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When you can do it well, touch typing is the fastest way to write. Many people quickly learn to touch type faster than they can write with a pen. The important things to remember are:

■  Use the correct fingers

■  There's no need to rush!

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You should take a rest, and shake your hands and arms to relax your muscles if you get tired.

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The Reading Curriculum Includes:

Uppercase and lowercase letter recognition

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More than 450 books and beginning readers

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ABCmouse.com's reading curriculum spans the entire range of early reading, from learning the names of each letter and the sounds they represent to being able to read books, starting with a few words on a page and gradually advancing to paragraphs.

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ABCmouse.com's reading curriculum spans the entire range of early reading, from learning the names of each letter and the sounds they represent to being able to read books, starting with a few words on a page and gradually advancing to paragraphs.

The curriculum for first grade also includes writing and language skills, such as sentence structure and punctuation, parts of speech, and practice with writing genres.

The Math Curriculum Includes:

Recognizing and counting numbers 1-120

The base ten system

Place value

Addition and subtraction

Names and attributes of 2D and 3D shapes

Length, time, and money measurement

The Math Curriculum Includes:

Recognizing and counting numbers 1-120

The base ten system

Place value

Addition and subtraction

Names and attributes of 2D and 3D shapes

Length, time, and money measurement

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ABCmouse.com's science and social studies curriculum helps children understand the world they live in and inspires curiosity.

Science and Social Studies

ABCmouse.com's science and social studies curriculum helps children understand the world they live in and inspires curiosity.

The Art & Colors Curriculum Includes:

Primary and secondary colors

Shades of colors

Paint-by-number activities

Number and letter dot-to-dots

The Art & Colors Curriculum Includes:

Primary and secondary colors

Shades of colors

Paint-by-number activities

Number and letter dot-to-dots

ABCmouse.com's unique drawing and painting program gives children of all ages the opportunity to use lines, shapes, and colors to create original works of art. Games, books, paint-by-number activities, and puzzles teach children to name and use a variety of colors.

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Moose Math engages kids in a mathematical adventure and teaches counting, addition, subtraction, sorting, geometry and more. While playing 5 multi-level activities in the Moose Juice Store, Puck's Pet Shop and Lost & Found, kids can earn rewards to help build their own city and decorate buildings.

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Moose Math features 5 engaging math activities:

1. MOOSE JUICE: Make smoothies while practicing counting, addition and subtraction

2. PAINT PET: Match the pets by counting the number of dots

3. PET BINGO: Solve addition, subtraction and counting problems to get BINGO

4. LOST & FOUND: Learn and sort through shapes and colors

5. DOT TO DOT: Help the Dust Funny find his way home by joining the dots

PLAY CATEGORY: Early Learning/Curriculum
Kids will learn the following math skills based on Common Core State Standards:
Numbers:

Understand the relationship between numbers and quantities

Solve word problems and algebraic thinking

Practice number pattern recognition

Counting:

Count by 1's, 2's, 5's and 10's

Master counting to 100

Addition & Subtraction:

Add and subtract by 1's, 2's, 5's and 10's

Add and subtract up to 20

Learn to add and subtract with numbers, dice and rekenrek racks

Geometry:

Master geometry at Kindergarten and First Grade levels

Learn to identify and recognize shapes

Measurement:

Understand and compare lengths

Report Card: Includes a Report Card section where parents and teachers can monitor progress and learn about new skill-building activities.

Common Core Standards: K.CC.1, K.CC.2, K.CC.4, K.CC.6, K.OA.1, K.OA.2, K.OA.5, K.MD.2, K.MD.3, K.G.2, K.G.3, K.G.4, 1.OA.1, 1.OA.2, 1.OA.6

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Math Slide: tens & ones is a multiplayer game helping children understand numbers up to 100: 'tens' and 'ones'. Players play and learn by sliding tiles into the center to match an image, answer or equation.

There are two modes or ways to play this game. Competition Mode is where the player who slides their tiles into the middle first wins, or Collaboration Mode where all players slide their tiles into the middle at the same time, working together and winning together.

Understanding tens and ones is a key math concept critical in a child's development. Progressing from counting to using number facts and place value is difficult for many children. This app is specifically designed to help children make this critical progression, helping them 'see' and understand that 23 is 2 'tens' and 3 'ones' and that one more than 79 is 8 groups of ten.

