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Tips for Parents
Eleven Reading Skills Every Parent Should Know
Some of the country's most renowned reading experts collaborated to write this practical, easy-to-print-out-and-take-home article. Called "Tips for Parents," it explains the skills parents can encourage in their children to prepare them to become good readers.
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Activities for Reading and Writing Fun
Develop your child's enthusiasm for reading and writing with these fun activities. Organized by age range, the article includes a "Tot Talk" activity in the birth to preschool section; "P.S. I Love You" and other activities for preschool through second grade; and "Shopping Your Way With Words" for grades 3-6.
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The ABCs of Learning Disabilities
What exactly is a learning disability? LD OnLine defines a learning disability as a disorder that affects people's ability to either interpret what they see and hear or to link information from different parts of the brain. Such difficulties can impede learning to read, write, or do math. Visit LD Online for more information, including how to determine if your child is affected and where to go for help.
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When Kids Hate to Read
Would your kids rather clean their rooms than pick up a book? Here's an article on how children's emotions about reading can influence whether or not they become readers.
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Reading Tips from Kids
A few tried and true hints on how to encourage kids to read is the focus of this article, with comments and suggestions from kids themselves.
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