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June 3, 2020

Video: How You Can Help Kids Process Violence, Trauma, and Race

Conversations with Common Sense brings together authors, experts, and thought leaders for meaningful and timely dialogue on what it means to raise healthy and happy kids in the digital age. With near-constant exposure to...

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June 1, 2020

Family Engagement as a Critical Practice for Anti-bias Education: Training for Schools from LearningforJustice.org

This self-guided learning website for educators from learningforjustice.org includes many resources. “Learning for Justice provides a range of materials—articles, modules, self-assessments, publications and more—that allow educators to improve their practice at their own pace.”...

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May 29, 2020

Sample End of Year Letter to Inform Families of their Child’s Progress

Highland Elementary School in Sylvania, OH sent parents and caregivers personalized letters with specific feedback about their child’s progress, areas for growth, and suggested resources for summer learning. Their sample letter can be adapted...

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May 28, 2020

Supporting Student Growth Over the Summer

The five resources featured below contain family-friendly ideas to encourage growth in math, reading, internet/technology use, and typing over the summer and beyond! Reading This “Start with a Book” website allows families to register...

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May 28, 2020

How educators can bridge the gap between math in the classroom and math at home for all families

“Mathematics is cultural. Families, especially parents who went to school outside of the United States, may have learned math differently than the way their children are learning it. They may have indicated decimals with...

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May 27, 2020

Relative Impact of Family Engagement Strategies on Student Learning

This visual representation from the Flamboyan Foundation of the impact of various family engagement strategies on student learning is helpful as we make the shift from reliance solely on traditional forms of family engagement...

Early Childhood / Elementary School / Family Engagement Planning / For Families / For Schools / Grandfamilies / Middle & High School / Organizations for Families

May 22, 2020

Ohio’s Grandfamilies: Facts and Resources

This Ohio Fact Sheet from Grandfamilies.org (2021) provides information about the number of children in Ohio being raised by their grandparents. The Grandfamilies.org website also contains many useful resources for grandfamilies and those who...

Communication / Early Childhood / Elementary School / Family Engagement Planning / For Schools / Middle & High School

May 20, 2020

Understanding Families: Resources for Home Visits

One very powerful way to listen and learn about families as educators is to conduct home visits. Many educators in Ohio routinely visit with their students’ families at their homes and in their communities...

Grandfather reading to two young grandchildren outside

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May 20, 2020

AARP Guide for Grandparents Raising their Grandchildren

If you are just starting to care for a grandchild and support their education, or you have been for awhile, you are definitely not alone. There are 100,000 or more grandparents in Ohio that...

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May 4, 2020

Age-Specific Supports for Coping with the COVID-19 Crisis At Home

For Young Children This Feelings Workbook from Scholastic, free to download and use, is targeted towards elementary aged children. It has writing and discussion prompts about feelings, ways to stay healthy, and space to...

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