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This is an excellent article from an expert that explains why students no longer find interest in reading outside of school and how to regain that interest.

Teacher Donalyn Miller earned the nickname The Book Whisperer" because of her almost mystical success getting kids to read -- a lot. Allowing children to choose books, and providing reading role models and time to read are among her strategies. Included: Reading tips and resources from The Book Whisperer."

This article deals with how important it is to get children reading on their own and some of the strategies that Donalyn Miller used

Another excellent example of how learning for understanding impacts positive learning for children in mathematics!

Great math ideas for parents to do at home with their children.

An inter-active poetry website for children. It also contains poems by well-known children's poets and a wealth of educational material for teachers

Educational videos broken down by age and subject, Neat resource!

Rather than stressing memorization and repetitive exercises, the Mathnasium Method of math instruction focuses on first helping children develop an intuitive idea of how numbers work and learning how to do math mentally. Included: Some examples of Mathnasium exercises.

Rather than stressing memorization and repetitive exercises, the Mathnasium Method of math instruction focuses on first helping children develop an intuitive idea of how numbers work and learning how to do math mentally. Included: Some examples of Mathnasium exercises. I feel this is an excellent validation for making the changes necessary in Math instruction. Interesting read...

This site provided by the University of Nebraska at Omaha and several partner organizations promotes learning about the brain and nervous system for children.

Alternative Teaching Strategy Center is a non-profit agency that provides Visual Communication Anlysis services for children with autism. We also provide support for parents of children with autism.

This website shows good children books and can help me or other teachers find books to read in class. They are common Core aligned.

Cyber Safety Thought Information Literacy Teaching cyber safety in school is a tremendous challenge. Try as we may, lecturing to students who know more about technology than the teacher is not going to make our children cyber safe. On top of that, adding additional curriculum to an already overburdened teacher's job is problematic at best.

15 Super Easy ways to help your reluctant learners Unfortunately, approximately 40% of kids are considered to be struggling readers. The best way to prevent your child from being part of this statistic is to start teaching reading EARLY. Your children will have much less difficulty learning to read the earlier they get started.

Story Jumper is a website where teachers, parents or even children can publish their own children's book. The process is simple, fast and fun. If your students have a hard time creating a story, they can use the Story Starter, a tool that will help them write a story in just seven steps.

When I introduce the "Wonderful Woman" I like to use pictures of the students in my class to represent the children and pictures of the teachers in the class to represent the wonderful woman. One classroom I visited used a large shoe that hung on the wall.

Some children struggle with learning their letters, this site has some great ideas.