10 Old-Fashioned Skills Kids Still Need Today
From cooking to financial literacy, here are some basic skills all children need to learn
From Shakespeare to drawing sausage dogs: the best TV for homeschooling
With parents facing the prospect of more at-home education, the BBC and a plethora of YouTube creators have stepped up to help. Here are some of their best offerings
6 Ideas To Get Kids Physically Comfort While In Virtual Class
Here are a few ways parents can improve the at-home learning environment and help their children feel more comfortable during distance learning
How To Talk To Kids About Scary News
Experts share advice for discussing the violence on Capitol Hill and other difficult events with children.
74 Interview: SEL Expert Elizabeth Englander on Preserving Social-Emotional Learning During the Pandemic, the Key to Managing Screen Time — and Why Families Should Eat Dinner Together
A Social-emotional learning expert discusses pros and cons of social media for teens, tips for negotiating screen time and how teachers can help students deal with trauma and cyberbullying
Research Shows Students Benefiting From Arts Field Trips, But Will They Recede After COVID?
Research shows that student field trips to museums, theaters, and orchestras yield both academic and social-emotional benefits. But how will enrichment and arts programming recover from the pandemic?
Parent Poll: Vaccine ‘Absolutely Necessary’ for Sending Kids Back to Classrooms; 6 in 10 Will Immunize Their Children
Half of families say widely available vaccine ‘absolutely necessary’ for students’ return to classrooms in new poll. But more than half of them will delay or reject their own kids' immunization
Pediatricians’ group says school is priority, with proper safety measures
The American Academy of Pediatrics reaffirmed its recommendation this week that having kids physically in school should be the goal, while also outlining safety protocols needed to allow schools to be open.
Improve Working Memory For Kids With Simple Strategies
Working memory, which is also often called short term memory, is part of the skills known as executive function & here are some strategies parents can utilize to improve working memory in their children
Is it fake? How to teach with news and media sources
Teaching students how to identify and use high-quality news and media resources isn't as daunting as one might think