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Help Reset Your Child's Internal Clock before School Starts
By Patti Teel
I have fond memories of my children excitedly preparing for each new school year. With a brand new pair of tennis shoes and backpack, they looked forward to the new school year with both eager anticipation and trepidation. While buying our children new school supplies may help tip the scale towards eager
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Back to School Brain Boosters
By Kymythy R. Schultze
When your child’s verbal loop switches from “I’m bored, there’s nothing to do” to “I don’t wanna go to school!” you know the time has come to do your parental duty and properly prepare them for another academic year. You’ll buy them notebooks, backpacks, pencils and books. But, are Handling Homework
By Patti Teel
Excerpt from The Floppy Sleep Game Book, by Patti Teel Limited amounts of homework in the primary grades may be beneficial; however, it should not be excessive, especially in the lower grades. The amount of homework assigned varies greatly from school to school and from teacher to teacher. As a rule Helping Students Cope with Test Anxiety
By Henry L Harris
Anxiety is a basic human emotion consisting of fear and uncertainty that typically appears when an individual perceives an event as being a threat to the ego or self-esteem (Sarason, 1988). In some instances, such as avoiding dangerous situations, anxiety can be helpful. However when taken to extremes, How to handle parent/teacher disagreements
By JustMommies staff
What do you do when you and your child’s teacher disagree? Perhaps you don’t see eye to eye on the methods your child is being taught or evaluated with. Or maybe you feel like your child is being treated unfairly. What about homework? Do you feel that your child is being given too much homework or Kids Playing Hooky – Is It Ever OK?
By JustMommies staff
Is it ever OK to allow your children “play hooky” – to skip school – for a special reason? While schools will almost unanimously come down on the “no” side of this question, many parents believe that it can’t hurt to take the kids out every now and then for a family trip or event. In fact, Overdoing Homework Help
By Jan Roberts
Parents who take on the job as their children's "homework coach" , often are confused about exactly what this responsibility entails. With homework assignments now coming home with kindergartners as well as upper graders, parents often wonder exactly how involved they should be in helping their children School Counseling: When to Seek Help for Your Child
By JustMommies staff
A child who is depressed, angry, fidgety, or has unidentified learning problems may have trouble succeeding in school. Sometimes those issues are temporary and can be solved within the family. But when a child has more severe or chronic issues, it may be necessary to work with a counselor. The question When Your Child Hates School
By Nancy Da Silva
Ask any parent what the most challenging part of their day is and most of them will say the morning, especially if they have more than one child. Getting everybody ready and out the door to school and work on time is a difficult enough job, if you have a child that battles with you every morning over Addition Carrying Worksheets
By JustMommies staff
Here are some printable worksheets to help your child work on learning to use carrying in addition. Just click on the pictures below and print! Addition "Carrying" Worksheets carrying worksheet 1 answer key for carrying worksheet 1 carrying worksheet 2 answer key for carrying worksheet 2 