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My child is not connecting with kids at school – How can I help? Nurturing social skills and connections in children starts at home

Understanding educational codes: A guide for parents Knowledge will help you advocate for your child

Learning styles – What are they, and how do they affect my child? Everyone processes information differently

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Shining a Light on Report Cards

A low literacy level could have serious implications on a child's future education and overall social development. With as many as 4 out of 10 Canadians dropping below the acceptable literacy average, according to a StatsCan report, now is the time to address gaps or lack of foundation in your child's reading ability.

Too Shy for Words?

Children are very different from one another. Some thrive in environments filled with people.
They talk to anyone they meet. They tell stories, and they may even sing their latest song for a delighted group of onlookers. Other children, though, are overwhelmed by a room full of new people, let alone one new person who asks, “What is your name?” This article will cover shyness in two different situations: around adults and around other children.

Walking School Bus

A walking school bus is a group of children walking to school with one or more adults. If that sounds simple, it is, and that’s part of the beauty of the walking school bus. It can be as informal as two families taking turns walking their children to school; or as structured as a route with meeting points, a timetable and a regularly rotated schedule of trained volunteers.

Moving on Up - Junior to Senior High Transition

Only three more short years and your ‘baby’ will be headed to the hallows of higher learning, whether it be university, college, an apprenticeship program or the school of hard knocks called ‘life.’

School Aged

Shining a Light on Report Cards

Too Shy for Words?

Walking School Bus

Moving on Up - Junior to Senior High Transition

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