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Kids Going Into Kindergarten

by Tonya

in Parenting Tips, School, Teaching Your Kids About...

Here is a website at Scholastic that my son’s Jr. Kindergarden teacher sent out to all the parents.  It gives some very useful tips on preparing your child for Kindergarten and helping him/her have a smooth transition (especially if you’re moving to a new town this summer like I might be!).
Click here to see the [...]

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Teaching Children Learning Handwriting

by Tonya

in Disciplining Children, Food/Recipes, Life Challenges, School, Teaching Your Kids About...

Teaching children learning handwriting skills can be difficult when they have not yet obtained the fine motor skills necessary to grasp a pencil or crayon and controlling the lines they make with one.  Children learning handwriting skills poses challenges for many children Pre-K through 5th Grade.
My 5 year old son, Sawyer, is in Jr. Kindergarten [...]

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Watching Television: Effects on Kids

by Tonya

in General, Health Tips, Parenting Tips, School

This is an article that was sent to me about the negative effects that TV watching has on kids.
Teresa Belton, a research associate at East Anglia University in England, first got interested in daydreaming while reading a collection of stories written by children in elementary school. Although Belton encouraged the students to write [...]

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Sleep: Why Kids Need It

by Tonya

in Health Tips, School

Sleep is necessary for the learning of children of all ages.  This is an article a friend sent me on how children of all school ages need appropriate sleep in order to learn better.
FRIDAY, Dec. 5 (HealthDay News) –
College students who think all-night study sessions will help them remember facts might want to get [...]

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Make Going Back to School Fun

by Tonya

in Fun Things To Do, School

Are you looking forward to school starting or do you fear the whining and moaning that may accompany that from your children? Here are a few tips on how you can help your children look forward to going back to school and how to make it fun! (*These ideas came from [...]

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