Features
* Multiplayer game, suitable for one, two, three or four players
* Games can be played in Competition Mode or Collaboration Mode
* 10 games all focused on the same key math concept
* All games can be played twice for free
* Game 1 and Game 8 can be played unlimited times
* Each game is a little harder than the previous game
* The app focuses on a critical math concept vital for success

To work out if this app is at the right level of challenge try Game 1 and Game 8. If Game 1 is too hard or Game 8 is too easy this app is not at the right level.

The free version of this app allows each game to be played twice. Games 1 and Game 8 can be played unlimited times for free. A paid version which contains all these games and more, and can be used with Apple's Volume Purchasing Program for Education VPP, it is called Math Slide: Place Value.

How to Play
1. Select Competition Mode or Collaboration Mode
2. Select a game to play
3. Players join the game by clicking on 'Join'
4. Click 'Start Game', wait for the count down, and play
5. Slide a tile into the center to match an image, answer or equation
6. Once tiles are used the game ends

Math focus of each game
Game 1 - representing numbers up to 10
Game 2 - 'ten and ...' numbers: 10+1, 10+2, 10+3, ...
Game 3 - representing numbers up to 20
Game 4 - 'ten and ...' numbers: 10+1, 2+10, 10+3, ...
Game 5 - words: ten and four, sixteen, ten + 7, ...
Game 6 - representing numbers up to 100
Game 7 - tens & ones: 10+2, 30+4, 50+6, ...
Game 8 - ten more, ten less: 37-10, 62+10, ...
Game 9 - ten more, ten less, one more, one less
Game 10 - tens & ones: 6+70, 82+?=92, 67-10, ...

Math Slide is a product of Maths Adventures Ltd which is a New Zealand company helping children learn mathematics and empowering teachers. We develop apps that focus on the key concepts that need to be fully understood to progress and succeed in mathematics. Our apps range from learning to count up to understanding and using fractions and decimals, with each app focusing on one key concept.

We believe:
* Everyone can learn mathematics
* Playing educationally rich games and apps improves understanding
* Learning math should be fun and exciting, a rewarding adventure

Math Slide is part of our 'play and learn' series, which are games high in educational value where children learn as they play. Our apps are research based and classroom tested to make sure they help children learn. We use the power of the iPad and technology to empower teachers and help children understand and learn key math concepts and to unravel misunderstandings.

*** Collaborative mode ***
You can now play Math Slide collaboratively. Up to 4 players can work together to complete a game. Each player slides a tile into the middle and when all players have the correct tile in the middle, all players win. Players can also switch to competition mode, where the first player to slide all their tiles into the middle wins.

Kindergarten teacher

I would highly recommend this app. I use it in my classroom, as well as for tutoring. I like the fact that it can be played individually or with up to 4 players. It helps children develop a good number sense, especially in relation to the numeral ten. It begins by focusing on a variety of ways to represent numbers 1-10 (ten frame, fingers, dot configuration, etc.) Each game level builds on the previous one, getting increasingly more challenging. I recommend this app to all my students' parents, as well as my colleagues.

Good app!

My son is learning how to quickly count groups of tens. The app does a great job of reinforcing his trust that a group of ten actually contains 10 units which is a pretty big concept for kids to get their head around. Recommended for 1st graders.

Great for classroom use

Love that it is a multiple player game with differentiated instruction built right in! Also love that it presents problems in various formats. Will be using in my 1st grade classroom

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With ScratchJr, young children (ages 5-7) learn important new skills as they program their own interactive stories and games.

By snapping together graphical programming blocks, children can make characters move, jump, dance, and sing. In the process, children learn to solve problems, design projects, and express themselves creatively on the computer. They also use math and language in a meaningful and motivating context, supporting the development of early-childhood numeracy and literacy. With ScratchJr, children don't just learn to code, they code to learn.

ScratchJr was inspired by the popular Scratch programming language (http://scratch.mit.edu), used by millions of people (ages 8 and up) around the world. The ScratchJr interface and programming language were redesigned to make them appropriate for younger children's cognitive, personal, social, and emotional development.

ScratchJr is a collaboration between the Lifelong Kindergarten research group at the MIT Media Lab, the Developmental Technologies research group at Tufts University, and the Playful Invention Company. The ScratchJr project has received generous financial support from the National Science Foundation (NSF DRL-1118664), Scratch Foundation, LEGO Foundation, and British Telecommunications.

