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Preparing for School • Things to Consider Before the First Day of School • Going to a New School • Homework • Reading with Your Child • Safe Internet Use • Avoiding Conflict • Helping Your Child Prepare for High School • Helping Your Child Plan for the Future
Preparing for School

Ease Your Child into a New Routine. Have him or her go [...]

Here are some “how-to’s” that will come in handy.
How to Round a Number
To the nearest ten
If the ones digit is 5 or more, round to the next highest ten (68 rounds to 70).
If the ones digit is less than 5, round to the next lowest ten (33 rounds to 30).
To the nearest [...]

Writing a definition paper may come in the form of preparing a document to define, for example, a political philosophy, a social service proposal, or a controversial practice. A definition paper is more than listing a general meaning of a term; it involves a discussion of the idea’s cultural and associative meanings, sometimes called the [...]

Your child sits down at the dining room table and with a sigh, opens an English textbook. Pulling out a grammar exercise, she throws a sidewise glance your way before whining, “I don’t know how to do this.”
What should you do? Drop everything and run to her aid? Calmly tell her to do the work [...]