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8/30/2016

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Are all the papers a little overwhelming?

8/24/2016

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Do you get overwhelmed with all the papers and homework that your kids bring home from school? Sometimes they hand it to you right when you are not able to give it the attention it needs. A good solution is to designate a place in your home where only these bulletins, project notifications, or papers to be signed will be placed. It needs to be a place where you won’t forget about them but also a place where they won’t get crumpled or spilled on. This can be a basket in a central place or a clipboard for each child on a wall. Teach your children to take the papers out of their backpack each day after school and place them in the designated spot, then you can review them at a more convenient time. 


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"How was your day?"

8/21/2016

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Bored Kids at School?

8/20/2016

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This article is written by an Occupational Therapist named Victoria Prooday. It has great tips to start a new school year right and help our kids be successful.

Why our children are so bored at school, cannot wait, get easily frustrated and have no real friends. 
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Parental Involvement in Education

8/9/2016

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Re​search has shown that parental ​involvement benefits children’s education.
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Just look at the benefits...

 Southwest Educational Development Laboratory 
 “..students with involved parents, no matter their income or background, are more likely to:
  • ­Earn higher grades and test scores, and enroll in higher-level programs
  • ­Be promoted, pass their classes and earn credits
  • ­Attend school regularly
  • ­Have better social skills, show improved behavior and adapt well to school
  • ­Graduate and go on to post-secondary education”
- See more at:
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http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/Main-Menu/Public-education/Parent-Involvement/Parent-Involvement.html#sthash.GGCba3Uh.dpuf

 Harvard Family Research Project 
 “The results… indicate that parental involvement is associated with higher student achievement outcomes….For the overall population of students, on average, the achievement scores of children with highly involved parents was higher than children with less involved parents.”
Dec 2005
 http://www.cfw.tufts.edu/?/category/education-learning/3/topic/parent-involvement/66/

 Visible Learning: John Hattie Study on Influences And Effect Sizes Related To Student Achievement
 Parental Involvement has a greater effect on student achievement than Quality of Teaching, Class Size, or Teacher Training, among others.
 http://visible-learning.org/hattie-ranking-influences-effect-sizes-learning-achievement/

 The best person to advocate for a child is the adult that follows the child throughout their entire schooling career. This adult is the parent. Parents know their child best.
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