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Ask the Teacher: Maintaining Academic Motivation

Katy Mark9 years ago2 years ago03 mins

Can you tell me how to help my son stay motivated through a mid-fall slump? He starts out the school year so excited and ready to work but by mid-October, he has lost his drive.       The excitement of a new school year, a new teacher and new classmates brings a special kind…

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Check It Out: Math Alive Exhibit – Dayton Parent Magazine

Katy Mark9 years ago2 years ago05 mins

Being able to visit Math Alive! was the highly anticipated event of our week last Friday. My little boy (8) was SO excited to be able to be one of the first kids to check out this talked about new exhibit at the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. Let me tell you how AWESOME…

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Ask the Teacher: Phasing Out Physical Education

Katy Mark9 years ago2 years ago03 mins

Our school has removed physical education teachers and has replaced them with more STEM teachers. Why isn’t the health and physical well-being of our kids considered important?  Each state has its own standards for physical education and its own requirements for how those standards must be met. If there is an allowance for a licensed…

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Ask the Teacher: Technology in Classrooms

Katy Mark9 years ago2 years ago03 mins

I have a great deal of concern about the increased use of technology in classrooms at our son’s elementary school. It seems that more and more time is spent using electronic devices and less and less time is devoted to traditional paper/pencil activities. How can kids possibly be learning when they are playing games so…

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Ask the Teacher: Do-over assignments

Katy Mark9 years ago2 years ago02 mins

I am very surprised that my fifth grade daughter is allowed to re-do assignments, including re-taking tests. I am concerned that she is not seeing the repercussions of failing to prepare in the way she should. Why aren’t teachers letting poor grades stand to allow students to suffer the consequences? A philosophical shift has occurred…

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Making Required Reading a Positive Experience

Katy Mark10 years ago2 years ago04 mins

My son’s teacher requires him to read for twenty minutes five nights a week. How can I make required reading a positive experience?

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Bullying programs

Katy Mark10 years ago2 years ago04 mins

Bullying has been on the landscape of every childhood; you are right that there have always been mean kids who make life difficult for others.

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Ask the Teacher: trip tips

Katy Mark10 years ago2 years ago03 mins

We have a long driving vacation planned, and it seems like a good opportunity for reinforcing some school skills. What can I do other than give my son workbooks and books to read? Traveling certainly does present many opportunities for learning, and hours confined to a car turn riders into a captive audience. Plan to…

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How to help your Introverted Child make Friends

Katy Mark10 years ago2 years ago02 mins

My second grade daughter is so introverted. She is just unable to make friends. What can I do to help her?

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Internet Safety for Kids

Katy Mark10 years ago2 years ago03 mins

Teaching internet safety is just as important as teaching children to cross the street safely.

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