Publications for Parents
Easy ways for families to help children learn: activities and suggestions for families to enhance learning for children grades K-6 (1998)
Author(s): Davis, Deborah & Pottmeyer, Sharon (Ed.)
This booklet was created for families to help their children do their best in school; take pleasure from reading, writing, and mathematics; and enjoy a richer, fuller life. It contains practical suggestions for activities and games you can play that enhance learning. These activities are designed for the extra minutes you have riding in a car or on a bus, when working around our home, or when shopping for groceries.
Download the PDF: http://www.nwrel.org/cfc/publications/pdf/ways.PDF
Tips for parents about reading: information and ideas for helping children through grade eight succeed with reading (1997)
Author(s): Davis, Deborah & Lewis, Jan Patricia
This publication offers practical ideas parents can use with children from birth through middle school to encourage and support reading proficiency. It also provides guidelines about what children typically can do at certain ages/stages of reading development and lists titles of kids' favorite books.
Download the PDF: www.nwrac.org/pub/tipsforparents.pdf
Let's Talk—a monthly column for parents and educators
Topics include early childhood, mathematics & science, parenting, reading, safe schools, and school & community.
Online at: www.nwrel.org/comm/monthly/