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December 30, 2021

How can your school engage families in physical health activities?

This Active Schools Guide provides a variety of creative ideas and simple suggestions for partnering with families to encourage the community to be physically active and healthy. It includes ideas for engaging families as...

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Academics / Communication with Schools / Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Families / Learning at Home / Middle & High School / Remote Learning for Fams

December 30, 2021

How should I work with my child’s school to get them tested for a reading disability or dyslexia?

If you are concerned about your child’s progress learning to read, you are not alone! It is estimated that 1 in 5 people has dyslexia worldwide. Our team put together some tips for working...

Academics / Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Families / For Schools / Learning at Home / Remote Learning for Fams

December 30, 2021

Supporting Young English Learners at Home (Available in 9 Languages)

The IES.ed.gov website has simple, fun activity ideas for families with young English learners. The activities will help to strengthen language skills in the home language or English. They are available in 9 languages...

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

October 14, 2021

Guide to 2022 Ohio School Report Cards

Ohio School Report Cards give parents, caregivers, community members, educators, and policymakers information about how schools and districts are performing. The report cards help to celebrate successes and identify areas for improvement. The information...

Communication / Elementary School / For Families / For Schools / Grandfamilies / Learning at Home / Social Emotional / Transitions

October 8, 2021

Podcast: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

In this podcast, Angela Provenzano, OSU doctoral student in Occupational Therapy shares her personal grandfamily story and her experience leading a support group for Ohio kinship caregivers. Dr. Barbara Boone of the Ohio Statewide...

Elementary School / For Families / Learning at Home

October 1, 2021

STEM Quiz for Families: What type of engineer will you be?

Do you like to imagine things? Do you like to solve problems? You might like to be an engineer. Engineers are people who make things to solve problems, such as headphones, medicines, and robots....

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Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Families / For Schools / Learning at Home

September 24, 2021

Ohio Digital Library Video Collection – Children’s Stories in American Sign Language

The Ohio Digital Library is a program of the State Library of Ohio. The library has a collection of over 120 videos of children’s books in American Sign Language for grades K-5. Select “Borrow”...

Family Engagement Planning / For Families / For Schools / Learning at Home / Middle & High School

September 24, 2021

Career Conversation Starters

Based on research related to family engagement in middle school career development, our Middle Years to Careers team developed conversation starters about students interests and career possibilities. In middle school, students learn a lot...

Remote Learning: A Parent's Guide - Your Learning Environment

Elementary School / For Families / For Schools / Learning at Home / Middle & High School / Remote Learning for Fams / Remote Learning for Schools

September 24, 2021

Remote Learning: A Parent’s Guide

The “Remote Learning: A Parent’s Guide” series is for families about remote learning. This series includes: Your Learning Environment Routines Matter Guiding, Not Telling The series was developed by the Ohio Department of Education,...

Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Families / For Schools / Learning at Home

September 23, 2021

Hundreds of Videos of Children’s Books in American Sign Language

“This ASL Stories Directory has hundreds of free videos of American Sign Language retellings of your child’s favorite books. Research shows that reading and signing stories together helps promote essential literacy skills for ALL...

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