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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Meena Yeggina

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ently and in small groups to apply real-life experi- ences to lessons learned in the classroom. SPECIALTY CAMPS Our specialty camps are packed with hands- on activities that offer experiences for campers to discover new skills and talents. Whatever your child’s interests are, we have fun and unique ac- tivities for them to try! DAY CAMPS Each week, students in Kindergarten through Grade 5 jump into action as they explore science and nature, become involved in creative and per- forming arts, and participate in

Stratford has designed the perfect camp for your child, complete with all the fun, enriching activities they love, and the important safety measures and flexible hours you expect. And with many options to choose from, campers will have endless, AWESOME experiences to keep them engaged and excited all summer long. ACADEMIC CAMPS Academic camps are a wonderful way to en- hance your child’s love of learning while focusing on a specific subject. From math and robotics to literature and creative writing, we have some- thing for every student. Campers work independ-

sports and games. Our camp features a unique selection of indoor and out- door activities and field trips that take advantage of resources in the local area. SPORTS CAMPS Our rigorous sports camp promotes skill building, exposes children to new activities, and helps build healthy exercise habits. We bring sports specialists from around the area to help each camper improve, practice, and play each sport. Campers can enjoy sports and games, ex- citing STEM projects, arts, crafts, music, dance, drama and more. Just wait until you see what they’re capable of! Find out more by visiting us online at stratfordschools.com/summer.

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HOW CAN PARENTS ENCOURAGE THEIR CHILDREN TO LOVE WRITING?

By Chuck Bernstein (Special to India Parent Magazine)

A t the end of every Write Now! writing camp, parents tell me how thrilled they are

• Start with valuing reading—Make reading an essential activity that must be done every day, without fail, like brushing teeth. Make sure that some of the reading is good, time-tested literature, while still allowing your child to indulge his or her interests in fantasy, science fiction, adventure, and so forth. School and children’s librarians are excellent resources to help broaden students’ reading interests. In order to minimize the temptations of screens, be sure to use traditional books. • Limit screen time—This is a difficult task today, but it is essential to help your child be an active initiator, which writing requires, rather than a passive recipient of information. If you have the fortitude to limit screen time severely (to, say, half an hour per day), do it. If not, have your child keep a log and purchase screen time by reading and writing, using an exchange rate of, say, one hour of screen time for every two or three hours of independent (not homework) reading and writing. • Set a good example—Parents should demonstrate that reading and writing are activities that they value by spending time doing those activities themselves. • Initiate family activities that involve reading and writ- ing—Either before or after dinner, have a 30-minute family reading break where everyone reads a favorite book. It can be done by one parent if the other parent ar- rives home late, but it would be better for both parents to be involved. Dinner table conversation can start with a quick summary of interesting observations or turns of events in readers’ books. Similarly, consider a 30-minute letter-writing session once a week where everyone writes a letter to a friend or relative. This provides an excellent op- portunity to thank people for gifts or invitations and bring them up to date on family news. The letters can be sent by mail or electronically. During a family trip, ask each fam- ily member to keep a journal and make an entry for every day; family members can then take a minute at dinner to read their entries, which are likely to be very different. A family “creativity night” where everyone writes a short story or a poem would be especially daring, and might generate some excitement when the works were read aloud, even if unfinished.

that their children have come to love writing for the first time. That comment is quickly followed by this ques- tion: what can I do to ensure that this new attitude to- ward writing continues? There is much that a parent can do to foster a new- found appreciation and joy in writing. However, a more fruitful first question is, what can parents do to ensure that they do not quash their child’s developing interest in writ- ing? Two years ago, I authored another article for this publication entitled, “Teaching Kids to Hate Writing.” I pointed out how traditional school instruction is inciting students to hate writing: the red-ink highlighting of every- thing that is “wrong” with a paper, the focus on spelling and grammar instead of thought and organization, the typical submission of a single draft, and, unfortunately, the teacher’s dispositional bias against the burden of reading 30 or more papers in a short period of time. The most im- portant thing for a parent to do is to have the courage and self confidence not to reinforce the negative messages stu- dents frequently receive from teachers. Parents should try to take a long-term view of the de- velopment of writing skills and, to the extent possible, ac- knowledge their children’s positive observations, understandings, and expressions. A parent might even suggest that a student undertake a voluntary rewrite even if it that will have no impact on the grade received. Rein- forcement by a parent of a teacher’s invalidating response to written work will not encourage the student to enjoy the writing process or to write more, both of which are es- sential to writing improvement. In short, if you want your student to become a good writer, the first step is to endeavor to not become part of the problem. That calls for thought and sensitivity. If you desire to do more, there is much you can do to inspire your student to honor and cultivate the written word:

