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In this space, SchoolFamily.com brings you the expertise, opinions, and thoughts from a variety of guest bloggers. Please feel free to comment on each of their blog posts. If you have someone you'd like to see featured in this space, please email editor@schoolfamily.com.


How to Find the Experts you Need to Evaluate Your Struggling Student

Dec 01, 2010 - Posted by SchoolFamily in School Success, Parent Involvement, Learning Disabilities, Kids Learning
This blog was originally published by Gary G. Brannigan, Ph.D. & Howard Margolis, Ed.D in www.reading2008.com/blog. They co-authored Reading Disabilities: Beating The Odds, a book to help parents identify reading difficu... Read more
Educational Gift Idea Your Kids Will Love- Seriously!

Nov 18, 2010 - Posted by SchoolFamily in Kids Math, Kids Learning, Fun Learning Activities
When you ask a child what they would like for Hannukah or Christmas chances are they are going to tell you something (or a lot of things) technology-related. What's that -- your kids don't say, "What I'd really love is a gif... Read more
Get Your Family Health & Wellness Questions Answered, Live by a Pediatrician!

Nov 15, 2010 - Posted by SchoolFamily in Nutrition, Health and Fitness
Keeping kids healthy and in school is always high on a parent’s priority list. But sometimes, parents have questions about how to promote healthy lifestyles and when to keep kids home from school. We bet you have a few... Read more
How Can Parents Foster a Love of Reading?

Nov 09, 2010 - Posted by SchoolFamily in Kids Reading, Kids Learning, Fun Learning Activities, Elementary School
Giving your kids books to read. Great. Making reading and literacy a family activity and habit—even better. Did you know that November is Family Literacy month? Family literacy is more than just building reading skills... Read more
Making the Most of Parent Teacher Conferences

Oct 26, 2010 - Posted by SchoolFamily in Parent-Teacher Conference, Middle School, Kids Learning, High School, Elementary School, Back to School
How does my child get along with other children? Is my son getting better at following verbal instructions for in-class assignments? My daughter aces her spelling tests, then turns around and mis-spells the words the next day... Read more
Cool Contest Alert

Oct 19, 2010 - Posted by SchoolFamily in School Success, Health and Fitness, Contest
Just wanted to give you a head's up to a cool contest that one of our sponsors is running: the Play 60 Super Bowl Contest. As parents, one of our top priorities is to keep our kids active and healthy. Sometimes it takes more ... Read more
Blog Give-Away: Win a Free House Cleaning & Lysol Gift Pack

Oct 06, 2010 - Posted by SchoolFamily in School Supplies, Nutrition, Health and Fitness, Elementary School
Are your kids sniffling and sneezing already this school year? Yep, cold and flu season is upon us. You'll be happy to know that we just launched a new Healthy School Kids page that provides practical tips, tools and insight ... Read more
The Price for Being Absent from School

Oct 06, 2010 - Posted by SchoolFamily in Nutrition, Middle School, Livia McCoy, Kids Learning, Homework, Health and Fitness, Elementary School, Connie McCarthy
“School is more demanding for my kids than it was when I went to school.” How many times have you said this or heard this said? Kids need to be at their best in order to do well and enjoy school. It seems that nev... Read more
How do you Motivate Your Kids to Persevere?

Sep 15, 2010 - Posted by SchoolFamily in Kids Learning, Fun Learning Activities, After-School
One of my all-time favorite quotes that I have passed along to my kids is:  "I haven't failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." ~Thomas Edison  I think it's important for our kids to know that in school... Read more
Managing Technology Distractions on School Nights

Sep 09, 2010 - Posted by SchoolFamily in Sleep, Parent Involvement, Motor Skills, Kids Learning, Internet Safety, Homework, High School, Cell Phones, Back to School
Cell phones, Facebook, I-Touch, Xbox + students + parents… can they peacefully co-exist and survive the school year? How do we best teach our kids to manage technology distractions on school nights? Hmmm. Did you ever ... Read more