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Blogs
Teaching Tips, Readiness, Announcements
It’s that time of the year again—time to head back to school, but it’s also time to establish your students’ baseline by assessing their beginning-of-the-year skills.
3 minutes
Home Connection, In the News
What World Letter Writing Day Means for Students
5 minutes
Teaching Tips, Readiness
Before the bell rings, get the products and training you need for back to school success!
1 minute
Ask the Experts, Summer, Teaching Tips
5 Summer-to-School Activities
5 Summer-to-School Activities
In the News, Announcements
It’s International Youth Day and young people around the world are encouraged to let their voices be heard on issues affecting their communities.
2 minutes
Home Connection, Teaching Tips
August 9 is National Book Lovers Day! We’re celebrating by reading the lesser known books by some of our favorite children’s authors. While you might not find The Giving Tree or Where the Wild Things Are on this list, you’ll still find some treasures by these beloved authors. So grab a cup of tea (iced—it’s summer, after all) and gather your little learners around to celebrate all things book-related.
3 minutes
Teaching Tips, Multisensory Learning
Technology is an invaluable asset to the classroom and can include multimedia visuals and interactive instruction to enhance learning.
4 minutes
Teaching Tips
Kids are on computers, and, yes, there is a lot of technology in the classroom today. There also is, however, a lot of paper and pencil work taking place every day in classrooms. Children have to take notes in all subjects; they have to complete assignments in all subjects; and they have to take tests in all subjects. They do all those things through writing. In fact, most of a student’s day is spent using paper and pencil.
3 minutes
In the News
On August 1 of every year, we celebrate the creation of the World Wide Web (you know, the internet, the net, the web, the interwebz, Google’s home) and how it allows us to share a plethora of information with one another in mere seconds.
2 min