July 22nd, 2009 by El Ed Mom
Clearly, cost-savings are on everyone’s mind during the current economic downturn, but you still want your kids to have fun this summer. In an effort to save money, you might not be taking a big vacation, renting a beach house or sending your kids to camp this year, but you can still make it a summer to remember with some frugally fun ideas.
Enjoy a campout in your own backyard, complete with a tent, ghost stories and s’mores.
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July 15th, 2009 by El Ed Mom
- Empower your kids to help with shopping the sales for back to school clothes and supplies!
- Get them to help with organizing closets!
- Work with them to donate old backpacks and supplies!
- Schedule annual doctor exam and immunizations!
- Don’t forget annual exams with the dentist and eye doctor!
- Stay on schedule with wake up and going to bed times over the summer to make the transition easier!
- Keep reading over the summer!
- Build in weekly learning activities at the museum, zoo and library!
- Offer craft time and/or science experiment type activities!
- Build in exercise everyday to replace recess time!
- Stay current with PTA/PTO meetings and school activities over the summer!
- Attend summer community events to continue to network with families from your school district!
- Attend school board meetings!
- Be active as a family in your community!
- Schedule family play dates with classmates and their families to expand the family network – meeting at the beach, park, and library as a group to build a network of support for the entire family! Children that have a huge network of support are more likely to succeed in school. Parents need to help build that network to ensure the family is involved in education!
July 10th, 2009 by El Ed Mom
Parents have a responsibility to know how their children are doing in school, and that entails more than signing off on a few report cards each year. Busy parents shuffle work, activities and a host of other obligations, and monitoring your child’s education should be at the top of that to-do list. Use these tips to make your child’s education a top priority.
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July 1st, 2009 by El Ed Mom
Starting school means several changes in a child’s life. Even homeschooling brings change to the student’s life. This article gives information on what changes to expect when your child starts school, and how to handle the changes.
Starting school is a big deal. New friends, new experiences, new information, but along with the good things are some things you may not like, such as the new vocabulary your child gets from the new friends. What else can you expect when your child starts school?
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June 29th, 2009 by El Ed Mom
This checklist is a brief guide to the development of children from birth through three years. It will assists providers and parents as they try to determine if a child is functioning at the appropriate developmental level. It should only be used with other sources of child development information and never to diagnose a child’s problems or developmental delays.
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