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How to Build Fine Motor Skills to Prepare for PreK and Kindergarten

While screens can provide many early learning opportunities, many teachers are noticing that students are coming in with decreased fine motor skills. This can make writing, coloring and cutting very difficult in the early grades because their hand muscles are not strong. Here are some ways to help your child improve these skills at home:

Summer Reading Increases Student Achievement

Ford Heights builds in time for students to read at school each day while school is in session, but research shows that this may not be enough, especially over the summer. Students who read at home over the summer in addition to reading at school tend to have higher test scores. Here are some ways […]

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Summer Learning Disguised as Fun

Studies show that children who do not read or have access to books during the summer lose up to two months of reading performance. Those losses accumulate during the elementary school years so that by the time a child enters middle school he or she may be 2 1/2 years behind! All children, whether from […]

Alternatives to Social Media 

Social media usage has been growing among teens. While it was originally created to be a tool to connect one another, it has grown into something that is causing many negative effects. The constant use of and abuse of social media is causing things such as: In an effort to break some of these negative […]

Manners Can Be The Key to Success

As we raise kids in this digital age, it seems as though manners can fall by the wayside. Here is a helpful list that can help serve as a reminder of what manners might be most important as children grow up. 

Stay Engaged in Learning Over the Summer

Studies show that children who do not read or have access to books during the summer lose up to two months of reading performance. Those losses accumulate during the elementary school years so that by the time a child enters middle school he/she may be two and a half years behind! All children, whether from […]