Keep the Laughs Coming with Back to School Jokes I know we had jokes just last week, but you can never have too many, right? Knock Knock Who’s there? B-4! B-4 who? B-4 you go to school, do your homework! Knock Knock! Who’s there? Dewey. Dewey who? Dewey have to go to…
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Get Ready for the First Day of School with Books!
Get Ready for the First Day of School with Books! Some of you will start school this week. Some will start next month and some will have already started. Here are some books that show how a few characters think about, get ready for, and get started in school. Most are for kindergarten and first grade….
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THE COMPLEX ISSUE OF HOMEWORK PART 2 In The Complex Issue of Homework Part 1, I wrote about strategies you can try at home to help make homework go more smoothly. Often, one or more of these strategies will do the trick. However, they might not and then you need to work with your…
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THE COMPLEX ISSUE OF HOMEWORK PART 1 [This is a re-posting of a set of popular posts from earlier years.] I have very mixed feelings about homework. As a parent, I hated it. It caused all kinds of problems for my son with attention difficulties and I often felt like the heavy….
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