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Partner With Your Child's Teacher Learn how you can team up with teachers to assure that kids become accomplished readers and writers.
The Guide to Each Grade This is the only back-to-school guide customized by grade. Check out our in-depth Pre-K to 5th grade guides.
A Grade-by-Grade Guide to Common Core Learn the reading and writing skills every child will need to master within each grade.

Find Just-Right Books

Find Just-Right Books

Essential Parent Tools

Grade by Grade Guides

Homework Help

Parent Primers
Check out our parent primers on the topics your child is studying.
Homework Help
Here's a handful of articles to make homework less of a hassle.
10 Homework Help Tips
Wading through homework can be the bane of the school year. Here are 10 tips to help your kid make...
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School Life

Redshirting Kindergarten
Should you delay kindergarten for your child?
Let's Be Friends
Help your child's friendships flourish — even in the face of difficulty.
10 Ways to Celebrate the New School Year
Find creative and fun ways to begin a new year of school.
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Parent Guides

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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School Involvement

8 Signs of a Quality Foreign Language Program
Find ways to improve your local foreign language program with these tips.
Back-to-School Night Basics
Make the most of your back-to-school night tour.
The Home-School Connection
Children benefit tremendously when you help them bridge their two most important worlds.
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Top Book Lists

More Wild Things
Read Bumble-ardy, the latest book from author and...
Stories to Share - Famil...
Bring your family together with these celebrated tales...
Series That Hook New Rea...
Whether you want to encourage your beginning reader to...
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Activities & Fun

Write to a Writer
Encourage direct communication between your child and her favorite...
Autumn in Action
The season's colors and textures provide a harvest of natural...
6 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day
Be car-free. Walk or bike to school — not only is it good for the body...
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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