Home & Activities: Get Organized for School, Stay Healthy, and Find Balance

Get Organized

• Get Ready for Kindergarten

  Ease the stress on that momentous first day of kindergarten and prepare your child for success in the year ahead.

• Help Your Teenager Schedule Activities Wisely This Year

  The second half of the high school year is especially busy.

• Make Summer Count

  Yes, learning and summer fun can coexist. Use these tips to help your child get the most out of summer.

Healthy Habits

• Keep Kids Fit This Summer

  There are many ways parents can get their children—even reluctant ones—to stay active.

• Sleep, Nutritious Food Are Essential for Teens in May

  A big test tomorrow. A prom on the weekend. A major project due Tuesday. That’s a typical schedule for an overloaded teen during the frantic month of May.

• Nutrition for Kids

  Ideas on how to improve your child's eating habits.

Schedule & Activities

• These Tips Help Older Children Get Organized

  It hardly seems possible, but kids actually get less organized as they get older.

• Help Your Child Be a Good Sport & Develop Character

  Not long ago, sports and sportsmanship went hand in hand.

• Start an After-School Club to Meet Your Teen’s Interests

  Your teen spends hours on the computer, but there’s no computer club at school.

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

• Grade 2 Curriculum Quiz

• Back-to-School Quiz

• Grade 6 Curriculum Quiz

More Home & Activities Articles

• Follow a Lesson Plan for Teaching Your Child Values

• Don’t Forget to Boost Your Child’s Esteem This Summer

• Let Your Child Learn From the Consequences of Her Actions

• Help your child develop a positive self-image

• Outsmart Gym Germs

• Make it Easy, Fun for Your Child To Help With Household Chores

• Give Your Teen Advice to Plan Ahead for Final Math Exams

• Arm Your Teen With a Big Dose Of Self-Esteem

• Activate a Strategy to End Messy House Madness

• Help Middle Schoolers Bounce Back From Disappointments

• Having a Collection Boosts Academics & Self-Esteem

• School Clothes: Winning the Battle

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