Meditation For Kids: Benefits, Basics, And Expert Tips
Here’s what you need to know to help your child experience the benefits of meditation.
Meditation For Kids: Benefits, Basics, And Expert Tips
Age 6+
12 Highly Effective and Fun Sight Word Games to Help Your Kids Learn
12 Highly Effective and Fun Sight Word Games to Help Your Kids Learn
Sight words are common words that aren’t easy to sound out or decode (the, said, was); here are some fun games to help your child learn sight words.
First Grade Math: The Most Important Math Concepts Kids Learn In 1st Grade
First Grade Math: The Most Important Math Concepts Kids Learn In 1st Grade
Your child has progressed from kindergarten to first grade. That’s exciting news! There is so much learning to come their way, especially from their first grade math class. Math skills and concepts build on each other from grade to grade, which is why children need...
Growth Mindset For Kids: How To Help Your Child Embrace Challenges
Growth Mindset For Kids: How To Help Your Child Embrace Challenges
Developing a growth mindset for kids helps unlock a lifelong love of learning.
How To Teach Vocabulary: 5 Fun And Easy Ideas
How To Teach Vocabulary: 5 Fun And Easy Ideas
With almost 200,000 words in the English language, where do you even start? Working on vocabulary with your child can be fun and easy, and we’re here to help.
Reading Comprehension Strategies And Tips For Parents
Reading Comprehension Strategies And Tips For Parents
Educators mainly target six or seven strategies to assist children in the development of their reading comprehension. Let’s take a look!
My Child Believes He Is a Terrible Reader and Refuses Even to Try. What Can I Do?
My Child Believes He Is a Terrible Reader and Refuses Even to Try. What Can I Do?
Q&A with Peggy Kaye, HOMER’s Chief Curriculum Officer Many children feel that unless they read with the fluency of adults, then they are bad readers. Other children see classmates having an easier time learning to read and it makes them insecure. Children...
Back-to-School Tips For Parents
Back-to-School Tips For Parents
Find tips and strategies to emotionally prepare your child to start the school year from our resident Ph.D. – including a handy checklist.
Homework 101
Homework 101
Written by Peggy Kaye, HOMER’s Chief Curriculum Officer Featured in KIDBOX’s The Scribble Newspaper All too often, homework turns peaceful evenings into fighting matches between parents and kids. What can be done to stop the arguments? Here are a few ideas from our...
8 Tips to Keep Kids Loving Reading in a World of Test Prep
8 Tips to Keep Kids Loving Reading in a World of Test Prep
We hope these tipsl help your family keep the spirit of reading alive and well in your home, even as the pressures of standardized testing mount.