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Encouraging Children to Read
Situation: My child doesn't like to read, and will only do the bare minimum required to get though his homework. I know that fluency in reading is important to his success in school. How do I encourage him to...
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Encouraging Language Development
Today, I would like for you to take a moment to reflect on the concept of repetition. First of all however, let's review. In the last article, we looked at the significance of following your child's lead. Your...
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Homeschooling in Canada: Is it Legal?
One of the top three questions generally asked about homeschooling is, "Is it legal?" The easiest answer is "Yes. Everywhere in Canada and the United States, families can legally home educate...
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Reading Report Cards
When the school term ends and the report cards come home, it can be just as stressful for parents as it is for students. As a parent, it is important for you to know how to interpret your child's report card...
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How to Read a Report Card
Report cards get too little attention. Months in the making, they supply more answers and ask more questions than many people know. THE GRADES Many people count the letter grades and make a judgement...
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Demystify Your Child's Report Card
December signals the end of first term and the impending delivery of our child's report card. A report card is like a map of your child's educational journey and progress to date. It is also a good...
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Activity Overload: Balancing Your Child's Lifestyle
Even though provincial test results suggest academic skills are declining and standards are dropping, many parents appear to be too busy to pick up...
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Home-Based Education
Home education is rapidly re-emerging as the method of choice for a many families around the world. Exact numbers are difficult to quote since in many areas home educating families are not required to register...
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Sensing and Intuition
Do you remember the student who always had the answer before you had grasped the question and then had difficulty explaining how they got it as you struggled with the step by step process that you knew would lead...
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School Uniforms
How would you feel if your child's school proposed a mandatory school uniform policy? In some parts of the country and especially throughout the United States, the debate over school uniforms is raging ...
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Enriching Each Other
Music lessons, or the absence of lessons are the memories that cause most parents to consider lessons for their own children. Music lessons, or any lessons, might seem extravagant especially when money is tight...
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Kids and I.Q.
Call me a màre of little brain, but I can't quite understand this obsession in the news media with stories about IQ and kids. The latest: breast fed babies, it has been discovered, have higher...
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Montessori Education
The Importance of the Early Years Dr. Montessori, one of the most important educators of our time, emphasized the need for early education. She wrote, "The most important period of life is not the age of...
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Set the Stage for Lifelong Learning
"The way you interact with your child in the early years and the experiences you provide or encourage have a big impact on your child's emotional development, learning abilities and how he functions in later...
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Testing 1,2,3 (Grade Three Testing)
When elementary school student Carrie Ellis wrote her first set of standardized tests, her results were not very good. As the school year progressed, Carrie followed the same pattern, doing well in her daily...
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