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Art helps develop children's creativity
Children have the ability to openly express themselves without being easily embarrassed. They often create their own ideas, theories and interests independently. One way to support and sustain a child's natural inclination towards creativity is to give them access to art education. When a child receives quality art education, his or her ability to succeed in academic achievement is often interconnected, according to several studies.

Top tips for a safe and fun study abroad experience
Studying abroad is one of the most rewarding and exciting experiences in a student's life. And, although most trips are free from trouble, for both students and their worried parents, it pays to be prepared.

Top tips to help your child read at any age
A child's natural learning window is between the ages of birth and 4 to 5 years, research has shown. But the typical American school doesn't start teaching children to read until kindergarten. For parents, it may seem challenging to compete with television and video games, but helping your child learn to read is not only rewarding, but can prepare them for educational success.

A Life-long Valentine's Day Gift: Help Your Child Learn to Read
Reading Be My Valentine on a card together with your child might be part of the best gift you could give> the ability to read. Studies show parental involvement in early child literacy matters even more to student success than family income or family education. Here are some tips to help you and your child get off to a good start.

Parenting New College Students: Are You Too Involved In Your College Student's Life?
Mobile phone, instant messaging, e-mail, FedEx… With all the technology available today, it's so easy for parents to stay in touch with their new college student children. But, when is it too much?

Guide to Parenting College Students: Seven Things I Wish I Knew Before I Sent My Son to College
Colleges are designed to be safe and, although your child is on her own, there is a large "bubble" of support surrounding her. As a college student's parent, you have more control than you might think over whether your college student is happy and safe all the way to graduation. You can improve the odds by understand and exercising your changing parenting responsibilities. Let the seven tips in this article show you how.

Ten rules for talking to your children about grades
Parents who place a high emphasis on grades want to know what to say and how to talk to children about the grades and the comments teachers place on their report cards. To that end, we offer the following ten rules for talking to your children about grades.

When You Can No Longer Help Your Child with Her Homework
Many of us remember when our kids were young and helping them with their homework was fun, but that pleasure can turn to pain once they enter high school. According to the May 2005 MSI-ACI Homework Study, 84 percent of kids use a PC to do their homework, but 61 percent of parents say their kids don't always find what they need on the Web. What to do? Find out about software to help you child with math, science, and even foreign languages.

Reclaiming Play: Helping Children Learn and Thrive in School
Play is one of children's most valuable resources, vital to their social, emotional, and cognitive growth. When children manipulate materials in play, they are building a foundation of understanding for the concepts and skills we want them to learn in school. When children construct their ideas through play and hands-on activities, they build a foundation of meaning that provides the basis for understanding concepts in language, literacy, math, science, and the arts. They build the foundation they need to understand the concepts they learn in school.

How Is Your Child "Smart?"
You shouldn't be trying to determine how smart a child is; rather, you should be tryi ng to determine how a child is smart. We each possess many different kinds of intelligence, in various combinations and to varying degrees and in different combinations. Where do your child's strengths lie? A child will use different intelligences for different tasks.