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The Gifted Child

“Gifted and talented children are those identified by professionally qualified persons who by virtue of outstanding abilities are capable of high performance. These are children who require differentiated educational programs and/or services beyond those normally provided by the regular school program in order to realize their contribution to self and society”

Former U. S. Commissioner of Education Sidney P. Marland, Jr. […]

Test Taking: True & False Questions

If your child is struggling with test in school, speak with your child’s teachers for study and testing tips strategies. Some school districts offer test-taking classes during the school year and summer. Below are some key testing tip for taking “true-false” test.

Read each test question carefully. Look for familiar key words or facts that you […]

Test Taking: Multiple Choice

Test taking is a skill developed over a period of time as a student progresses in school. Remember, your child’s ability to take a test is just one area of your child’s academic life. Below is a list of test taking tips that can be applied to improve multiple choice test questions. It’s important that children […]

Test Taking: Improving Your Math Test Scores

Learning the skills required to be successful at test-taking, especially in math, takes time. Building confidence is key. Taking practice test is another key. As your child grows older, he or she will become more comfortable taking test. below are some test taking suggestion for math test.

“Practice! Practice! Practice!”

The best method to […]

What Causes Children To Become Overweight?

In the United States at least one child in five is overweight and the number of overweight children continues to grow. Over the last 2 decades, this number has increased by more than 50 percent, and the number of “extremely” overweight children has nearly […]

Let’s Make Reading Fun

One of the joys of parenting children includes teaching them how to read. Reading opens the door to a big, exciting world. As a parent, you can begin an endless learning chain like this: You read to your children, they develop a love of stories and poems, they want to read on their own, they practice […]

Top Ten Homework Helping Tips

When it comes to homework, it’s common for some children go through many developmental stages before they arrive at the acceptance stage of doing homework. Parenting children who refuse to do homework can be difficult. Below are ten successful steps that parents can use to help end the homework battle.

1. Set a daily schedule for homework […]

Helping Kids with Homework

Learning about child psychology with respect to child behavior patterns in homework completion varies from elementary to high school. Younger elementary children are often more excited about completing homework assignments outside of school than middle or junior high school students. Some parents question the value of homework after their child spends 35 to 40 hours a […]

Parents Guide to the Internet

Child behavior on the internet has taken center stage in the U.S. in respect to child safety and child social development. More and more younger children are beginning to surf the Internet without their parent’s knowledge or understanding of the dangers that exist.

Like most parents, you probably have rules for how your children should deal with strangers, which […]

How To Get Your Teen Talking

Are you a parent who’s having a difficult time getting your teen to sit down and have a conversation with you? Does your teen avoid your questions? Do you only get a one or two word answer or short comments from your child? Well, you are not a parent who is facing a rare situation. Many parents are […]


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