How To Talk To Kids About What’s Happening In The World
With everything happening in the world, it's important for parents to know how to explain current events to kids in a safe way they'll understand.
5 Ways To Play With Your Kid That Are So Fun, They Won’t Realize They’re Learning
5 Ways To Play With Your Kid That Are So Fun, They Won't Realize They're Learning
How to Help Middle School Students Develop Crucial Skills This Year
Most middle school students have not mastered the self-regulation skills they need for distance learning, but these simple strategies can help.
School bus safety during the COVID-19 pandemic: 8 recommendations
A researcher explains what it will take to make sure children are reasonably safe from catching the coronavirus aboard school buses
How to keep kids active while learning from home—and why that’s vital
How to keep kids active while learning from home—and why that's vital
Three health tips for heading back to school
Shopping for school supplies is often a regular ritual for many students. But parents also need to make sure that their children are healthy before the first school bell rings.
Heavy electronic media use in late childhood linked to lower academic performance
A new study of 8- to 11-year olds reveals an association between heavy television use and poorer reading performance, as well as between heavy computer use and poorer numeracy--the ability to work with numbers.
Why children should be watching TV with the subtitles on
Turning on the subtitles can have a range of benefits for children's reading and language learning.
Back To School At Home: How To Create Space For Learning
Remote learning presents a new challenge for many parents: finding room and creating an environment conducive to in-house learning, often while they are working from home themselves.
The Back To School Crisis And What We Must Do About It: Part Two
Parents feel whipsawed by fluctuating and contradictory information about their children’s school and health. They hear vastly different information from national, state and local sources about children, COVID and how schools will approach the coming months.