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1. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 6  |  Tip & How-To
   Help a Child Choose a Book
   Help children pick books that spark their interest, leave them feeling accomplished, and ready to hunt for their next book!
2. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 3  |  Tip & How-To
   Help a Child Edit and Revise
   Help children make the most of their writing by teaching them about revising and editing, two important parts of the writing process.
3. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 6  |  Tip & How-To
   Help a Child Write a Poem
   Encourage creativity and word play by helping a child recognize the elements of a poem and explore different ways of writing one.
   
4. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   2 – 4  |  Tip & How-To
   Help a Child Write a Story
   Write a story together and you'll encourage creativity, help reading and writing skills, and have fun!
5. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 6  |  Tip & How-To
   Help Children Play and Stay Safe Online
   The Internet is home to a wealth of information that even the youngest children can access. Teach kids how to safely enjoy all that the online world has to offer.
6. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 3  |  Tip & How-To
   How to Act Out a Story
   Help a child make a more personal connection with a book by acting out the story and exploring different characters' perspectives.
7. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Tip & How-To
   How to Encourage Higher Order Thinking
   Practicing Higher Order Thinking (HOT) skills outside of school will give kids the tools that they need to understand, infer, connect, categorize, synthesize, evaluate, and apply the information they know to find solutions to new and existing problems.
8. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Tip & How-To
   How to Start a Writer's Notebook
   Writer's notebooks allow children and teens to take in the world around them and document their daily lives. Use these tips to learn how to start a writer's notebook with your child.
9. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 3  |  Tip & How-To
   Read the World Around You
   Encourage children to read print and pictures that are all around. Children feel pretty proud when they can read their street signs or the name of the store up the block. It's part treasure hunt, part reading lesson.
10. Parent & Afterschool Resources | Grades   K – 3  |  Tip & How-To
    Talk it Up! Expanding a Child's Vocabulary
    One way to help early readers begin to make sense of what they're reading is to help them build their vocabulary. In this Tip, learn how to ask questions and have conversations with a child to integrate new words into his/her vocabulary.