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Home Environment
We have stressed in this text that children are motivated to work on activities and learn new information and skills ...
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Families as Learning Environments
When you think about how much time children spend with their families, a consideration of how that time is used is ...
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Helping Your Child Learn Science: The Basics
What Is Science? Science is not just a collection of facts. Of course, facts are an important part of science: Water ...
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Helping Your Child Learn Science - Developing Your Child's Scientific Understanding
Unifying Concepts and Processes Children can be introduced gradually to basic scientific concepts that will provide a ...
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Helping Your Child Learn Science - Activities: Introduction
Safety First Children learn by doing, by trying new ideas and challenging old ones. This doesn't just happen in ...
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Home Activities for Helping Your Child Learn Science: Preschool and Up
Your home is a great place for you to begin to explore science with your child. Incorporating science activities and ...
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Helping Your Child Learn Science - Activities: Science In The Community
Our communities offer many opportunities and resources to help children learn science, including Zoos ...
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Helping Your Child Learn Mathematics - Activities: Mathematics in the Home
Your home is a great place for you to begin to explore and "talk" mathematics with your child. Incorporating ...
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Helping Your Child Learn Mathematics - Activities: Mathematics at the Grocery Store
The grocery store is one of the best examples of a place where the ability to use mathematics is put to work in the ...
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Helping Your Child Learn Mathematics - Activities
During summer vacations, on rainy days, while waiting at the doctor's office or on a stroll through the neighborhood, ...
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The Key to Summer Learning
Stores are filled with workbooks, workbooks, workbooks, but what does your child really need to practice this summer? Be...
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Your Six Greatest Worries About Kindergarten, and What to Do About Them
Just because your kid has conquered rookie jitters doesn't mean you don't have Major League anxieties of your own. Here...
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First Grade Math at Home
In first grade, kids move from object-based, hands-on math, to more standard pencil-and-paper scribbling. Here are some...
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Trouble with Math Homework? Try Getting Manipulative
How hard can basic math be? You might be surprised. In today's standards-driven classrooms, math work is more complex...
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Mastering Second Grade Math
Most second graders aren't begging their parents to let them do more math work at home. However, it's very important...
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