Make a holiday calendar
Help your first-grader discover the meaning (and math) of December.
Map out spice routes
Give middle-schoolers a geography lesson by mapping the spices in their favorite recipes.
Snowman race
Help kids brush up on basic math with a deck of cards and a paper snowman in this fast-paced game.
Snowball fight
Help children learn about the coordinate plane by trying this twist on Battleship.
Special needs and summer jobs
A summer job can be the key to future success for teens with learning disabilities.
Preschool Dolch sight words
For early readers, memorizing sight words is invaluable for literacy. Here are the 40 sight words that will help your preschooler start learning to read.
Dolch kindergarten sight words
For early readers, memorizing sight words is invaluable for literacy. Here are the 46 sight words that will help your kindergartner start learning to read.
Jane Healy on "I hate school!"
If parents hear this repeatedly, the bestselling author of Your Child's Growing Mind says they need to spring into action and do these two things.
Sara Bennett on "I hate school!"
The Case Against Homework author suggests doing something unconventional rather than giving the usual, "You have to go!" response when facing this parenting dilemma.
John Duffy on school refusal
Beyond "I don't want to go to school," there's a whole other level of dread. It's called school refusal, and we're only just beginning to understand it.
Activity: Act out a script
How you can help at home: Read a script with your child to practice reading skills.
Kindergarten word game
Play this game to teach your child more words
The right way to teach
The founder of Uncommon Schools, a network of charter schools in New Jersey and New York, shares teaching techniques that work in and out of the classroom.
Get kids reading this summer
Creative ideas for encouraging children to beat the heat and hit the books.
Grade retention
What is grade retention 鈥� and should you consider it for your child?
Bestseller's writing tips blast through resistance to teach kids to write.
A best-selling author offers five techniques to get kids excited about putting words on the page.
Sports: the next inclusion frontier?
Kids on IEPs need to get in on the fun in sports and PE classes
Kindergarten sorting games
10 fun ways to practice sorting at home.
5 ways to make family dinnertime easy and fun
Surprise! Eating together helps kids in school and life. Try these 5 ways to make family dinners easy and fun.
How to pick the perfect learning toy
Here鈥檚 our insider鈥檚 guide to the tricks of the learning toy trade. Hint: Electronic and trendy doesn't necessarily mean "educational."
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