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Activities Kids Can Do to Learn About Recycling

Through recycling, kids can help create a greener future. By training your kid in the basics of recycling from an early age, you can encourage her to adopt earth-friendly practices and do her part to keep her planet healthy. Teaching your kid about recycling does not have to be a difficult task. By integrating some recycling tasks into your daily interactions with your child, you can have her recycling on her own in no time.

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Math Lessons for Kids

Some children delight in the manipulation of numbers. For others, however, even the simplest math problems prove challenging. Regardless of which side of this divide your child falls on, she will certainly require at least basic math skills as she moves through school and eventually ventures out into the real world. To ensure that your kid has the arithmetic skills required for later success, consider some ways in which math skills can be developed both in the classroom and at home.

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Help Your Kid Do Better on Tests!

As the back-to-school season kicks into high gear, so does the homework, studying time and of course, tests. For many kids, test-taking can be an uneasy experience that takes a little bit more academic and emotional preparation. To ensure students are on the right track, experts agree, it is more important than ever for parents to work with teachers and family members to help their children understand how best to plan for a test even weeks leading up to an exam. Consider these tips to best prepare your child for testing success.

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Is My Teen Texting Too Much?

Seventy-five billion texts are sent every month, according to the Nielson company. And no, your teen isn’t sending or receiving the majority of those texts — even if it may seem like it sometimes! But, teens 13 to 17 years old are the biggest texters. And, according to the Pew Research Center, one in three teens sends more than 100 text messages a day! You’ve got to basically force them to talk to you, so how much could they possibly have to say over a text!? If you can’t remember the last time you had a conversation with your teen without him or her constantly checking the cell, then you need to know some of the dangers of texting and rules to set to stop your teen from texting too much.

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Preschool Alphabet Learning Game

Learning the alphabet is just one skill children need to learn to read. Play and experiences are another. Most preschool age children are not yet ready for sitting and studying the alphabet and words. Using games and play will make learning the alphabet fun and educational for both you and your preschooler. Once you have this basic alphabet game mastered you can make it new by asking your child to create new rules for the game.