Sentences with phrase «kids read at home»

I started to track the number of books kids read at home.

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So at home, you're reading the paper, and there's stuff you talk about with your kids around their growing up challenges — safe sexual relationships, peer pressure and bullying.

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But I also want to say, if you had been here (I'm in Birmingham) and read some of the stories of people's kids being killed by this storm (so many had lost power already by earlier storms and had no idea F4 and F5 tornodoes were about to hit, and their kids were at friends» houses... and then those friends» houses were totally destroyed, and several parents lost all of their kids - I also know of several people who lost their wives AND all of their kids because they were at work while their family was at home)... anyways, if you could read some of these stories, who are you guys to tell them that their loved ones are not going off to a better place?

One is the reality system of face - to - face encounter with other people, working at the office or store or home, taking care of the children or visiting with neighbors, playing with the kids and tending the yard, reading books and telling stories and remembering the past and planning for the future.

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Too many kids lack a supportive learning environment at home — and getting dads reading is a vital part of changing that.

Summer reading for kids is an essential part of my work - at - home summer vacation plan.

However, I've read in recent years about how the progressive parents, who would rather their teens and their friends drink safely at home instead of driving out to a bonfire in a field somewhere, have gotten in trouble with other parents, and thus the law, for providing alcohol to others» kids.

Summer days spent at home and one of my childhood favourites and soon becoming my kids is to get out the sidewalk chalk Me and Marie Learning shares some Da Vinci Driveway art perfect for your budding artists to do this summer, if the temperature is rising then this recipe for Ice Sidewalk Chalk is perfect for keeping cool from Reading Confetti and while you are at it pop by and look at this fun chalk shadow for kids to do and decorate themselves.

While we're at home cleaning up the war zone left behind after the kids were home from school for several days in a row, we're all... Read more

I learned basic sign language with gusto, and now enjoy reading to the kids at home and drilling my older daughter on her sight word flash cards.

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When kids feel connected (at home and at school) they are protected from: [Read more...]

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«When Success Leads to Failure,» The Atlantic «The Gift of Failure,» New York Times «If Your Kid Left His Term Paper At Home, Don't Bring It To Him» New York Magazine «Books That Changed My Mind This Year,» Fortune «New Book Suggests Parents Learn to Let Kids Fail,» USA Today «7 Rules for Raising Self - Reliant Children,» Forbes «Before You Let Your Child Fail, Read This,» Huffington Post «How Schools Are Handling an Overparenting Crisis,» NPR «Why Failure Hits Girls So Hard,» Time «The Value of a Mess,» Slate «4 Reasons Why Every Educator Should Read «The Gift of Failure,»» Inside Higher Ed «Why We Should Let Our Children Fail,» The Guardian (UK) «Shelly's Bookworms: The Gift of Failure,» WFAA Dallas «Why I Don't Want My Kids to be Lazy Like Me,» Yahoo Parenting «Jessica Lahey,» Celia Walden for The Telegraph (UK) «How to To Give Your Child The Gift of Failure,» Huffington Post «The Gift of Failure,» Doug Fabrizio, Radio West «In the Author's Voice: The Gift of Failure,» WISU / NPR «The Gift of Failure,» The Good Life Project «Giving Our Children the Gift of Failure,» ScaryMommy «Lyme Resident's Book Challenges Parents and Kids on Failure,» Valley News «The Gift of Failure,» The Jewish Press

Stud and I were given the opportunity to leave our kids at home to be loved on by my mom's favorite cousin and cousin - in - law while we went out on a fabulous date — ... read more

I felt so comfortable, so at home, that I almost didn't think about it until I read Christie's piece on how CBS news says it's awkward to breastfeed in front of other kids.

While we encourage reading and we read to the kids every night, that's the extent of what we do at home with them.

talk about the fda cutting corners to save money when it comes to our health.if the fda wants to eat or feed it to there familys thats on them but we should» nt have to be made to it this toxic food... nor should or kids... i read this to my son and now he said he won't eat the meat at school anymore he'll wait till he gets home from school to eat or he'll just eat a saled or something with no meat in it.and thats coming from a 15 year old..

In Rebecca Eanes» latest book — The Positive Parenting Workbook: An Interactive Guide for Strengthening Emotional Connection — she writes some advice I wholeheartedly agree with: While it's tempting to point fingers at our kids, our spouse, or others for the challenges we're facing at home, it's essential to take a step back and examine... -LCB- read more -RCB-

«One of the best predictors for school success is the number of books kids have access to at home and how much time their parents spend reading with them,» says Fischer.

