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Parenting Today: Tips for a successful school year

Whether it's the beginning of the school year or well into the semester, sometimes helping a child succeed academically means understanding how he or she learns best. Experts say children's individual learning styles are linked to one or more of their senses...

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Math Woes

"I hate math!" Sound familiar? Every once in awhile, kids experience difficulties in math and for many, it's not their favourite subject. So here are some great fun and educational websites to get your kids excited about math and have them actually looking forward...

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Greeting Our Children With Report Cards

In the past, children were expected to achieve high marks on their report cards. If they did not, their parents might force them to do better by threatening or punishing them. Low marks were blamed on a lack of effort. No wonder some children feared the day they....

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Fun Summer Learning!

Homework during the Summer? The thought doesn't sound appealing to most kids however did you know that many children experience a loss of their learning skills over the summer vacation? Don't let your kids forget all they've learned this past school year...
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Top 5 Benefits Of Sign Language

With so much attention given in the last few years to the practice of signing with pre-verbal babies, if parents haven't yet made the decision to start signing with their baby they are likely thinking about it. There are so many benefits to signing...

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5 Homework Tips for Parents

Every parent has battled with their children on at least one occasion to try to get them to complete their homework. Most parents fight the homework battle on a weekly or daily, basis. Since homework is one of the struggles that parents of children often face, here are a few tips...

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Effective means of studying

It's a well-known fact that most of us study by reading and memorizing, often reviewing out notes again and again to retain the information for a test or exam. For some children, especially those with good visual memory skills, this is an effective means of studying.