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what was seen or heard is another essential skill called “response to literature” in the California curriculum. • Supporting an opinion about the activity is a third es- sential skill: “persuasive writing.” Writing is thinking on paper. As children mature, their thinking should be encouraged to develop, too, so that they see the connections, causalities, and meanings among events. Writing develops in the same way: simple sentences (“The bird flew away….”) give way to compound sen- tences with conjunctions (“The bird flew away, and/be- cause/but/so….”) that indicate more complex thinking. Parents can encourage more elaborate experiences and, thus, thinking either directly through family activities or indirectly through reading and other cultural events. It takes effort, but those proactive initiatives are effective in establishing an intellectual and emotional foundation for articulate, expressive, and thoughtful learners. About the Writer: Chuck Bernstein is president and founder of Early Learning Institute, a Palo Alto-based edu- cational organization that operates three child development centers and two private schools in the San Francisco Bay Area. The programs serve over 500 students and employ 125 teachers and admin istrators. Though his responsibilities are primarily administrative, he also teaches writing and presentation skills.

• Attend as a family book readings at local bookstores or schools—This provides an opportunity for young people to understand that authors are people like them who did the hard work of preparing books for publica- tion. • Attend as a family cultural activities, like a movie, a play, or a concert, and then discuss them afterward— Describing what was seen or heard is an essential writing skill; in California schools, it is called “summary writing.” Analyzing the meaning and judging the significance of

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What makes a Safe and Loving Preschool?

By Candy Mathews

discipline is needed, but that discipline should be through education and help, not punishment. Kids also love hugs! This could be summed up as love, admiration, communi- cation, patience and help. Elan Preschool has be open for 30 years in August. Through these years I have developed a curriculum for everything from academics to physical skills, social skills, the arts, and more. Through these years we have piloted and refined it, again and again. The curriculum along with a teacher trained in it produces miracles. It’s funny, for so many years we were considered to be the politically incorrect school in our area, as we taught ac- ademics. Specifically: reading, alphabet, phonics, writing, math, etc. For a few years now there has been so much concern that preschools didn’t do this, and kids were fail- ing kindergarten. It’s really very easy to teach these skills. Well, maybe writing isn’t so easy for many children. With patience and lots of dexterity activities they do learn. De- pending on how long a child is enrolled, the reading level would be from short sentences to paragraph books. By the way, kids love learning to read. I think this is because their parents read and they know it is a grown up skill! I hope the above is of help when you are choosing the right school for your child.

Here in Silicon Valley Preschool has become a needed asset for working parents. We are no longer living in an era where there plenty of friends next door or down the street to play with. Our kids and our mothers were home to teach us some basic academics and practice social skills and manners with the neighbor friends. Now, for those that are lucky enough to stay home, part time preschools have proved helpful. Now preschools could be looked at as a home away from home. They should teach manners, socials skills, the comradery of a group, academics, outdoor adventures and a wide variety of activities. Parents should be able to have their attention on their jobs as they know their children are safe in their home away from home. Safe: Of course there are the obvious: kids not leaving the preschool unsupervised, not being abused by other kids or teachers, being watched closely, no water to drown in, no accessible electrical or dangerous materials, etc. These things allow parents to feel safe. What makes the child feel safe? Loving teachers that smile and laugh a lot goes a long ways. Confidence that if help is needed a teacher will be there. During academic time ensuring the child is winning and not making them feel wrong or stupid. Guiding but not punishing; yes some

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