Essential Education and Learning Development Tips for Parents

From reading and routines to time management and test prep, these posts cover everything your child needs for education, reading, learning time, and school success! Discover tips, activities, and guides to help your kids learn confidently and thrive all year long.

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Post Contents

Gateway Chapter Books for Beginners
Great Picture Books for Boys
Great Picture Books for Back to School
15 Fall Picture Books Kids Will Love
Best Board Books to Own
15 Chapter Books for Girls
Great Picture Books for Girls
How Easily Work Learning Activities into Your Daily Life
Pegboard with Pattern Cards {Friday Finds}
How to Keep Kids Engaged During Learning Time
How to Organize a Playgroup
Fun and Educational Screen Time: How Coding Games Benefit Early Childhood Development
How To Do a Learning Activity of the Day
Fall Learning Activities Your Kids Will Love
Teaching Children to Love to Read
Why The Read-Aloud Handbook is a Must-Read
Teaching Children to Love to Read
Teaching Children: Whose Job Is It?
Book Series: Beneficial or Harmful to Reading Skills?
The Best Way to Build Vocabulary in Children
Reading Aloud to Preteens
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School Day Morning Routine Ideas for Kids (by Age Group)
Over 70 Beautiful and Easy Hairstyles for Girls
Great Picture Books for Back to School
Sample Sleep Schedules for School-Aged Kids
Kids’ Chore Schedule for School Days
How to Teach Kids Time Management for the School Year
18 Healthy Snacks for After School for Your Kids
Is Homeschooling Right for Your Child?
How To Help Your Child Have a Great School Year
Teaching Handwriting to Your Children at Home
Homeschooling with a Newborn: 6 Tips for Success
Is Homeschooling Right for Your Child?
How I am Prepping My Kids for the 2020-2021 School Year
Helpful Hints for the Sudden and Temporary Homeschooling Parent
Test Anxiety Tips for Children
15 Things Your Child Needs to Know Before Kindergarten
How to Teach Kids Time Management for the School Year
Recent Education Posts
Is Slime Safe for Kids? What Parents Need to Know About Sensory Play
How to Teach Kids Time Management for the School Year
Creating an After-School Routine that Works for the Whole Family
Back to School Morning Routine Ideas for Kids (by Age Group)
How to Transition from Summer to School Schedules Smoothly
Fun and Educational Screen Time: How Coding Games Benefit Early Childhood Development
More Education Topics Help
How to Make Reading to Toddlers Enjoyable and Effective
27 Books Worth Owning From Board to Chapter Books
How to Enhance Your Baby’s Language Development
Is My Little One Ready for Kindergarten?
Phonics: To “B” or not to “Bu” that is the question!
The Purpose of Structured Learning at Home (and how to do it)
14 Great Winter Picture Books Worth Owning
This One Simple Thing Will Turn Your Kids Into Readers
Index: Education
44 Books for Tweens and Young Teens
How to Transition from Summer to School Schedules Smoothly
Judging the Moms Not “Properly” Dressed at School Drop-Off
15 Things Your Child Needs to Know Before Kindergarten
How Babywise Prepared our Twins for Preschool
Reading to Your Baby While Pregnant
Learning Activities
Learning Development
Book Lists
Developing Readers
Reading Aloud to Kids
School Routines
Back to School
Homeschool

Gateway Chapter Books for Beginners

Is your child ready to transition from picture books to chapter books? This post from highlights engaging, age-friendly series that make the leap fun and approachable—designed to hook beginning readers and boost confidence. These are the BEST easy-to-read chapter books for beginnging readers.

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Great Picture Books for Boys

Great Picture Books for Back to School

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15 Fall Picture Books Kids Will Love

Best Board Books to Own

15 Chapter Books for Girls

Great Picture Books for Girls

How Easily Work Learning Activities into Your Daily Life

Discover how to effortlessly weave meaningful learning into your day with your preschooler! This post offers simple, engaging activities covering reading, numbers, shapes, music, science, and more. Less stress—more progress.

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Pegboard with Pattern Cards {Friday Finds}

How to Keep Kids Engaged During Learning Time

How to Organize a Playgroup

Fun and Educational Screen Time: How Coding Games Benefit Early Childhood Development

Preschooler doing a learning activity at home

How To Do a Learning Activity of the Day

Fall Learning Activities Your Kids Will Love

Teaching Children to Love to Read

Want your child to love reading—not just tolerate it? Discover five practical, research-backed tips to foster a lifelong love of books in this post. Tap to learn how you can transform reading time into something exciting and meaningful!

Why The Read-Aloud Handbook is a Must-Read

Teaching Children to Love to Read

Teaching Children: Whose Job Is It?

Book Series: Beneficial or Harmful to Reading Skills?

The Best Way to Build Vocabulary in Children

Reading Aloud to Preteens

School Day Morning Routine Ideas for Kids (by Age Group)

Struggling with chaotic mornings on school days? This post has age-by-age routines for preschoolers, elementary kids, and tweens to help your family begin each day with calm, connection, and confidence.

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Over 70 Beautiful and Easy Hairstyles for Girls

Great Picture Books for Back to School

Child sleeping in bed hugging a teddy bear

Sample Sleep Schedules for School-Aged Kids

Family working together to clean the kitchen

Kids’ Chore Schedule for School Days

Girl with a backpack on and books on her head

How to Teach Kids Time Management for the School Year

18 Healthy Snacks for After School for Your Kids

mother homeschooling her daughter and examining a globe together

Is Homeschooling Right for Your Child?

Thinking about homeschooling or already on the journey? Dive into this guide to explore realistic expectations, rhythms that work with your family, and how to make learning at home both manageable and meaningful.

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How To Help Your Child Have a Great School Year

Teaching Handwriting to Your Children at Home

Homeschooling with a Newborn: 6 Tips for Success

Is Homeschooling Right for Your Child?

How I am Prepping My Kids for the 2020-2021 School Year

Helpful Hints for the Sudden and Temporary Homeschooling Parent

Child stressed while taking a test at school

Test Anxiety Tips for Children

Does your child freeze up before a test? This post from shares practical strategies to ease test anxiety—study routines, calming techniques, mindset shifts, and more—so your child feels confident and focused when it matters most.

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15 Things Your Child Needs to Know Before Kindergarten

Wondering what your child should know before starting school? This post lists 14 essential social, emotional, and academic skills—like using scissors, sharing, and counting—and helps you set your child up for a smooth transition to kindergarten.

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How to Teach Kids Time Management for the School Year

Get your child ahead for the school year with smart time-management tools! This post shares easy, age-based strategies—visual routines, timers, task-breaking, prioritizing—to build confidence, independence, and less stress for everyone.

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You know when it is time to get ready for back to school, but your brain is on vacation because it is still summer vacation and you can’t figure out where to start? This 13-page planner quickly and simply takes you through all you need to do to prepare for back to school. Read more about this in this post.

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