Provides a quote for every day of the year and a creative writing exercise to go along with it.

Summer activities for children moving from grade 6 to grade 7, along with instructions and advice for parents who will be supervising the activities.

Lists all the resources needed to create a balanced curriculum for homeschooling--from preschool to high school level.

Summer activities for children moving from grade 7 to grade 8, along with instructions and advice for parents who will be supervising the activities.

After a summer of fun, helping children start the school year with the right attitude can make or break their level of success that year. In 151 Ways to Start the School Year Off Right, Robin McClure offers parents easy-to-do strategies and activities for helping children start the year off on the right foot:Begin adjusting sleep schedules at least three weeks prior to the first day of school. Proclaim the day before the school year starts as belonging to your child. Role play with your child what the school day will be like. Families with school-age children average $563.49 on back-to-school merchandise.

The aim of this volume is to bring together contributions from international research on writing and motivation. It not only addresses the basic question of how motivation to write can be fostered, but also provides analyses of conceptual and theoretical issues at the intersection of the topics of motivation and writing. What emerges from the various chapters is that the motivational aspects of writing represent a rich, productive and partially still unexplored research field. This volume is a step in the direction of a more systematic analysis of the problems as well as an effort to present and compare various models, perspectives and methods of motivation and writing. It addresses the implications of writing instruction based on the 2 main approaches to writing research: cognitive and socio-cultural. It provides systematic analysis of the various models, perspectives, and methods of motivation and writing. It brings together the international research available in this burgeoning field.

This book describes life in a unique small elementary school where the kids are loved and respected every day. For thirty years Molly Barnes has taught generations of children, and each day was always an adventure. These essays are about the daily importance of all those small issues that empower students and make each day in school special. Their stories are wild and funny, and sometimes heartbreaking. Many of those students have contributed their art works to this book.

A 60-Day writing prompts Journal for Kids (ages 8 - 12) is guided journal to help kids cultivate authentic writing skills Confidence, Self-Awareness, Grit, and Gratitude! Specifically created for kids, the 2 page-a-day entries guide them every step of the way by the most clear, specific and inspirational prompts, to help them focus on a wide range of leadership topics. The topics covered change every week, and range progressively from the more inward-looking such as Each page is filled with kid-friendly appreciations and reflection prompts, your children will discover what fills them with joy, gratitude, happiness, creativity, courage, wisdom, and inspiration. This beautifully designed journal makes a perfect birthday, holiday, or school gift. Not just for home, this journal is also great for school teachers and counselors, as part of a Social Emotional Learning curriculum for bulk orders. What ages is this journal good for? We recommend ages 8 - 12. What's inside? My Happiness Tracker Appreciation (guided, changes daily) Daily Reflection (guided, changes daily) One amazing thing that happened today My Energy Tracker One daily blank page for inspiratonal writing prompts

Based on current research, Teaching Tips for Kids with Dyslexia provides teachers and parents with practical multisensory methods that will help children acquire the necessary phonological skills to become successful readers. Included are the early signs and symptoms of dyslexia; language intervention strategies; the importance of developing pre-phonemic and phonemic awareness; multisensory methods for identifying letters, reading sight words, and spelling; as well as suggestions for classroom and material modifications; improving handwriting; building confidence; and new instructional concepts. This resource is a must for all elementary classroom teachers!