Academics & Studying: Help with Homework, Learning Styles, and School Life

School Life

• How To Respond if Your Child Is Caught Cheating

  Your child has just come home with a note from the teacher that says she was caught cheating. Your first instinct may be to ground her for life.

• Outsmart Gym Germs

  It may sound crazy, but without good hygiene, exercising can actually be hazardous to your health.

• 6th Grade Social Changes: What To Expect

  This is a year of transitions, from the physical and emotional changes of adolescence to the new environment of middle school.

Learning & Achievement

• Learning Styles Quiz

  Get insight into how your child learns best.

• Children Learn Differently; How Does Your Child Learn?

  When your child tries to put a new toy together, does he read the instructions first? Then he may be a visual learner who learns best by seeing.

• Sneak Learning Into Summer Fun

  Teachers offer their favorite ideas to combine education and fun.

Homework & Studying

• Help your child start the school year with good study habits

  Establishing and using good study habits now, before your child gets to high school, may be the best thing he can do to be successful.

• Teach your child strategies for boosting memory skills

  Your child will do a lot of memorizing during middle school.

• Improve Teens’ Writing By Being a Coach, Not a Critic

  When your child asks you to read over a writing assignment, do you immediately look for errors?

Quiz Time! (Don't worry, we're easy graders)

• Back-to-School Quiz

• Grade 4 Curriculum Quiz

• Grade 2 Curriculum Quiz

More Academics & Studying Articles

• Explore Worlds of Fun and Adventure at the Library

• Middle Schoolers Will Read—If They See Benefits

• Preparation Helps Children Reduce Presentation Anxiety

• This Year Make Homework Planning a Family Routine

• Help Your Child Learn to Tackle School Projects

• Homework 911

• Boost your child’s thinking skills with questions

• Help Your Child Make the Most of Library Assignments

• Children Study Better When They Have a Study Plan

• Teach Your Child Fun Facts About How the Body Works

• Find Ways To Help Others Online

• Keep Children Learning During Vacations

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