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With the stress and excitement of the holidays, you might nd it useful to have a way to reward your children for their good behavior.
On a wall or a door, hang a Santa face and make a long beard out of blown up white balloons. Add a little note or a small reward inside each balloon before you tie up the end. When a child does something you want to acknowledge, let him or her pick and pop a balloon to nd out what is inside.
Help Your Child Read with “Think Alouds” When you share books with your children, they learn to think and act like good readers — without even knowing it! You can help them get even more from reading time when you talk to them as you read. Children learn when they make connections between what they hear and what they know. One method suggested by the website readingrockets.org is to do a“think aloud,”where you talk through your thoughts as you read.
In addition to tiny little treats that you can t into the opening of a balloon, you can also write a special privilege onto a slip of paper.
Select activities that are special to your child and have fun nding rewards that don’t cost money.
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warm hug of a book! By Jessica Martin and Asherah Weiss You Are Amazing Like a Rocket: Pep Talks for Everyone from Young People Around the World A
Connect the book to your child’s own life experience. Example: A River Dream by Allen Say. “This book reminds me of the time my father took me shing. Do you remember the time we went shing?” Connect the book to other books they have read. Example: Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe.“This story reminds me of Cinderella. Both stories are about sisters. Do you know any other stories about nice and mean sisters? Let’s keep reading to nd out other ways the stories are similar.” Connect the book to big ideas/lessons. Example: Stellaluna by Janell Cannon.“This story helps me understand that we are all the same in many ways, but it’s our di erences that make us special.” In these examples, you are“thinking aloud”many of the connections that good readers make naturally as they read. Modeling these types of connections will help young readers know how to do it when they read alone.
them up in their communities, and submit photos of their work to share. The result is this collection of disarmingly
From the creators of PepToc, the virally popular telephone hotline featuring pre-recorded
earnest, often hilarious advice that only children could give. A great book to read with your child when they are feeling down!
advice from kids, comes a heartwarming collection of 50 handmade motivational posters created by youth from around the world. Peptoc creators Jessica Martin and Asherah Weiss invited youth from around the globe to make posters with messages of encouragement, hang
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