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Ways to Keep Your Child Reading While Out of School

As students acclimate to virtual classrooms, parents’ partnerships with teachers are more important than ever.  Students benefit from structure and multi-sensory activities (visual, auditory, and kinesthetic) in the classroom, but parents and caregivers can implement their own similar strategies.
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Activities to Help Reading

Great Board Games and Family Activities to Help Young Learners Build New Skills

Take advantage of the extra family time and up your game! Grab some of your favorite board games and dust off ones the kids think they’ve outgrown. And who really outgrows Connect4 or CandyLand? Tailor games from your shelf or…
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Fairy Tale Narratives

Favorite Fantasy Tales For Every Reading Level

There’s something special about fantasy. For generations, readers young and old have been swept up in stories filled with wondrous characters, enchanting lands, and whimsical creatures.
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Sand Tray for Literacy Skills

How to Help Your Child Build Reading Skills Over Break

While students are on break, it can be difficult to get children to practice reading skills. However, if you make it fun, they can improve their skills without realizing it! The following are activities and games that you can do…
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Books

Emily Hanford Q&A (Part 2)

Emily Hanford is a senior education correspondent at APM Reports, the documentary and investigative journalism group at American Public Media. She has been working in public media for more than two decades as a reporter, producer, editor, news director, and…
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Book Recommendations for Every Reading Level

With so many distractions in today’s world, from television to video games to texting, books may not make it on a child’s to-do list. Some children may view reading as a “chore” or something that accompanies a homework assignment. 
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