EDUCATION
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The Benefits of Reading Aloud to Your Children : Just what's so important about reading aloud? Why do pediatricians now prescribe it to many parents?
When You Read Aloud, Ham it Up! There's more to reading aloud than just reading words on pages. Many second graders can do that. When an adult reads to a child, there is so much more that can be done to enhance the experience for everyone. Here's how.
Back to
School Teaching Resources: As teachers prepare to go back to school,
they should check out the wide variety lesson plan and record books, as well as
other things they will need in fall, that are available right here in
North San Luis Obispo County.
Reading Aloud to All
Ages: Many people believe that once a child can read books for himself,
there's no more need to read to him. Yet, there are many benefits when families
continue to read as children grow older and families even make reading aloud a
family activity. Find how continuing to read to older children can help them
academically and how reading as a family can build strong family bonds.
How to
Choose Books For Young Children : Giving a child a book shows that books
are to be valued and that reading is important. But for that to happen, the
child must love the book. Your job as a
book buyer for children is to choose a book that will delight the child in your
life
Emotional Intelligence and Moral Development: Does too much media information interfere with the emotional and moral development? How doe emotional intelligence develop?
Edupress
Quick Flip Questions for Critical Thinking: Find out why so many
teachers use this small, inexpensive resource, and why you might find it useful
even if you aren't a school teacher.
Are Paper Books Obsolete? Will E-Book Readers ever completely replace paper books? What qualities do paper books have that e-book readers don't?
How
to Make the Most of Your Child's Book Fair : How you treat your child's
book fair can have a great effect on whether he will have a greater interest in
books and reading. Here are some hints on making it a positive experience for
everyone.
RTI: How Will It Affect Me, My School and My Child: What is RTI? It stands for Response to Intervention. I will be showing you some videos where administrators and teachers try to explain it. You will see what's happening in both elementary and high schools that have adopted it, and you will hear what it will mean for both teachers and administrators. RTI is basically a tiered system of intervening in student academic and behavior problems before they become bigger, giving students the extra help they need based on data produced by more frequent assessments by the general classroom teachers. Simple? Only in theory. But all good theories take a lot of behind the scenes work for districts, school administrators, and teachers.
Will Robots
Replace Human Teachers?
Links to Local Schools
If your school in the Atascadero, Templeton, or Paso
Robles area has a web page and you don't see it here,
please send your school URL to the
webmaster, and we'll be happy to include it.
Finding Teaching Materials and Workbooks Locally
Barb's
People Builders is one of the most well-stocked suppliers of teacher resource
books, workbooks, and test preparations materials for grades Pre-K to 12 in the
United States, with thousands of titles in stock.
Browse the main web site for ideas and
suggestions and arrange to see and pick up materials locally in Paso Robles to
save shipping. The money Barb saves by not having a storefront is returned to
customers with already discounted prices.
Local people have the biggest selection because at least half the books in stock are not yet listed. Besides teaching materials, Barb also stocks many of the novels and picture books on school reading lists, in case you need one quickly. Teachers in Paso Robles and Templeton can arrange for free delivery to your school on orders over $25.00, so teachers at one school can combine their orders, and if over $25 total, Barb will deliver. Barb's People Builders accepts school purchase orders.
Help With Homework
Links
High School Hub: This will
give high school students easy access to almost every useful
web reference needed for
homework and research. From math tables and maps to news and search engine links,
it's all
here. It's designed to be the portal of choice for high school student.
The Homework Center: This
site allows students to search for information
in reference books parents may not have
available at home -- almanacs, the Columbia Encyclopedia
and Infoplease
Dictionary—in just one click. It also has links to other reference helps and if
you can't find the answer,
there's even a link to someone you can ask.
Schoolwork.UGH!
This site is designed for middle and high school students
who want to easily find links to
sites that will easily help them with almost any subject -- from grammar and foreign
languages to music and sciences. You will find links to information on government, math,
philosophy, art, history,
drugs, sports, mythology, computers, and much more.
Spark
Notes: This site was created by Harvard University students and alumni,
and
consists of a collection of free online study guides to approximately 100 literary
classics
that are often studied in high school and college. Each Spark note has sections
on background
information, characters, an overall summary, chapter by chapter summaries
and commentaries,
study questions, and a message board where you can discuss the
book with others.
Lest you think this is a good substitute for actually reading
books, consider that you are the loser
if you rob yourself of the opportunity to interact
with the world's great writers first hand.