If you enjoy using this free app, please consider making a donation to the Scratch Foundation (www.scratchfoundation.org), a nonprofit organization that provides ongoing support for ScratchJr. We appreciate donations of all sizes, large and small.

Version 1.5.10

Awesome, simple, and fun. Fix something though.

There is this mail letter thing, you can choose different colors for it to trigger a signal in your coding thing, or, whatever you call what it does. There is only a few colors, not a lot. I don't like that part, because I have a lot more things to use that mail thingy than just 6 colors. Can we maybe put a text, instead of colors? Like, any text. For example: "car". And on the character, you put the same text on that mail thingy. And the action happens. Also, why only 4 scenes? Can we add more than 4 scenes? I also want the audio recording quality a little better. There is this noise sound, it makes the recording sound a little glitchy, I also want to have a feature where you can just get audio from your audio library, or video library.
Thank you, I just want an improvement to make coding better. Overall from this, this app is great! Thank you for reading.

I kinda like it

I like it but it just needs more sections or whatever you call it, so here's the sections I need so operators but it's renamed math, sensing, and variables and more blocks in the sections like repeat until, point towards mouse pointer but renamed as point towards hand. And also remove the end blocks replace that as my blocks if you want. What should be in the math\operators: a plus sign, a minus sign and finally add times. Also add clones, delete clone, when start as a clone. Just add everything what scratch has only some stuff.

Works okay buut..

The drawing tool is hard to use and you can only have four frames. When you draw to create or edit a character, the app distorts the lines you draw and doesn't allow you to draw anything small. If you draw a curved or squiggly line, it'll often straighten the line unless it has very dramatic squiggles. Your drawing of a parentheses may end up looking like a straight line or a less than sign. If you're drawing the letter E, it'll often connect the lines and make it look more like a box with funny looking triangles. If you're drawing a tiny circle, it literally won't appear unless you draw it larger. It makes it frustrating to draw anything. In addition, projects are only limited to four frames, so you're restricted to making only incredibly simple games/stories/etc. A small selection of only 40 colors also limits creativity.
But overall, if you're making small, short, simple projects with the pre-made characters, it's an okay app.

The developer, Scratch Foundation, Inc., indicated that the app's privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer's privacy policy.

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Scratch Foundation, Inc.

Compatibility

iPhone

Requires iOS 9.3 or later.

iPad

Requires iPadOS 9.3 or later.

iPod touch

Requires iOS 9.3 or later.

Mac

Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.

Age Rating

4+, Made for Ages 6-8

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A petrifying pandemic is changing our lives by the moment, but one constant is true: You're unsure how to manage closed schools and social isolation with your children, who happen to have ADHD.

The big questions are: What can you do to set up a family plan that fosters more cooperation and less arguing during these unsettling times? How can you devise a plan that you can actually follow and your kids will buy into? We know that kids with ADHD benefit from structure, but what can you realistically pull off? Here is some helpful advice to get you started.

Carve Out Chunks of Time

Break the day into chunks that include periods for learning, chores, activities, your own work-from-home responsibilities, and personal breaks from each other. Instead of using punishments or threats to force your kids to cooperate, focus on using earned privileges because incentives motivate kids with ADHD best.

Focus on Big Goals and Forget the Small Stuff

Before you start learning at home, think about what you want for each day and what will help you stay as calm as possible. If you are dysregulated, then your kids will be too. Consider what they have to get done for school and chores, what assists them in working on those tasks and how many breaks they'll need.

Don't Fudge Wake Up and Bed Times

Pick specific times for waking up, getting started on studying and going to bed.
[Use This Sample Schedule For A Reliable Family Routine]
Set New Screen Time Limits

Decide how much 'fun' screen time they can have each day as a given and what they can earn through cooperation. It's reasonable to allow your child more time than your usual limits on screens right now, especially if it means they can interact with their friends online.However, make sure to explain to your kids that this is an exception not the new normal.

Collaborate with Your Child

Make a time to talk with your kids about their ideas for organizing their days. Brainstorm together how to co-create a structure that makes sense for everyone. When kids, especially those with ADHD, are included in the process of figuring things out, they are far more likely to cooperate.

Spell Out the Incentives

You'll need to make two lists: one with smaller 'like-to-do' items such as playing with the dog, hearing a story, practicing yoga or movement, or getting a snack and another list of bigger incentives such as extra screen time (surfing the net, gaming or social media); doing a favorite activity with you such as cooking or art projects; playing catch or making music; or even watching a TV show or movie. You'll need to apply these incentives to the 'have-to-do' list that includes tasks like studying, doing chores, and helping out with siblings or household work.

