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Early math skills can unlock powerful opportunities for children. PBS SoCal's Family Math initiative works with families to create joyful and authentic math experiences for children ages 2-5 at home and in their communities.

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Three Virtual Games to Help Students Improve Their Attention in Four Ways

Getting young students to focus on class is difficult. But what does paying attention even mean? Find a few basics on each of the four kinds of attention, coupled with tips and virtual activities that can help little learners develop them.

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High Fives and Other Fun Activities to Celebrate the Women in Our Lives

Whether grandmothers, aunts, babysitters, teachers, step-moms, health care workers, coaches, or others, our children have a network of women in their life who provide support, guidance and set examples. Here are some fun ways to honor them.

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How Much is Too Much? Making the Most of Kids’ Screen Time

As families stay at home, we are engaging with screen time for education, recreation and communicating with faraway family and friends. And if you are like me, you are wondering — how much is too much?

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How to Help Kids Develop Meaningful Friendships and Social-Emotional Skills at Home

Sometimes, children struggle with making and/or maintaining friends because their social-emotional skills are not developed yet. Luckily, social-emotional skills can easily be learned and practiced at home. To get started, try the following activities to give your child’s social-emotional muscles a workout.

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Six Places to Find Free E-Books to Make the Most of Screen Time

When you find yourself turning to your device to entertain your little one, use one of the tools below to transform screen time into an enriching e-book storytime — for free.

No Time to Read Before Bed? Have Storytime Lunch Instead!

Reading a story together during lunchtime is just one way to take a few minutes throughout the day to get kids reading, but there are many other ways to make reading even more fun at any time. Here are just a few of them.

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Three Revolutionary Black Women to Celebrate This International Women’s Day

Today and every day, we must amplify the voices of the revolutionary Black women that have paved the way for us. Here are some tips to support you in teaching your child about these change-makers.

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Math is All Around Us: Simple, Everyday Games to Practice Creating Sets and Sorting with Kids

Here are three simple ways to tap into your child’s curiosity, turn daily tasks into playful games and begin to show your child that math is everywhere and it helps us in so many ways throughout the day!

10 Books to Help Kids and Grown-Ups Navigate the Pandemic

Until we get to rip our masks off and hug each other, here are some hopeful and informative books that might help caregivers navigate this time with their children.

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How Two Brazilian American Kids Are Inspiring Little Ones to Love Math and Reading

More than just engaging children in everyday math, the book “Lia & Luís: Who Has More?” shows young people of color, or who grew up in a multilingual homes, characters who are like them.

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Back to Basics: Keeping Students Engaged After a Year of Remote Learning

After months of remote learning, many teachers are struggling to make the experience engaging for kids, making it high time for a reimagining of strategies. But instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, why not go back to tried-and-true strategies? With that in mind, here are some simple tips and tech tools to help teachers reel their kids back into class.

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Expert Tips on How to Help Kids Reengage with Each Other in a Post-Pandemic World

Millions of kids who have been out of school during the COVID-19 pandemic will need to reengage with other kids when we start to see more of each other. How challenging will that reintegration be for them and how can caregivers help? A few experts have answers.