Advice for Parents

Adult study group  Help parents improve their child's academic success with these references on report cards, homework, skill building, and much more! These printables include facts about ADHD, advice for back to school, and tips for improving literacy. Encourage good study skills with our resources on reading habits and note-taking. You'll find plenty of articles to help parents foster elementary and middle school students' skills in language arts, math, science, and social studies.

Educating Parents

What is Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder? Get the facts about attention deficit disorders, current treatments, and what the experts have to say about medications in this printable book.

Step 7 in the framework for adapting language arts, social studies, and science materials in the inclusive classroom.

This helpful printable lists the top signs of trouble for kids in grades K-5.

Learn about the developmental stages of children from first grade through twelfth grade. This information will be of great help to parents.

The Ounce Scale User's Guide: Designed for family members and care providers, The Ounce Scale tools provide information about the development of infants and young children.

This pamphlet explains test-taking accommodations to the families of special needs students.

Discover a glossary that provides definitions of important terms related to learning disabilities.

Hand out this questionnaire to parents to help them learn about Multiple Intelligences theory.

Study Skills

Help parents find ways to reinforce math and science skills.

Follow the tips on this printable to help ensure improvement in a child's math skills.

This little bit of background information and a few important tips can help ease a child's test-taking jitters.

Families are a powerful influence in children's academic development. When family members are involved in student writing projects, students' self-esteem, interest, and language skills improve.

Help children prepare for weekly spelling quizzes with these tips!

A list of suggestions to give parents who ask about how they can help their child at home.

Literacy Tips

Foster a love of reading at an early age with these printable tips for parents and teachers.

Hand out this list of activities to help parents raise children ready to read.

This article has suggestions to help foster good reading habits at home.

Help families to establish good reading habits.

Families will benefit from this list of ideas for using the local library effectively.

Teach children helpful tips for note taking with this printable.

Homework Tips

Get help with tough homework assignments.

Strategies that will help parents work successfully with their children to finish homework.

Help children stay on top of their homework assignments with this printable.

Advice to parents on setting some homework parameters.

Report Card Tips

Distribute this handout to parents to help them respond to their child's report card constructively no matter what the situation.

Here are some practical suggestions for you give parents when their child's report card is less than perfect.

Try these ten ways to help children succeed in the classroom -- and beyond.

Read these five tips for dealing with a less-than-perfect report card.

Back to School Tips

Help your students' parents prepare for this back-to-school season, with this printable book of advice, activities, and more. These handouts will be a perfect supplement to your Open House.

Help ease children's jitters on the first day of school with the tips found in this printable.

Offer these tips to parents of ninth graders to help them understand what their children are experiencing.

Use this guide to see how well a child has acquired the skills found on most kindergarten checklists.

Help parents understand how they can support their seventh graders, with theses suggestions, including coping with changes and improving interpersonal skills.

A list of suggested ways for parents to support their middle or high school aged child.

Your kids will love finding a surprise lunchbox note hidden in their lunch!

Help children lighten their backpack load with this printable.

Organization Tips

Offer these tips to parents to help them teach their children to become more organized.

Help children get organized and remember everything they need each day, with this printable.

Time-Management Tips

This printable will show busy parents how they can be more efficient, using valuable time-management tips.

Here are some great tips to help you and your family spend more quality time together.

Hand out a printable that helps students with managing his or her time effectively.

Have your students use this print-out to learn about scheduling and good time-management.

Parents of Kindergartners & First Graders

Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster science skill building in their child.

A list of suggested ways for parents to support their first grade child's development.

Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster math skill building in their child.

Helpful hints for parents to follow in order to build social studies skills in kindergarteners.

Parents of Second Graders

Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster language arts skill building in their child.

Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster science skill building in their child.

Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster math skill building in their child.

A list of suggested ways for parents to support their second grade child's development.

Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster social studies skill building in their child.

Parents of Third Graders

Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster language arts skill building in their child.

Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster math skill building in their child.

Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster science skill building in their child.

Suggested ways that parents can support their third grader's development.

Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster social studies skill building in their child.

Parents of Fourth Graders

Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster math skill building in their child.

Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster social studies skill building in their child.

Suggested ways for parents to support their fourth grader's development.

Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster language arts skill building in their child.

Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster science skill building in their child.

Parents of Fifth Graders

Suggest a family activity to parents that focuses on the changing Earth and vocabulary words related to Earth.

Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster social studies skill building in their child.

A list of suggested ways for parents to support the development of their fifth grader.

Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster math skill building in their child.

Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster science skill building in their child.

Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster language arts skill building in their child.

Parents of Sixth Graders

Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster math skill building in their child.

Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster science skill building in their child.

Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster language arts skill building in their child.

Suggested ways for parents to support the development of their sixth grade child.

Distribute an article that gives timely advice to parents on how to foster social studies skill building in their child.


Free 7-Day Trial for TeacherVision®

Sign up for a free trial and get access to our huge library of teaching materials!
Start Trial

Highlights

2008 Summer Olympics

Celebrate this summer's Olympic Games in Beijing, China, with our resources, activities, and lessons.

Teaching about Natural Disasters

The world has suffered two natural disasters this May — Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar and the earthquake in China. These tragedies may have your students wondering why such large catastrophes occur. We have resources to help you explain earthquakes and cyclones, and for dealing with the subjects of death and crisis with your class.

July Events

Find educational activities for every day in July. Take a look at our Summer Activities Slideshow for our favorite summer-themed activities, lessons, and printables.

Sign up for our Great Stuff for Teachers newsletter to keep up-to-date on all of our seasonal lessons and printables.

New Customizable Printables

Easily create personalized hall and office passes or teacher stationary with our customizable classroom passes and notes. Prepare for substitute teachers, field trips, parent-teacher conferences, and more with our customizable charts and forms.

Drama Resources

Explore our drama resources – from Shakespearean plays to The Miracle Worker to Readers Theater – to widen your curricular focus. Students will enjoy the change of pace that putting on a classroom play will bring!

ADD/ADHD Resources

From frequently asked questions to assessment accommodations, these articles and resources will help you to deal with the special nature of students with ADD/ADHD.