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6 Ways To Encourage Your Teen to Put Down the SmartPhone and Pick Up a Book

With technology not going anywhere anytime soon, how can parents encourage their teens to step away for a moment from the screens and pick up a good book once again?

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4 Skills Your Child Needs To Know Before Entering Kindergarten

Amy Bizzarri

Is your child ready for kindergarten this fall?

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Tips to Help Your Teen Driver Navigate the Roads Safely and Soundly

Amy Bizzarri

How can we improve the safety of our youngest drivers? Here are some tips to help your teens navigate the roads safely and soundly.

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Sensory Bins 101: Open-Ended Play At It’s Best

Andrea Ortega

Sensory bins offer highly tactile materials that you can manipulate in various ways. Think the beach or mud pies in a box.

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Why Are We Sending Them Away? Thoughts on Preschool and TK

Andrea Ortega

Are too many of children heading off to a Transitional Kindergarten (TK) instead of preschool?

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Bloom’s Taxonomy: A Parent’s Guide to Higher-Level Thinking Skills

Andrea Ortega

Bloom's taxonomy addresses the increasing level of cognitive thought and understanding needed in students as they move through education.

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How to Encourage Child-Directed Play

Andrea Ortega

Top toys and materials to keep at home to encourage child-directed play and activities.

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Put Yourself In Their Shoes: Exploring Early Math

Andrea Ortega

In How To Help Kids Learn Math, I described what a revelation it was to put myself into a young child's shoes, and to remember what it was like to be introduced...

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