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Tesco school trips: what the fork?
After going undercover on a Tesco school educational trip, Anna Turns argues why it’s important to get children to the farm. – Where I live in South Devon preschool and primary school classes take a trip to Tesco at least once a year. Brownies, Rainbows, Cubs and Scouts can earn a Farm to Fork badge …
The real reason why poor kids perform worse in school
How Can Schools Tap Into Parent Power For the Good of Students?
A program pays teachers to visit students at home and meet with their family. The home visits have helped parents become better-informed advocates for their kids and stronger allies with teachers.
Helping Young Children Learn to Make Friends
With school starting up again, it’s important that parents think about ways they can help their children succeed not only academically, but also socially.
10 Tips for Fantastic Family Day Trips
As many parents with young children know, family friendly does not necessarily mean young child family friendly. The rules are completely different if you have kids under the age of 4 or 5. I have heard (and lived) so many stories of great memory-making family fun trips that end in disaster. You can't control everything, but if you implement even a few of these tips, you will greater increase your chances for a scrapbook worthy, memory making, family day... as opposed to an…
Keeping Your Child Safe: The Benefits of After-School Programs
Do you know what your child is doing after school? The lack of funding for after-school activities may be posing a risk to your child. This article outlines what needs to be done to increase after-school program funding.
School Supplies — What's on Your List?
How much do you know about the school supplies in your kids' backpacks?
What Happens When A Child Is Hurt On A School Field Trip?
Field trips are one of the more exciting school activities for young kids, but the fact is children are among the most at-risk for injury and are unsupervised in most cases.
Tips can help reduce costs of school supplies
Once upon a time, children went to school with a backpack, a lunch pail and a pencil.<br>Now, school-supply lists seem a mile long, and parents anticipate a
27 School Lunch Ideas Perfect for to Pack for Your Child's Next Field Trip
When you child needs to bring a meal on field trip day, reach for one of these cold, easy-to-pack school lunch ideas.
Easy Chore Ideas for Elementary School Kids
Are you wanting to implement more chores into your kids' time at home? Here are some suggestions for chores for elementary school kids and how to introduce them.
3 Tips to Pack a Healthy School Lunch
Packing a nutritious school lunch can be challenging. We have the tips you need to give your child a healthy lunch that they will eat!
Why are we waiting until college to learn about consent?
Kids should be introduced to consent standards as early as grade school if we really want to change culture
How to Get Your Kid to Talk about What Happened at School
Our kids' lives are not our lives. Once you recognize that fact, says <strong>Christine Carter</strong>, you can start the conversation.
How a Solo Trip with my Toddler Taught Me to Embrace the Unexpected
Make a memory with your little one that you can both cherish for the rest of your lives.
What I Learned from a Year Without Business Trips
A working parent reflects on the benefits of staying grounded — and the new practices she’ll carry into the future.
10 Tips for Helping Your Child Prepare and Pack for a Trip
Letting kids with learning and attention issues help pack for their trip can make travel easier for everyone. Use these packing ideas and travel tips.
How These Local Catholic Schools Accommodate All Religions
A look into how these local Catholic schools have integrated and accommodated students of all types of religious backgrounds.
Why a Lutheran School?
When you choose a Lutheran School you can align your child’s education with a focus...
19 Things That Still Haunt People Who Went To Catholic School
How to Teach Elementary School Students About the Trinity
How can we begin to explain the Trinity to young children? Jimmy Akin shows us how to make the mystery more accessible while avoiding subtle errors.
