Category: Learning at Home
Videos for Families: Grade-level Expectations in Elementary School
These milestones videos from Greatschools.org explain what your child is expected to know by the end of first, second, third, fourth, and fifth grades. The videos above are a small sample of what you...
Videos for Families: Grade-level Expectations in Kindergarten
These milestones videos from Greatschools.org explain what your child is expected to know by the end of Kindergarten. While we know that not all kids are exactly the same, by watching these videos, we...
Family-Centered Instructional Planning Do’s and Don’ts for Remote Learning
We know that many teachers are working to ensure students can be successful remote learners this school year. Our guide for educators can be used to better understand what it looks like to take...
Ohio Regional Story: Talk First Stark encourages “language nutrition” as the foundation of healthy growth and brain development
The Ohio Department of Education’s State Support Team 9 has been working in collaboration with Great Start for Great Futures – Talk First Stark to encourage “language nutrition” as the foundation of healthy growth...
Low-Tech Interactive Homework Activities
The National Network of Partnership Schools (NNPS) is offering members over 600 Interactive Homework activities for the elementary and middle grades. The activities are called “Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork (TIPS).” This special benefit...
Recommended Reading: Effective Family Engagement in High School
The Flamboyan Foundation has a series of articles about family engagement in the high school years. “Adolescence. It’s a time of significant change for students. Their brains are changing – as are their hormones!...
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...
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...
Supporting Learning at Home: Considerations for Students with Disabilities from the Ohio Department of Education
“One of Ohio’s top priorities during the ordered school-building closure period…is to ensure students with disabilities receive educational services closest to the manners prescribed within their Individualized Education Programs (IEPs)…. This document addresses specific requirements...