If your kids are the type to engage in games rather than read their textbooks, then JumpStart may be the best way to teach them at home.

Not because the little ones need intense schooling, but usually so that moms can get their kids acclimated to a steady homeschooling schedule and / or have pre-planned activities for intentional learning time at home before... Continue reading 20 Toddler, Preschool and Kindergarten Curricula You'll Love!

I'm getting tired of paying through the nose to educate multiple kids of YOURS, many of whom are dumbbells who haven't been taught the value of reading and learning at home and are merely disruptive to the few kids who want to learn.

In her research Gomez has seen other strategies that succeed for learning math and science, especially for kids who aren't reading at grade level or whose families don't speak English at home.

But first, kids with an elevated blood pressure reading should have 24 - hour monitoring at home, the academy said.

They don't read labels, feed the kids something with gluten in it, and then go off to work while you're left at home to deal with your children's stomach aches or behavioral outbursts.

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Some of the older kids were asking for books of poetry, because they were studying it in class, and wanted some to read at home!

Stud and I were given the opportunity to leave our kids at home to be loved on by my mom's favorite cousin and cousin - in - law while we went out on a fabulous date — ... read more

Hopefully you are reading this in your jammies over coffee because the kids are out of school and it's a lazy day at home before the craziness begins.

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Well sort of... still have kids at home so if this scares you stop reading now!

I'm Ashley I'm 23 I like to read listen to music take walks hangout with family and friends and I like to eat I live at home with parents I don't work right now because my mom is very sick and needs someone to take care of her I'm very close to my little brother I don't have kids if you have...

For all our kids, we must hold sacred in - school reading time to support our young people as lifelong readers and learners, while encouraging — but not counting on — at - home reading as the only time where reading occurs.

She read Seuss to 1st graders (after answering tough questions about life in the White House), encouraging the kids «to read for 30 minutes every day at home.»

Many schools carefully track at home reading logs — counting minutes and pages read, checking for daily parent signatures, reviewing and check - marking summaries of what was read, counting book completion rates, etc., while devoting little to no time for kids to actually read quietly in the classroom (or the library, hallways, etc.).

There are many reasons why digital texts are so wonderful for reading at home, including the extras that they offer kids.

They include Jim Barksdale, the former chief operating officer of Netscape, who gave $ 100 million to establish an institute to improve reading instruction in Mississippi; Eli Broad, the home builder and retirement investment titan, whose foundation works on a range of management, governance, and leadership issues; Michael Dell, the founder of Dell Computers, whose family foundation is valued at $ 1.2 billion and is a major supporter of a program that boosts college going among students of potential but middling accomplishment; financier and buyout specialist Theodore J. Forstmann, who gave $ 50 million of his own money to help poor kids attend private schools; David Packard, a former classics professor who also is a scion of one of the founders of Hewlett - Packard and has given $ 75 million to help California school districts improve reading instruction; and the Walton Family Foundation, which benefits from the fortune of the founder of Wal - Mart, and which is the nation's largest supporter of charter schools and private school scholarships (see «A Tribute to John Walton,»).

Dr. Seuss Literacy Night An evening of characters and games at Hill Field Elementary includes a wide range of activities, a «make and take» home - reading activity area, and a popular school - wide book exchange — all to excite kids and families about literacy and to build reading skills.

«Sixty - one percent of children ages 6 — 17 from the lowest - income homes say they read for fun mostly in school or equally at school and at home, while 32 per cent of kids ages 6 — 17 from the highest - income homes say the same.»

The article for kids on Education World At Home encourages them to read the newspaper every day during the holidays.

Preschool teachers and daycare supervisors can support strong literacy practices at home by encouraging all parents, including those with a familial risk of dyslexia, to read to their kids at home.

To read the guide on getting kids involved in fun and eco-friendly activities at home, head to http://www.gocompare.com/gas-and-electricity/future-proofing-families/

I realized that the kids who read more at home were better readers.

Intensive reading instruction and remediation is an afterthought in traditional public education even though it is known that 40 percent of kids will need such help no matter what their parents do at home.

Some kids learn faster, some kids already had a basis for the knowledge measured on the test (learned it at home, learned it last year), some kids weren't ready to take that course because or low reading levels, or whatever.