19 Questions Parents Should Be Asking Teachers
This website has some questions you can ask teachers to better clarify what's
happening in the classroom, and then help parents decide on the kind of
non-superficial actions you can perform at home to truly support the learning
of your child.
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Study: Too Many Structured Activities May Hinder Children's
Executive Functioning
This is a study done with 70 six year old children.
Very interesting! Give you child lots of free time to play!
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Internet Safety for Children
NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational program of the National Center for
Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) that provides age-appropriate resources to help
teach children how to be safer on- and offline. The program is designed for children ages 5-17,
parents and guardians, educators, and law enforcement.
With resources such as videos, games, activity cards, and presentations,
NetSmartz entertains while it educates.
Our Goals
Educate children on how to recognize potential Internet risks
Engage children and adults in a two-way conversation about on- and offline risks
Empower children to help prevent themselves from being exploited and to report
victimization to a trusted adult
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50 books every parent should read to their kids.
According to a new study, the hallowed practice of bedtime reading is falling by the wayside — and
that some quarter of a million children in the UK do not own a single book. This is a terrible
shame, as regular bedtime stories have been shown to increase children’s performance in school,
and are also awesome and can help create strong lifetime bonds, both with literature and with
parents. So, from the peanut gallery of those who loved being read to (and still wouldn’t say
no to a bedtime story): 50 books that every parent should read to their child.
For the purposes of this list, we’re only considering books aimed primarily at children under 10
(according to the School Library Journal), which means you won’t find outstanding
children’s chapter books like The Hobbit, A Wrinkle in Time,
Patricia C. Wrede’s Enchanted Forest Chronicles, or C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia
here, nor will you find mention of your favorite bespectacled wizard — the idea being that these
are books kids are more likely to read for themselves, without your pesky interference.
Of course, many parents will want to read these aloud as well, but with any luck, your kids
will be sneaking the book open and reading ahead long after you’ve gone to bed. We’ve also
limited ourselves, for sanity’s sake, to one book per author. And finally, though these are,
in Flavorwire’s estimation, 50 books every parent should read to their child,
they are not the only 50 — so add any personal favorites in the comments!
Helping Kids Cope with Tragedy
2016 Pediatricians Set New Guidlines for Electronics
For children ages 6 and older, place consistent limits on the time spent using media, and the types of
media, and make sure media does not take the place of adequate sleep, physical activity and other
behaviors essential to health.
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