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Build Critical Thinking Skills at Home Use this tip for ideas on how to hone your child's critical thinking at home.
Early Digital Learning Discover how to enjoy computers and technology with your baby.
Identify Your Child's Learning Style Take the learning personality quiz to find out how your child absorbs information and how you can support his development.

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Thinking & Creativity

The Benefits of Board Games
Playing games with your kids is a perfect way to spend time together — and build learning skills at...
Think About It: Critical Thinking
Use these tips to encourage your child’s critical thinking skills.
How Kids Learn to Concentrate
Learning to concentrate can depend on so many factors — age, stage, interest, and mood.
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Physical Development

5 Health Myths, Busted
Refresh your thinking on family health, fitness, and nutrition.
Beat the Heat
Summer is a hot time for outdoor play. But did you know kids are more vulnerable than adults to heat...
Preventing the Spread of Germs
Help your child stay healthy year-round.
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The Guide To 1st Grade
Review general curricula for 1st Grade, what to expect for each subject and activities that can be...
The Guide to 2nd Grade
Review general curricula for 2nd Grade, what to expect for each subject and activities that can be...
Raise A Reader: A Parent Guide to Reading for Ages 6-7
Keep your kids reading with our guide to great book lists, book-related articles, and activities for...
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Language & Speech

If Your Child Stutters
Know how to react — and when to worry.
Adventures in Writing
Watching your child learn to write is thrilling. Here's how you can help her develop this new...
3 Ways to Inspire Communication Confidence
These activities can supplement a child's speech or language therapy program.
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Social & Emotional Life

Let's Be Friends
Help your child's friendships flourish — even in the face of difficulty.
Discipline Problems: "She Never Listens
Is your child tuning you out? Avoid discipline problems by tweaking old tactics to fit new...
Find Your Child's Core Nature
When you know your child down to the core, you are strategically empowered to help guide him through...
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Activities & Fun

My Portfolio
Keep those precious works of art safe.
Write to a Writer
Encourage direct communication between your child and her favorite...
It's the Great Pumpkin
Discover all that this versatile seasonal food can become.
Picture Dictionary of Shape...
Help your child learn something new, fun, and creative with this...
My Weather Report
Winter is full of wild weather, and your kids will enjoy flexing their...
Seeing with Sound
Your child will love this printable science project inspired by the...
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