help your child with these 6 tips or coaching and cheerleading your child's science fair project from Madeline Binder at www.super-science-fair-projects.com.
Science Fair Projects and parents go hand in hand. Help your child with these 6 tips or coaching and cheerleading your child's science fair project from Madeline Binder at www.super-science-fair-projects.com.
Precursors to Reading
Help your child enter kindergarten ready to read.
Help your child enter kindergarten ready to read.
After School Tutoring
After-school tutoring works great for busy families. Take advantage of the opportunities in your school and community.
After-school tutoring works great for busy families. Take advantage of the opportunities in your school and community.
Physical Education for Elementary Kids
Do we enhance our child's brain development when we give them opportunities for physical movement learning?
Do we enhance our child's brain development when we give them opportunities for physical movement learning?
Music and Learning
What parents need to know about the educational benefits of music for children.
What parents need to know about the educational benefits of music for children.
Elementary Math (for Parents!)
Parents learn how elementary math teaching practices are changing.
Parents learn how elementary math teaching practices are changing.