School and Learning

Many teens in your position have left school and successfully completed their education. Your mom does not need a degree to homeschool you.

It's best to let each child discover her own learning style. Give each one some freedom to pursue interests, and get together as a group for special projects.

Here is an expert's advice to a seventh-grader who is struggling with reading.

Find out why your overachieving child can still get a lot out of kindergarten.

Here's information on the TerraNova test, and what to do if your child is a high scorer.

Team up with the teacher to devise a positive behavior plan for your child.

The social impact of being held back often outweighs the educational benefits. Help your child get through this difficult episode.

Work with the teacher to develop a plan to help your child pay attention in class.

Our expert advises a seventh-grader how to improve reading skills.

Not all gifted children are early and advanced readers -- each child has an individual learning style.

Grocery shopping and preparing meals are good ways for your child to practice his language skills.

This pre-reading activity will help improve a child's language and imagination skills.

This article offers a basic guide for helping children make the connection between words and meaning.

Create a home library for your young child, and you'll help to boost his interest in reading.

This article describes how to get your child ready to start writing.

This pre-reading activity uses food to help early readers develop reading skills. This activity is also helpful for children with learning disabilities.

This article describes how talking with your toddler can speed up reading skill development.

Learn a fun way to encourage your child to read -- leave notes for each other!