September 17, 2011

Today is your last chance to get an awesome deal on in-home reading tutoring and math tutoring from Kaplan Tutoring, which also includes an online assessment and four months of access to their online SmartTrack software. Our outstanding certified tutors, who travel to New York’s most kid friendly neighborhoods like TriBeCa, Chelsea, the Upper West [...]


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September 12, 2011

Back to School is an important time to set habits that last throughout the school year. Journal writing is essentially a question of just developing a habit. Once the routine is established, keeping to it is easy, and its rewards are so valuable that it can become like distance running—those who [...]


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July 21, 2011

Take advantage of the opportunities you have now for reading enrichment and pleasure through shared reading.


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July 18, 2011

Fun books that kids love for summer reading, and year-round!


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July 11, 2011

For many kids, it can can be challenging to get the hang of numbers and master the math concepts of digits and place value (ones, tens, hundreds, thousands). Finding a painless way to practice math concepts like these can be an even bigger challenge! With this intriguing little game that involves luck, strategy and a lot of number-building practice, you can sit down with your child and practice reading multiple-digit numbers without boring her to tears.


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July 7, 2011

This is an easy add-on to the summer reading your child is already doing that will develop your child’s reading confidence, provide extra reading practice, and help reinforce the habit of reading just for pleasure.
Materials

Plentiful source of books—check out the school or local library
Several copies of your book report form that you write together

Getting Ready
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July 4, 2011

Today is your last chance to get 5 weeks of unlimited access to math & reading lessons for the kids for just $4!*


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July 1, 2011

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June 30, 2011

Here’s an activity that gives your young learner a way to develop his own measurement tool for describing wind force.


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June 27, 2011

Averages come up in everyday life all the time, and knowing what averages mean and how to find averages helps your child think about them differently whenever they come up. There are lots of real-world situations that you can use to help your child practice calculating averages, from baseball scores to hours of sleep.
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