Put the Schedule and Incentives in Writing

Now lay out a sample weekly schedule based on the tips below. Each day should have designated blocks of time geared toward school and learning, household chores, and various fun activities. Once you've got a draft, post it around the house and plan to meet again in 4 days to check in and make necessary adjustments.
[Learning at Home: Sample Schedule & Resources for Elementary School Students with ADHD]
Daily Schedule for School and Learning

1. Plan to scaffold: Set up work periods using incentives that matter to your child or teen,timed breaks with appropriate activities, and earned rewards when the period is over or the task is completed. Plan to work alongside your child in what I call Family Work Time. You'll do some of your stuff while they are doing theirs. Plus you'll be there to help them stay on task or answer any possible questions. This sends a message that everyone is taking this plan seriously and it's time to settle down.

2. Block out realistic work periods: Ask your son or daughter how long they think they can concentrate before needing a break. Depending on their level of interest and the challenge of the work, this period can last 5 to 20 minus for elementary school kids. For middle and high school students, it varies between 15 and 45 minutes. Together, decide on the length of their study periods and how many they will need per hour and per day.

3. Set benchmarks: Choose incentives for reaching benchmarks, expecting that after an hour your child will need a longer break. This is the opportunity for those 'want-to-dos' like YouTube, social media, gaming, reading, listening to music or exercise. Meanwhile, create 5-minute break times between study periods with a clear list of acceptable activities such as movement, bathroom, snacks, petting the dog, etc.

Daily Schedule for Home Chores

1. Talk about team effort: This is a time when everybody needs to chip in. Talk to your kids about coming together for the collective well-being of the family and the reality of having to do more chores because the house will get dirtier than usual since everybody's around.

2. Choose chores they can tackle: Keep chores for your kids simple and manageable. If they weren't doing them before, this isn't the time to add something new. Instead, link the completion of their chores to some of the incentives as well. Talk about how many reminders they need and in what form. Prepare to supervise them if necessary and notice when they do what they are asked with positivity.

Daily Schedule for Activities

1. Prioritize social time: The advice is clear: stay home and avoid playdates. But kids aren't used to being alone and you may feel that complete avoidance is not possible. If your child is really struggling with social isolation, arrange for FaceTime sessions or interactive gaming sessions with friends. Focus on being outdoors as a family and making the most of this time without outside obligations.

2. Create a menu of non-screen choices: I suggest board games, puzzles, cooking, fun art or science projects, scrapbooking, cards, creating movies, music or books, caring for pets, walking, hiking, yoga, Wii, or biking. Create a garden or make some planters, redecorate a bedroom, or organize your playroom.

3. Game-ify mundane things: Let each child pick a family movie for two nights a week and pretend you are going to the movie theatre. Make popcorn or other treats. Set it up like an event. Make lunch as a picnic in your living room instead of at the kitchen table. Have breakfast for dinner. Play dance music while doing the dishes.

4. Nurture their interests: This is a great opportunity to cultivate those non-school activities that no one ever seems to have enough time to pursue.

5. Know that down time is healthy: Everybody needs and wants time to do whatever they want. Save some screen time allocations for this and let folks chill.

Daily Schedule for Managing Your Own Work

1. Budget quiet into the schedule: If you are working from home, decide when you want privacy and allow your kids to have some of their screen time then. This keeps them occupied when you need to work.

2. Take shifts, if possible: If you have a partner or a family member who lives with you, try to tag team your work and child coverage. Plan on relieving each other and make arrangements to check in with each other when your kids are asleep.

Whatever routines you create during this unusual time will need tweaking as you go, but that doesn't mean the plan isn't working. If your son or daughter isn't cooperating, work with their desire to avoid conflict and see their struggles as part of their frustration about how life has changed. Expect inevitable meltdowns and make an arrangement for structured time apart to cool off before pivoting to another activity.

Remember that kids are struggling right now and may neither fully understand the severity of the situation nor be able to articulate how they feel. Share relevant facts without scaring them and be careful of what you are saying on the phone to friends and family that's within earshot of your youngster.
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With schools closing to stop the spread of coronavirus, you may find yourself working from home with a new side-gig: teacher.

If you're new to homeschooling, you're probably wondering how you can help your kids learn and keep them occupied while you work. Is it possible to avoid a screen time free-for-all and keep your sanity?

