Archive for the 'Child Education' Category
Help students read to succeed! Join the Million Word Challenge. Over the last week, 134 schools across Los Angeles County have taken on the challenge of encouraging their students to read millions of words outside of school. These Literacy Champions are joining us in increasing literacy rates among our students. Together, we are creating [...]
February 02 2012 | Child Education and Cultural Education and Language Skills and Preschool Age and Primary School and Single Parent | No Comments »
Challenge your students to read millions of words! Register today for the Million Word Challenge: www.millionwordchallenge.org The 2012 Million Word Challenge is a literacy campaign that encourages preschool – 12th grade students to read millions of words outside of school time. Each year, hundreds of schools participate in the challenge. Join them to promote a [...]
February 02 2012 | Child Education and Homeschooling and Language Skills and Preschool Age and Primary School and Single Parent | No Comments »
Thank you for supporting literacy through Read with Me/Lea Conmigo, a family engagement program designed to improve the early literacy skills of infants and toddlers, preschool children, and students in kindergarten through 1st grade. Expand your Read with Me program today for the low, one-time cost of $100 per student. Also, please feel free to [...]
May 12 2011 | Child Education and Cultural Education and Preschool Age and Toddlers | No Comments »
LéaLA Book Fair With a Mission to Make History in Los Angeles Isabel Allende, Elena Poniatowska, Laura Restrepo, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Carmen Boullosa, Francisco Martin Moreno, José José and Kate Del Castillo, are Among Presenters One of the most ambitious efforts to celebrate the world of Spanish language books will make its debut when [...]
April 29 2011 | Child Development and Child Education and Cultural Education and Homeschooling and Language Skills and Parenting in the News | No Comments »
Expand Your Read with Me/Lea Conmigo Family Literacy Program! Thank you for supporting literacy through Read with Me/Lea Conmigo, a family engagement program designed to improve the early literacy skills of infants and toddlers, preschool children, and students in kindergarten through 1st grade. Expand your Read with Me program today for the low, one-time cost [...]
April 14 2011 | Child Development and Child Education and Preschool Age and Primary School and Single Parent and Toddlers | No Comments »
Target awards grants to schools, libraries, and nonprofit organizations to support programs that promote reading in early childhood programs. The grants are intended to foster a love of reading and encourage children, preschool through third grade, to read together with their families. Target Early Childhood Reading Grants are for $2000 and are submitted through an [...]
March 31 2011 | Child Development and Child Education | No Comments »
Having a hard time this holiday season to feel festive??!! I have as I’m working this hard. Yes, yesterday’s snow helped a lot. But what really did the trick for me was this fun and excellent IU Acapella choir ‘Straight No Chaser’ singing Christmas carols. Christmas carols do not have to be obvious and ‘boring’. [...]
December 14 2008 | Child Music Education and Holidays and Teens | No Comments »
I came across this very interesting 4-part-article on Halloween, or rather, its pagan root holiday, Samhain, and I thought to feature it here. This article explains us how this special holiday is to teach us how to overcome fear. This article certainly gives a more comprehensive and soulful meaning to Halloween. It offers interesting stories [...]
October 31 2008 | Child Education and Cultural Education and Holidays | No Comments »
You know all the usual ways to foster intelligence–from educational toys to books to classical music. Here are nine ways you probably never thought of. Try these ideas today and watch your child’s mind grow. 1. Talk and listen.Have you ever explored an idea with a trusted friend? Your conversation probably helped you figure out [...]
March 16 2008 | Child Development and Child Education | No Comments »
Continuation of the article by Theresa Willingham She scored one point shy of admission to the gifted student program at our local elementary school. Because she didn’t hurry through a timed portion of the test – indeed, has never hurried through anything – a score sheet said she wasn’t The “profoundly gifted,” but just a [...]
February 22 2008 | Child Development and Child Education and Homeschooling | No Comments »
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