Links For Parents
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Institute of Education Sciences: Tips for Supporting Reading Skills at Home

UCLA’s Center X: ‘Simple, accessible and fun’: Teaching experts’ tips for parents For those overwhelmed by trying to educate kids at home, UCLA’s Center X has a message: Breathe, you’ve got this. This article also includes information and a video about counting collections.

Spelling Video for Parents  from the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project: How to help your child become a better speller.

Home Reading Helper: A great reading website that is filled with information and practice materials.

Back to School Night Presentation 2019-2020

Common Core State Standards:  http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/cc/
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Growth vs. Fixed Mindset: A few resources I put together to help parents understand this important idea.

Reading Level Parent Guides: Learn about reading behaviors for each level. 

"The Importance of Reading Bedtime Stories to Big Kids" (Christine Cohen)

​Fluency Without Fear: Research Evidence on the Best Ways to Learn Math Facts (Jo Boaler, Professor of Mathematics Education, Stanford University)

"The Mathematics of Hope: Moving from Performance to Learning in Mathematics Classrooms" (Jo Boaler, Professor of Mathematics Education, Stanford University)

"If  This is Wrong, I Don't Want to be Right" (Growth Mindset Blog by Emily Diehl)

"How Not to Talk to Your Kids" (New York Magazine)

“Failure is an Option” by Aviva Patz (Parents Magazine, November 2010)

“What is Parenting with Love and Logic?” by Jim Fay

“Tease Proof Your Kids” by Jim Fay

“Two Ways to Neutralize Childhood Arguing” by Jim Fay

“Guidelines for Sharing Control Through Choices” by Jim Fay

The Misbehavior Cycle

Other Love and Logic Articles and Resources

How Parents and Families Can Help Their Children Do Better in School

“Self-esteem grows out of successful experiences that the child has authored. Let him feel capable.” How To Parent a School Age Child by Betsy Brown Braun