With everything from free lessons from Scholastic to a daily doodle with Mo Willems, these free homeschool resources will help:

First things first, see if your teacher or school has learning packets or classes via Google classrooms or Zoom. States and cities that are shutting down schools generally provide some online resources. New York City has grade-by-grade guidance. Check with your child's teacher or principal for guidance for a free homeschool curriculum.

NBC Learn's Parent Toolkit has guidelines for what students ought to know by the end of the year.

Looking for a homeschool daily schedule? This quarantine homeschool schedule template has been making the rounds as a COVID-19 daily schedule.

You may want to try to follow your child's regular school schedule, or decide on a plan with a family meeting. These printable schedules let you plan out your day.

Keep in mind younger children may only be able to focus on a task for 10 or 15 minutes. Take lots of movement breaks, sing songs and get outside when you can.

Mo Willems, of "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus" and "Elephant and Piggie" fame, is hosting "lunchtime doodles" at 1 p.m. EDT.

Jarret J. Krosoczka, author of the "Lunch Lady" graphic novel series and the National Book Award finalist "Hey, Kiddo," is hosting daily drawing webcasts on YouTube at 2 p.m. EDT for all ages.

Khan Academy is a great, free resource for instructional videos on many topics.

Mystery Science is offering free science lessons during school shutdowns.

TED-Ed has video lessons and series by top educators, made into animated videos for kids.

The Kennedy Space Center is having live presentations on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays on Facebook Live at 9:30 a.m. EDT for younger children, and 1 p.m. for young adults.

Some of your children's favorite authors are offering daily read-alouds during the crisis. Mac Barnett ("Sam and Dave Dig a Hole," "Mac B: Kid Spy") will read daily at 3 p.m. EDT and Oliver Jeffers ("Stuck," "Here We Are") at 2 p.m. EDT.

Peter H. Reynolds, author of "The Dot" and "ish" will have daily Facebook Lives.

Kate Messner, author of the new middle grade novel "Chirp" and picture book "The Next President" with Adam Rex, shares an array lessons from other authors on her website.

Romper put together "Operation Storytime" with read-alouds from enough authors to fill a virtual library.

Authors who are planning new read-alouds and lessons are sharing their schedules in a google doc created by literacy advocate Olivia Van Ledtje, and more are sharing resources with the Twitter hashtag #kidlitquarantine.

And major children's publishers, including Penguin and HarperCollins, are planning daily read-alouds and activities.

Many educational websites are offering free subscriptions during school closures. The Facebook group Amazing Educational Resources gathered them into a public spreadsheet. It includes resources for reading, math, history, Chinese, coding, music and more.

Scholastic learn-at-home is offering free online resources during the crisis, including 20 days of lessons for grades pre-K to 9 and up to three hours of lessons a day.

Open Culture has free textbooks, movies and audiobooks and links to free online courses from professors.

Prodigy Math, which is used by many school districts, has free video game style math learning. And the language program Duolingo offers free online learning tools. And the website CK-12 has age-appropriate lessons in all subjects for different grades.

For high schoolers, Fiveable is a free resource for Advanced Placement class learning and test prep.

Outschool, which offers live online classes in small groups, is offering free classes to those affected by school shutdowns.

Audible announced a free Audible Stories website with audiobooks for children of all ages. Everything on the site is free, with no login or membership required.

The streaming audio service Pinna is offering families and teachers two free months of access to their audio streaming service for kids ages 3-12. To activate, go to Pinna and use the promo code: PINNA4KIDS.

There are plenty of educational and entertaining podcasts for kids, including NPR's WOW in the World, Story Pirates and Brains On!

The Story Seeds podcast shows the creative process in real time, with kids and authors collaborating on story ideas. And Grim, Grimmer, Grimmest with author Adam Gidwitz ("A Tale Dark and Grimm") offers safely thrilling spooky tales.

The But Why? podcast includes an episode to explain what's happening with coronavirus to kids.

Many libraries are closing, but online resources remain available. Check SimplyE, Libby and Kanopy to get free resources with your library card.

The Epic! reading app announced Monday that it would be free to parents for the rest of the school year. To unlock free at-home access, students and their families need a digital invitation from a teacher or school librarian, who can sign up free to provide access to their students and even assign books to read remotely.

VOOKS, an online streaming library, is offering a month for free during school shutdowns in addition to resources and lesson plans.

