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Helping Your Child Identify Interests
What Activities Can Help Nurture My Child's Interests? If your child has an interest in animals, he or she might like ...
Source: U.S. Department of Education
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Choosing After-School Activities
If you're not home when your child's school bell rings, you probably hope that he will stay out of trouble until you ...
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Exemplary After-School Programs
The following 21st Century Community Learning Centers programs, supported by grants from the U.S. Department of ...
Source: National Endowment for the Arts
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Academic Effects of After-School Programs
The current emphasis on performance standards and testing has led schools to look to the after-school hours as time ...
Source: Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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After-school Programs Promote Children's Development
In 1999, the National Research Council Board for Children, Youth, and Families and the Forum on Adolescence held a ...
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Enriching Children's Out-of-School Time
School-age children between the ages of 5 and 14 spend up to 80% of their time out of school. These hours represent ...
Source: Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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Extracurricular Activities
Is your child doing too much?As your child gets settled into school, both you and her will quickly become aware of all ...
Source: OneToughJob
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A Camp for Every Child: Traditional, Specialty, and Special Needs?
Understanding the strengths in camp focus may help you make your choice. Traditional Means Wide variety of ...
Source: American Camp Association
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Kids and Healthy Lifestyles: How Camps Can Help
Many camps look for innovative, fun, tasty ways to provide healthy choices and decision-making skills to their ...
Source: American Camp Association
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Should I Worry About the Way My Son Walks?
My 15-month-old son walks with his feet turned in. My pediatrician assured me that it’s normal and that ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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The Importance of After-School Programs
The opportunity for school administrators to transform the quality of education that students receive today in public ...
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8 Ways to Engage Your Child in Service Learning
Encourage your child to solve a problem that's important to him with these eight service-learning projects for young ...
Source: Education.com
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Learning a Second Language: Weighing Pros and Cons
Has learning a second language become obsolete? With public foreign language programs shutting down due to budget cuts, ...
Source: Education.com
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Afterschool Activities and Enrichment: What You Need to Know
Here are tips from the experts on getting your child involved in afterschool activities without adding stress to the ...
Source: Education.com
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The Provision of an Equal Education Opportunity to Limited-English Proficient Students
The Provision of an Equal Education Opportunity to Limited-English Proficient Students U.S. Department of ...
Source: U.S. Department of Education
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Enriquecimiento del horario extra-escolar de los ninos (Enriching Children's Out-of-School Time)
Los ninos entre los 5 y 14 anos de edad pasan hasta el 80% de su tiempo fuera de la escuela. Estas horas representan ...
Source: Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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Youth After-School Programs
The number of children and adolescents without family supervision after school is increasing. Further, the once ...
Source: Educational Resource Information Center (U.S. Department of Education)
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Preschool Activities: How Much is Too Much?
How much is too much enrichment for a preschooler? Tips to keep activities fun and developmentally appropriate for your...
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Is Your Child Overscheduled?
Dad's not the only multitasker in the family - kids race from soccer games to Mandarin class to music practice, while...
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Prepare for Battle: Battle of the Books!
Battle of the Books is an annual competition that gets kids excited about reading and competing on a national level....
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Adult Roles in School-Age Play
Adults have different roles in children’s play when they enter the elementary school. Partly because of a different...
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Where Can You Go for Help on Afterschool Issues?
AASA is a valuable source of information on current issues in afterschool and how it relates to school leaders. In...
