Sentences with phrase «elementary school children especially»

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But while studies suggest that salad bars can help boost children's consumption of fruits and vegetables, some school districts decline to install salad bars claiming they are unsanitary, especially for small elementary school students with active hands and faces that often come up short of the barriers that are meant to keep coughs and sneezes out of food.

But over time — and especially after a deranged young man murdered 20 elementary school children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. — Higgins said he came to realize that an absolute position opposing gun control was the wrong posschool children and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. — Higgins said he came to realize that an absolute position opposing gun control was the wrong posSchool in Newtown, Conn. — Higgins said he came to realize that an absolute position opposing gun control was the wrong position.

In a situation like this, well - meaning parents — especially those accustomed to helping with time management, organization, and homework when their children were in elementary school — may be tempted to jump in with unsolicited advice or assistance.

But the idea that American schools should explicitly familiarize children — especially those from other countries, cultures, or traditions — with a uniform body of knowledge in elementary and middle school falls upon contemporary ears as awkward, anachronistic, even inappropriate.

Schools could add social and emotional learning courses to their elementary through high school curricula, designed to help children recognize and pay attention to their feelings, especially while coping with trauma and stress.

Thanks to No Child Left Behind, though, it is common, especially at the elementary levels, for all schools to offer pretty much the same level of curriculum.

These children especially have a higher dropout rate with the equivalency in reading level of an elementary school child, and that has more to do with having a grading system that moves children up grade levels without warrant and those students not getting enough attention with giant class sizes.

Without working with your child, reading skills can slip over the summer months, especially in elementary school children.

Summer will not be a time for parents to worry about what they are doing with their children, especially for elementary - and middle - school students, as it will be no different from the fall, winter, or spring.

Despite DeSoto County's reputation as also being one of Mississippi's best school systems, the elementary school Powell's children attended wasn't cutting it, especially for her middle child and only son, Nicholas, who had struggled with reading and fitting in socially.

Offering prekindergarten at every elementary school in Clarksdale is among Mr. Dupree's signature achievements, especially notable in a state that, until last year, provided no aid to finance free preschool for low - income children.

On the other hand, many Audubon supporters believe that the school's overall enrollment would grow, especially in the upper elementary grades, if parents were assured of a high school to send their children to, Zervigon said.

It is especially important to remember that preschool children and young elementary school children do not have the vocabulary to express how they may be feeling.

As an example, one study exposed elementary school children to a single episode of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and then observed verbal and physical aggression in the classroom.83 Compared with a control group, children and especially boys who had watched the violent program committed significantly more intentional acts of aggression such as hitting, kicking, and shoving.

Challenges for the young pre-schooler about to enter kindergarten have been well documented.3, 4,5 What makes this an especially important developmental transition period is the consistent evidence for a «trajectory hypothesis» in both middle - class and low - income samples: how children fare academically and socially in early elementary school is a strong predictor of their academic, social, and mental health outcomes throughout high school.6, 7,8 These findings imply that interventions to improve the child's relative standing at school entrance could have long - term payoff.

The results revealed the importance of maternal autonomy support during preschool for children's later socio - emotional development, especially during challenging contexts, and the mediating role of children's socio - emotional outcomes during elementary school in the link between maternal autonomy support during the preschool years and children's later socio - emotional outcomes during preadolescence.