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Best Brain Foods for Kids 645 385 admin
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Best Brain Foods for Kids

Summer gives students a well deserved break. It’s a great time for them to play with friends, enjoy the warm weather, and stretch their legs after a year in the classroom. With all that fresh air, be sure they’re eating healthy too. Don’t let your child’s brain grow hungry this summer by feeding them these…

7 Educational Summer Activities for Kids 1000 667 admin
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7 Educational Summer Activities for Kids

When kids finish up with school, summer can feel long and boring. If you don’t have a whole slew of educational activities to keep children occupied, their brains could fall into the clutches of summer learning loss! That’s why we’ve put together this list of seven educational summer activities for kids to keep their minds…

5 Tips to Motivate Your Child to Learn 805 612 admin
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5 Tips to Motivate Your Child to Learn

Not all kids are excited to get in the classroom and participate in lessons. Inevitably, some children will need a little push to find their love of learning. Here are five tips to motivate your child to learn. 1. Explore Different Learning Styles Children don’t all learn the exact same way. Some are more visual,…

The Importance of “What did you learn today?” 1000 667 admin
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The Importance of “What did you learn today?”

When kids come home, many parents will ask, “How was school?” While this is a great prompt to see how well children like school, most likely they will just reply, “Fine,” or, “Good.” Unfortunately, students do not benefit from “fine” and “good!” Students benefit from parents and guardians asking a more open ended “What did…

Five Outdoor Learning Benefits 1000 699 admin
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Five Outdoor Learning Benefits

As spring moves across the country and the weather begins to warm up, all this sunshine has us wanting to be out frolicking in a field somewhere. With longing eyes staring out the classroom window, the best course of action is to just take the learning where the students want to be: outside! Not only…

10 Children’s Books to Look Forward to in Spring 2019 1000 668 admin
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10 Children’s Books to Look Forward to in Spring 2019

  March is reading month, but it’s also the beginning of spring 2019. With spring comes the promise of rainy days, blooming flowers, and, of course, new books! We’ve gone ahead and found ten super exciting children’s books to be released starting March or spring 2019. Who knows, one of these could be your student’s…

How ThinkStretch Satisfies Title 1 Parent and Family Engagement Requirements 1000 671 admin
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How ThinkStretch Satisfies Title 1 Parent and Family Engagement Requirements

Title 1 schools dedicate themselves to providing, “a fair, equitable, and high-quality education,” to all children, and closing the gaps in educational achievement. They create a more level playing field for students that normally sit on the academic sidelines. Often, the circumstances that put those students there in the first place are out of their control. Parent…

15 Black History Month Kids’ Books to Inspire You 993 726 admin
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15 Black History Month Kids’ Books to Inspire You

February is Black History Month, and we’ve found 15 great books to celebrate with. These titles both educate and empower children with the tales of various important figures in African American history, as well as kids just like them. As a parent, guardian, teacher, or mentor, it’s time to share these important moments of the…

7 Ways to Close your Classroom Achievement Gap 1000 622 admin
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7 Ways to Close your Classroom Achievement Gap

With around 15-30 students in the same classroom listening to the same teacher explain the same subject, you’d think they would learn the same too. That’s not the case. As teachers, you know the achievement gap exists on a large scale, moving and expanding from year to year. It also exists in a miniature form…

10 FREE Educational Apps with Value 1100 733 admin
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10 FREE Educational Apps with Value

With little hands constantly grabbing for tablets and phones, it’s important to make sure their screen time has value. Apps for kids are a dime a dozen, but not all are created equal. We tracked down the best free educational apps so your young learner can make the most of their time with the touchscreen.…

Your 2018 BrainFreeze Reading List 1100 733 admin
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Your 2018 BrainFreeze Reading List

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: students are more likely to finish a book that they choose. Because there are so many books and even more kids to read them, we’ve compiled a reading list of engaging children’s books that your student surely won’t be able to put down!   2-4 Years…

Summer Reading Challenge
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Summer Reading Challenge

The Summer Reading Challenge is an online way to encourage students and families to read over the summer by logging 20 minutes of reading five days a week.

Each time a student logs 20 minutes they earn a raffle ticket for a prize drawing. Students can create their personal online logins and track their progress as they earn raffle tickets. Registration for the Summer Learning Challenge will be available May 15.

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