Archive for the 'Primary School' Category

Million Word Challenge UPDATE

  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 »

The Million Word Challenge: Register today

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 »

Expand Your Read with Me/Lea Conmigo Family Literacy Program!

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 »

Elementary Math Success Using Base Ten Blocks

I’ve been a teacher for over a decade. When I became a teacher I was eager to teach kids differently than I had been taught. So much of how I was taught as a child was motivated by results, scores and performance. If I did well on the standardized test that proved that I was [...]

December 16 2007 | Child Education and Preschool Age and Primary School | No Comments »

Holidays – How to Make a Candy Wreath

By Vera Lang This video shows how to easily and inexpensively make a great gift for many holiday situations. It’s fun, great project you can do with children, for other children, for a shelter, for another family, for friends, as a holiday party gift, and of course, for you. I was surprised how easy it [...]

December 09 2007 | Child Play and Holiday Gift Idea and Holidays and Primary School | No Comments »

The Secret to First Grade Spelling

“Handwriting, reading and of course, 1st grade spelling are among the basic things your child learns in school. These three are very important as your child’s learning capacity with regard to these three aspects can make or break his learning habit and his learning desire as he matures. The earlier your child is taught and [...]

November 26 2007 | Child Education and Primary School | No Comments »