Many children's book authors offer free activity sheets on their websites. Jarrett Lerner, author of "Enginerds," is creating new worksheets every few days that let kids finish a comic or complete a drawing with their own silly ideas.

Author/illustrator Elise Gravel also made some new (relevant) worksheets, like make your own silly virus.

Your local independent bookstore may be shutting down but offer free delivery or limited pick-up hours. Consider open-ended activity books along with reading material that your child loves.

With kids kept indoors more than usual, don't forget to provide plenty of wiggle time.

The Kidz Bop YouTube channel has dance-along videos. Mark Kanemura, a former backup dancer with Lady Gaga and contestant on "So You Think You Can Dance," is offering virtual dance parties on Instagram.

Cosmic Kids Yoga has free yoga resources for young children. And Go Noodle features short videos to get kids moving.

Just because you're quarantined doesn't mean you're under house arrest. Take your work outside and let the kids dig, or just observe nature. They can track what they see in a science notebook.

Tinkergarten, the outdoor early learning program, is offering Tinkergarten At Home for families with weekly activity ideas and other resources.

This whole exercise is going to require loads of creativity for any parent, especially those working while homeschooling.

Keri Smith, author of the "Wreck This Journal" books, is creating daily exploration prompts at her website. The Rebel Girls team is launching Rebel Girls at Home, including a digital download of their "I Am a Rebel Girl" journal, podcasts and activities from their books.

Illustrator Carson Ellis is providing illustration prompts on Instagram.

Author Kate DiCamillo is providing weekly writing prompts on YouTube. Bonus: Writing time for kids is quiet time for parents.

Author and illustrator Dan Santat is giving kids a chance to earn "badges" during the pandemic, with extra points for leaving parents alone to work.

Americas Test Kitchen Kids is offering free recipes, activities and experiments for kids during the coronavirus crisis. Raddish kids also offers resources and recipes for kids, and is giving away some free meal kits.

Sign up for the PBS Kids newsletter for more activities to try with kids.

National Geographic Kids also has quizzes, puzzles and games. And Quizlet provides free learning games and tools.

KiwiCrate has free educational resources and DIYS on its website.

If your kids Netflix, you can chill (or get some work done). And there are plenty of quality films to get you through quarantine.

Commonsense media keeps a list of the best documentaries for kids.

For an all-family TV break, shows about cooking and travel can be great cross-overs.

Be kind to yourself; remember this is temporary and no one expects perfection. If you make good use of the new Disney Plus streaming service, your kids may remember it as the best school year ever.

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With schools closing to stop the spread of coronavirus, you may find yourself working from home with a new side-gig: teacher. If you're new to homeschooling, you're probably wondering how you can help your kids learn and keep them occupied while you work. Is it possible to avoid a screen time free-for-all and keep your sanity?

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Author and Illustrator Mo Willems has been awarded the American Library Association’s Caldecott Honor three times for his picture book illustration. Additionally, he is the recipient of two Theodor Geisel Medals and five Geisel Honors for his Elephant & Piggie early readers. Mo began his career as a writer and animator on Sesame Street, where he garnered six Emmy Awards. His work has been exhibited around the world, including solo retrospectives at the High Museum in Atlanta and the New-York Historical Society. Over the last decade, Mo has written three musical theater works based on his books, two of which were commissioned and toured by the Kennedy Center.

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The activities below are available for free download, and are to be used in educational and/or private settings. They may not be used elsewhere or for other purposes (such as for profit) unless explicit permission is granted.
Below will find: Blank Comic Book Pages, Special Activities, "Finish This Story!" Story Starters, "How to Draw..." Instructions, "Finish This Comic!" Comics, and Drawing/Writing Prompts.
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New York Times-bestselling author/illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka [𝙲𝚛𝚘𝚠-𝚜𝚊𝚞𝚌𝚎-𝚔𝚊𝚑] gives readers a look at his creative process and offers writing and drawing tutorials. JJK has published 45 books, including his wildly popular LUNCH LADY graphic novels, select volumes of the STAR WARS™: JEDI ACADEMY series, and several picture books.

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Daily lesson plans to do with your child that take 15 -20 to build independence and curiosity.

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Hi there, I am Kristi Mraz. Former literacy consultant with Teacher's College, co-author of Smarter Charts (with Marjorie Martinelli) and Writing Non-Fiction Chapter Books (with Barb Golub and Lucy Calkins), and current kindergarten teacher. This blog is a place for me to share what is...