Q: If juvenile offenders learn to read can juvenile crime be prevented? Answer: YES. Learn to read and many juvenile offenders can reach a turning point. How many of us think about the number of juveniles incarcerated in detainee facilities? Recidivism rates among juveniles is very high. For many, it is a revolving door. What happens […]
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Do you know your child’s learning styles? Many utilize a combination. Parent tips for activities for three learning styles.
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Reading skills start young and last a lifetime. There are many challenges for parents as you raise your children. The rules of the game seem to change every day making it even more challenging to keep up. All parents want first, is that their children are healthy, happy, and safe. After that however, there are
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“In the pages of a book anyone can be a great explorer or become their dream. The power of education and daydreaming creates the innovators of the future.”—Archer Sierra Reading and your child’s interest in reading was on my local news last evening. http://www.kpho.com/story/28202822/kids-need-to-read-provides-books-to-disadvantaged-arizona-school-kids I can’t tell you how many times, as a Reading Specialist,
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Reading skills increase with movement. Winter is taking its toll. Snow piled up, schools closed, and some of the coldest temperatures on record! Are your kids suffering from cabin fever? How are their reading skills? Keep them moving. Research has shown that movement aids in cognitive processing and focus. Ask a ballerina. My daughter
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Exercise your child’s learning brain and develop reading skills using tracing. Tracing is great visual perception and motor skill practice which helps build reading skills. Tracing develops the hand-eye coordination needed for reading and writing and the fine motor skills for writing. Tracing also exercises their ‘eye for detail’ which aids in decoding and comprehension. Let’s
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Reading skills are a construction zone of Benchmarks. Architects and carpenters are builders who use ‘benches’ and ‘blueprints’ for tools as they build their structures. Teachers and parents are architects and builders also. Their ‘benches’ and ‘blueprints’ just look different when assessing reading skills. Benchmarks are the benches and blueprints for teachers and parents, as
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Many kids dread going back-to-school because of the looming amounts of homework. Parents, do you sigh also? “Schooling should teach kids how to learn, and parents should teach them how to work by establishing work rules and work ethic at home. Homework provides an opportunity for parents to reinforce and build upon what a child
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5 ways to make reading fun: help your child learn to read! Did you know that most kids stop reading by their fourth grade year in school? That’s a scary thought! Reading is an important part of a child’s success in school, in life and well into their adulthood. If we want to help our
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First Grade Reading Tips: Reading is important across the curriculum, from a very early age, children who learn to read earlier on in life tend to develop a better understanding of the topic at hand. Research shows that children who are read to from an early age, tend to develop good reading skills and have
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