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Kindergarten skills checklist
Is your child ready for kindergarten? Refer to this skills checklist.
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Preschool skills checklist
Use our preschool readiness checklist to determine if your child is ready for preschool.
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Motor skill magic
Fine tune fine motor skills with techniques created by a teacher.
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Top 4 ways to improve handwriting
Try these teacher tips for building motor skills and coordination kindergarten writers need.
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The reading edge
Why avid readers get a major leg up in thinking skills and life in general.
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Fiction for beginners
Get kids to write tall tales, and pave the way for skillful self expression.
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Power drills
How short bursts of learning pave the way for lasting success.
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Create a character
Inspire young writers with this supercharged autumn imagination booster.
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First grade skills checklist
Is your child ready for first grade? See our checklist of essential developmental skills kids need to succeed.
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Second grade skills checklist
Success in second grade requires a child to be a much more independent learner than she was in first grade. Is your child ready for second grade?
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Reading inspiration and test time
Are standardized tests squashing our kids' love of reading?
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Boys and reading
The gap between girls and boys may be less about reading ability than about attitudes. Literacy expert Carolyn Jaynes answers the question: How can we make reading more fun for boys?
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