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Denver Mom Publishes New Book That Helps Your Kids Learn at Home
Learning at home by Rhonda Cratty is a new parent resource that is filled with fun activities–from hiking, cooking, and games to homework help for family learning. Here is an example from Learning at Home. Teaching your child to summarize One area that is notorious for student confusion is summarizing. Teaching children to summarize is no small task. Summarizing is one of the hardest strategies for children to grasp. Because it is a skill that needs time. Your child needs to see and hear summarizing modeled. They need ample time and opportunities to practice it, daily. Summarizing is such a valuable strategy it is well worth a few small moments as you read those good night stories. What Is Summarizing? Webster’s calls a summary the “general idea in brief form.”...
The school cafeteria’s hurry up and eat policy–advice for quick, healthy lunches
Most parents tell me that their elementary school child has 20 to 25 minutes to enter the school cafeteria, search for her lunchbox buried in a portable tub, find a place to sit, open all the containers, eat (oh, right, eat), then clean and pack up before the bell rings. In an effort to ensure that their kids eat anything at all, well-meaning parents pack lunchboxes filled to the brim with typically, 7 to 8 different options! Picture this: Your little first grader searches for spot in a sea of tables, newly found lunchbox in hand. She squeezes in between her best friends, climbing up onto the metal bench, feet dangling, with her little elbows resting on the much too high table top, just below her chin. Most school cafeterias provide the same size seating for the entire school, whether the ...
