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Games for the Brain (Website)
Does your brain need some training? Then this website is just the ticket! It has compiled a whole range of games to help with training your brain to remember and problem solve. One of the reasons w . . .
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Teenage Brains...In Progress - Website
Have you ever wondered what makes the teenager you are teaching or living with tick? This article may give you insight as to what is going on in the brain of the teenager you are int . . .
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Working with Parents - Website
Natalie Schwartz says, "Ideally, your students' parents are your allies in helping children learn, grow, and thrive." Isn't that the truth? In the summer when we are preparing for our stude . . .
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Website - Read the first chapter online...
Since 2005, Rick Riordan has captivated Fantasy/Adventure lovers with his Percy Jackson series. The stories, based on on Greek Mythology, take readers on quests and adventures with t . . .
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Website - 50 Tools to Improve Writing
We love it when smart people put together useful and relevant resources that help us teach our learners or grow as learners ourselves. Here is a site that does just that. You'll find 50 links that o . . .
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Website-Reading Just Fantasy?
In this article published in the Washington Post, Lucy Calkins and Richard Allington offer advice for parents who ask, "How do I engage my reluctant reader in reading?" and "What if my child only want . . .
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Ideas for Your Writing - Website
Neil Gaiman, the author of Coraline, The Graveyard Book and many more, addresses the all important question...Where do you get ideas for your books? He used to respond: "From the Idea-of-the-Mont . . .
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Ten Studies Worth Knowing - (Website)
Whenever we are interviewing for a job and are asked about our strengths and weaknesses we always respond...our goal is to keep up with professional reading but we never seem to get to all the studies . . .
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Gift Ideas - (Website)
If you're like us you love the holidays but not necessarily the hunt for a parking space and hustle and bustle of a crowded mall. We've discovered a few online shopping sites that are definitely wort . . .
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Website - Twenty by Jenny
This may be the perfect time of year to share this website with families. Twenty by Jenny invites parents to build their child's library one book at a time. There are thousands of books publishe . . .
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Dictionaries of a Different Kind - Website
These two dictionary sites take the idea of finding word meanings, associations and rhyming words to a new level. Writerhymes quickly supplies rhyming words for whatever you want. Visuwords produces . . .
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Interactive Reading Site (Website)
The Speakaboo website is worth bookmarking. Stories are read and performed by celebrities with illustrations and music. The intriguing feature that is still to come is their Record Your Own stories . . .
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