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Activities: Ages 5-7
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Can You Top This?
This site helps you to create a story as a team! Learning to take turns helps your child build spoken language skills as well as learn to work with others.
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Listen!
Close your eyes and have some fun! Listening to and giving directions helps your child to sharpen listening and speaking skills.
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It's a Match
Chore Time! Sorting and classifying helps your child to pay attention to details and recognize how things are alike and different.
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Let's Read
Knowledge is POWER! Reading is the single most important way for your child to develop the knowledge needed to become successful in school.
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Author! Author!
This site offers ideas for writing in so many fun and different ways! Reading and writing support each other. The more your child does of each, the better he will be at both.
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Now You See It, Now You Don't
Science is all around us! This site can bring out the scientist in your child! Doing simple science experiments at home can prepare your child to learn important science concepts—and the need to be patient.
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How Much Does It Weigh?
Math and Science work together! Build your child's interest in math and science by helping him to observe, estimate and weigh objects at home.
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Start to Finish
Prepare for success! Organization has to be learned. Help your child learn to plan, begin and finish a job.
Activities: Ages 7-9
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Where Did I Put That?
Everything in its place! Older children can need help getting organized. Creating a special place for school items will help make mornings smoother for both your child and you.
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My Place
Need Personal Space? This site provides ideas on how to create that personal space! Having a special place at home helps children to focus on what they are studying.
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Reading on the Go
Map out a road trip or a walk! Show your child that reading has value in everyday life.
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My Time Line
Work together to create a timeline of your child's life! Making and reading time lines helps children to learn about the flow of history and to develop an understanding of cause and effect.
Activities: Ages 9-11
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Time Flies
Where did the time go? Being on time or not being on time affects other people. It is important for children to understand their responsibility for being on time—it's not just for grown-ups.
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Homework Made Easy
Create a "to do" list in a fun and creative way! A homework chart can show your child exactly what he needs to do and when he needs to do it.
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Divide and Conquer
Chunk it and make it easier to do! Just about anything is easier to do if it's divided into smaller pieces. As your child's assignments get longer and more complicated, she needs to acquire more organizing and planning skills.
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Help Wanted
Let's Pretend! This site offers a way for your child to go on a job hunt! Older children are interested in life beyond school. You can help your child to have a realistic sense of that life and what he can do to prepare for it.
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TV Time
Make the most of "Screen Time!" Watching television can be educational for your child or just something that she does to fill the time.