How to help your child get over nervousness about tests
Tests make kids anxious, which can prevent them from doing their best. Here's how you can help.
What to expect from your first parent-teacher conference
Now that your child is in kindergarten, it's time to sit down with the teacher and hear how things are going. Here's how to prepare.
The truth about your 9th grader's GPA
Here are four things parents need to know about freshman year grades 鈥� and talking points to explain them to your teen.
Like a Sponge podcast: This is Only a Test
Listen in as Like a Sponge, 樱桃视频' new podcast for parents about the science of learning, gets deep into the hotly debated subject of standardized testing.
How learning a foreign language builds tolerance
Learning another language is associated with a host of benefits 鈥� including building cultural competence.
Doing a January check-in with your 9th grader
Your child is halfway through freshman year. If you don鈥檛 already, make a regular practice of sitting down with your teen and talking about how they feel about school, grades, classes, and teachers.
Doing a January grade check with your 10th grader
Grades count for college. With a new report card in hand, now is a good time to review your child鈥檚 grades and classes together.
Three ways to share your high expectations with your child's teacher
It's important for parents to tell teachers about their high expectations for their child. Telling a teacher about high expectations raises the teacher's expectations of the student and helps the teacher understand what to do to help the student progress in class. This in turn will cause the child to work harder to meet the parents' and teacher's high expectations. This video shows how parents can communicate their high expectations to the teacher. It is most appropriate for parents of kids in third grade, fourth grade, and fifth grade.
How to prepare for a parent-teacher conference
Meeting with a teacher can be a tense time for a parent, but parent-teacher conferences are an important way for parents to learn about what's going on in the classroom. This video offers parents easy ways to improve communication and make sure the meeting is worthwhile. The video is most appropriate for parents of children in kindergarten, first grade, and second grade.
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