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		<title>A Time &amp; Place For Homework</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
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All too often teachers hear excuses from children for all the reasons that their homework isn’t done.  Ideally homework is assigned to practice new skills that have been learned during the school day.   Homework should be given for an age appropriate amount of time and shouldn’t be considered as “busy work.”
 Here are a few tips [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to School:    Morning Routines</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcary</dc:creator>
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                                                          Morning Routines
 
After a long lazy summer most parents are wondering how they are ever going to get their school age children back into the routine of getting up and out of the house for school.  Here are a few tips for an easier transition.
 
Two weeks before school starts (or as soon as possible if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calming First Day of School Jitters</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcary</dc:creator>
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SEPARATION ANXIETY
 Every fall the scene repeats itself, a lone child screaming and inconsolable, every day for the first few weeks of school. Not only is that child deeply distressed, but he disrupts the teacher and increases the anxiety of all of his classmates as they too attempt to adjust to this new situation. For your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Fun: Poetry for Kids!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcary</dc:creator>
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 Looking for ways to build reading and writing skills over the summer?  Poetry is the answer!  Children of all ages love the magic, rhyme and silliness that often accompany poems written for children. Many of my favorite children’s poems are written by Jack Prelutsky and Shel Silverstein.Prelutsky books include A Pizza the Size of the Sun [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 WAYS TO KEEP YOUR CHILD READING THIS SUMMER</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcary</dc:creator>
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     Children that don’t read over the summer usually regress and return to school at a lower reading level in the fall.  Here are 10 easy ways to keep your child reading.

 
1.  Go to the library once a week and let your child pick out a pile of books that will last a week.
 
2.  Let them [...]]]></description>
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