“Mom, my throat hurts.”
What can we do about Strep? It’s a common complaint, “Mom, my throat hurts.” But how do parents know if it’s simply a virus or something more, like strep throat? “Group A streptococcus, or strep throat, is the cause of a sore throat in about three out of every 10 children,” says Josephine Dlugopolski-Gach, pediatrician […]
Kindergarten Readers
By Jessica Kelmon , Leslie Crawford If learning to read is like building a skyscraper, then kindergarten is the year to construct the most solid reading foundation possible. As part of that foundation, kindergartners will be working on the five pillars of reading: understanding the relationship between sounds and words (phonetics), reading fluently, understanding what […]
On Time Attendance: Even in the Early Years, It Matters
Today we feature a post from guest bloggers Hedy N. Chang, director of Attendance Counts, and Louise Wiener, president of the Leadership and Learning in Families. One of the biggest myths affecting the education of young children is the mistaken belief that kindergarten or pre-school is just an add-on – that it doesn’t really matter […]
Why Teachers Matter
This week is a very special one for anyone that is a teacher and a parent of a school aged child. This week is officially National Teacher Appreciation Week. We often forget just how important our children’s teacher are. Teachers, especially those that teach our youngest children from Preschool through Kindergarten are often our child’s […]
50 Books Every Parent Should Read to Their Child
By Emily Temple According to a new study, the hallowed practice of bedtime reading is falling by the wayside — and that some quarter of a million children in the UK do not own a single book. This is a terrible shame, as regular bedtime stories have been shown to increase children’s performance in school, and are […]