Teachers are using open online courses to keep their knowledge fresh

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Turning digital games into real education

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5 links to share with your curious kids (week of 6/19/15)

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Links for parents 6/12-6/19

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37 ingenious summer learning resources for your kids

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Kids lose 22% of their academic skills over the summer. Help them avoid the dreaded summer slide with these top-rated apps, websites, books, clubs, and camps.

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5 links to share with your curious kids (week of 6/12/15)

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5(ish) links for parents 6/5-6/12

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Sesame Street benefits kids as much as preschool, study finds

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Rewriting the playbook for learning: Mimi Ito on Minecraft 

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5 links to share with your curious kids (week of 6/6/15)

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Top 5 links for parents 5/29-6/5

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A handful of things you may have missed this week.

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The Overly-Critical Kids Book Review: The Mitten by Jan Brett

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The Mitten: a tale about a sniveling bully who torments his own grandmother, with an improbable side plot about animals peacefully coexisting inside the apparel after which the story is titled.

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Fourth graders dig up history in their classroom closet

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Top 5 links for parents 5/22-5/29

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5 links to share with your curious kids (week of 5/29/15)

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5 fun, educational links to share with your curious kids curated by Today Box for Parent Co.

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What's better than a classroom? The woods.

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Books With No Pictures: Using novels to spark your child’s imagination

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Reading novels to your kids teaches them to focus on longer texts while capturing their imagination.

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The Brain Chase Challenge keeps kids engaged with summer learning

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Our interview and overview of Brain Chase, a five-week online treasure hunt / learning competition for kids ages 6-16.

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"I was part of a study in the form of a day care that involved monkeys."

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5 new links to share with your curious kids

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Top 5 links for parents May 15 to 22

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Maryland Drops Parallel Parking From Driver's Test - NYTimes.com

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What can teachers do for children who fidget? Plenty, actually.

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In the US, replacing free play with formal instruction for very young kids seems to have backfired. 

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