K-12 Articles
1: Everyone Needs A Mentor, But Especially the Bilingual Student
Everyone needs a mentor, but especially the bilingual student. It doesn't matter the languages or racial background, these students need encouragement to utilize the gift of two languages.
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2: How A Child Thinks Regarding Moral Issues
Children who are six years old have a vocabulary from eight thousand to fourteen thousand words. Truly, this can be very surprising to anyone who is listening to a six year old child. Not only are six year olds better conversationalists than younger ages, but they are more aware of their surroundings.
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3: Elementary School Career Education - The Need, Basics, Examples, and Guidelines
Elementary school career education programs develop self-worth, awareness, and decision making strategies. Schools use age-appropriate materials that match the students' developmental levels. School programs report higher academic achievement. There are a variety of career education resources.
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4: How To Develop Self-Esteem in Five Year Olds
As Erik Erikson pointed out, young children's self-concept is largely defined by the range of skills that demonstrate their independence and initiative kindergartners jump at almost any opportunity to show that "I can do it" attitude.
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5: Cultural Diversity in the Classroom Equals Language Success!
Diversity represents the richness and uniqueness of human life. It is something that is valued and shared with children that teachers encounter on a day to day basis. Multicultural education hopes to prepare children for a diverse society in which different languages and customs abound.
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6: Motor Skill Development in Five Year Olds: A Must Read for the Kindergarten Parent
The most obvious physical developments are changes in body size and shape. More crucial changes involve the maturation of the brain and central nervous system. This maturation allows the mastery of motor skills that sets the five year old apart from a toddler.
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7: The Six Reasons for Teaching English
Literacy is the ability to read and write. What is so important about literacy is that it communicates the written word from one person to another in an intelligible manner. Without literacy, there is no progress in academics or any other field.
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8: Using "Journals" to Develop Purposeful Writing in the Classroom
I can remember when journal writing was a must do all the way up to attending high school. When I entered college, journals became non-mandatory. What a shame.
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9: Moral Development Theory: Understanding Childhood Behaviors
Early childhood development IS the time most moral behavior and development occur in moral reasoning.
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10: Science Fair Projects -- Pollution and the Environment!
Is your family polluting the environment? Are there ways to change habits and stop pollution? Find out if you're guilty of polluting and how to stop it. A great science fair project idea!
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11: Color Your Child a Genius
Use coloring books to help your child excel academically.
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12: Teaching Children Reverence for the English Language
The English language has clearly changed in pronunciation over the years. For example, the sentence, "Mom, do you wish me to unload the groceries?" is now said shorter like: "Ma, do ya want me to get the bags?" In our fast past society, we sometimes forget to utilize proper English and indeed some of us have forgotten to use it at all.
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13: How a U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Would Teach Writing
Drill sergeants would do repetition, model, and show their soldiers how to make a paragraph They would do so in a manner that would command attention and they would lead by example. No one would dare stop or interrupt them in the process of teaching.
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14: Raising a Computer Savvy Kid
Reasons why your child needs to know about technology and computers
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15: Science Fair Projects -- Weird Topics, Cool Projects!
Science explains some pretty strange facts! Looking for a different science fair project? Look here for funny, weird and wonderful science projects!
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16: Science Experiments - Amazing Physics Facts!
Physics is amazing! It makes the stars shine every night and the sun shine every day, and it makes a your favorite basketball player seemingly fly while dunking the ball!
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17: What Type of School Fundraiser to Avoid
The type of Fundraiser to avoid when students are involved is the donation based fundraiser.
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18: Science Experiments and Chemistry Chuckles
Do you find Chemistry funny? These chemistry facts will make laugh. Science experiments can be fun with a Chemistry chuckle.
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19: Science Experiments -- Left, Right or Hair Brained?
Are you more creative or analytical or both? Did you ever wonder why? The answer may lie in your brain! Find out how your brain controls who you are in this fun science experiment!
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20: Science Experiments - Amazing Cockroaches
Before you step on that cockroach consider this, they were here before humans and are likely to remain long after we're gone. Science experiments reveal the amazing enduring cockroach!
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21: Science Experiments - Are Computers Stupid?
Computers do a lot of our thinking for us so how can they be stupid? This science experiment peels back the computer's cover and reveals the truth!
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22: Science Experiments - Are Rocks Really Solid?
Solid as a rock is a popular expression but are rocks really as solid as we believe? This Earth science experiment will reveal the truth about this popular notion.
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23: Science Fair Project Success -- Sixteen Tips!
How do you win at science fairs? Sixteens steps to get you closer to winning your school science fair! The secret is in your science fair project!
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24: Writers with Learning Disabilities
People with learning disabilites can excel in life just as well as anyone else.
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25: Putting Together A P.E. Demonstration
It is not necessary that a great deal of extra work be done in putting on a gym demonstration as almost all the numbers are regular parts of the school's physical education program.
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