Find smart academic advice for helping kids in every grade and subject.
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School and LearningStudy Skills
Learn how to communicate with a teacher who assigns your child too much homework.
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School and LearningHomeschoolingBy FamilyEducation Editorial Staff
How can you improve spelling, vocabulary, and writing skills and have fun at the same time? Pick up some poetry!
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School and LearningHomeschooling
Teens represent the fastest growing segment of the homeschool population. The good news is, homechooling seems to be a very successful option. I can suggest some articles to help you get started.
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School and LearningHomeschooling
Learn why homeschoolers certainly are welcomed into colleges and universities.
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School and LearningElementary School
Read tips to determine whether your young child is being challenged in school.
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School and LearningSchool Performance
Read why this expert feels that retention usually doesn't work.
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School and LearningHigh School
Learn from an expert how to talk to your child when he says he dislikes school.
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School and LearningKindergarten
This expert explains that the focus in the typical kindergarten class is on teaching children pre-reading skills.
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School and LearningSchool Performance
Not doing well might be a bid for attention -- any kind of attention, even if it's bad.
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School and LearningLearning Styles
Finding topics of interest is a common problem for young readers with advanced ability.
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School and LearningLearning Styles
Yes, there may be advantages to homeschooling your dyslexic child, and no, in most states you do not have to be specially trained to teach your child.
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School and LearningHomeschooling
There are ways to determine if your child is reading on his grade level. But you do not have to judge your homeschooled child by traditional school standards.
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School and LearningHomeschooling
Homeschooling means learning outside of the public or private school environment. For most families, their "schooling" involves being out and about each day, learning from the rich resources available in their community, and through interactions with other families who homeschool.
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School and LearningLearning Styles
Even when a learning disabled child is making little progress, for their social health it may be better to keep them with children their own age.
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School and LearningYour Child's School
Is there an advantage to having grades K-6 in the same school, as opposed to grouping K-2 and 3-6?
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School and LearningParental Involvement
When a child's aptitude in a particular subject is declining, you can take steps to reverse the trend.
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School and LearningParental Involvement
Find out what to do when your child takes a "homework vacation."
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School and LearningStudy SkillsBy FamilyEducation Editorial Staff
Sometimes the environment should be adjusted in order to achieve good notes from your LD child.
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