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Keeping Reluctant Readers Reading - Max Elliot AndersonKeeping Reluctant Readers Reading - Max Elliot Anderson
Once there was a boy who didn't like reading very much. He liked stories -- his life was like a story, as a matter of fact, a boy's dream of travel and adventure. He just didn't like to read stories.

When he grew up, Max Elliot Anderson remembered how it felt to hate reading. He took a look at the books available to boys nowadays, and he began to write his own: the sort of book that draws you in, hangs on to you, and keeps you turning the pages. Even if you're a boy who hates to read. Or maybe I should say, especially if you're a boy who hates reading.

Focus - Reading

Encouraging Reluctant Readers
Reluctant readers are children who can read, sometimes below "grade" level, but who nonetheless choose not to read. In this day of "the cult of celebrity," competing television shows, movies, and video games wildly proliferate. As a result, many children are not recognizing the joys of reading and instead see only what they perceive as the boredom of reading. Perhaps you've heard a variation of "I can just watch the movie instead of reading the book"? And, if you love reading, a statement like that can make you cringe.

Determining the Readability of a Book
Ever wondered how the reading level of a book is determined or wanted to figure it out yourself? There are a number of methods available for determining just that for any written passage. We’ll look at several methods: the Gunning Fog Index, the Flesch Formula and the Powers Sumner Kearl Formula.

Fact, Not Fiction: Improving Comprehension of Expository Text
Have you ever noticed that reading comprehension questions on standardized tests are mostly non-fiction? Makers of challenging tests from the Stanford 9 to the SAT’s favor these fact-based passages over more interesting fiction. Expository text vexes those with wandering minds and plagues those without strong awareness of its text features. Yet research shows that many boys actually enjoy reading nonfiction over fiction, but are less exposed to it than they’d like, because of the preferences of a mostly female population of teachers and homeschoolers.

Learning to Read
One method for teaching your children to read.

Learn Through Play: Make Your Own Games to Improve Reading Skills
Games are great. They teach cooperation, strategy, and sportsmanship. They can also help your student improve his or her reading skills. Research shows that when a human is in a low-stress state, information can travel to the brain more quickly. When we have fun, we learn concepts, including those related to reading, more efficiently.

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Checklist Place Mat - Table your constant stream of morning reminders with this clever place mat, which allows kids to take responsibility for their own must-dos.

The Colorful Coverup Notebook - Here's a fun and fuzzy way to dress up your plain notebook.

Bookmice - You'll never lose your place with these easy-to-make bookmarks!

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Geomagnetic field flip-flops in a flash
Scientists unearth more evidence of superfast changes in Earth’s magnetic polarity.

Homeschooling in Perpetual Motion: That's My Boy!Homeschooling in Perpetual Motion: That's My Boy!
My seven year old son is perpetual motion and does math problems while hanging upside down or thumping his leg against the furniture. He's relatively still when he reads to himself and to me now, but when he first learned to read, he would bounce around so much he would sometimes lose his place. If that describes your son, youll find some terrific ideas in this article for dealing with boys in perpetual motion.

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Students Found to Pick Up Science Outside School
Informal science activities, such as trips to museums and zoos, viewing of television shows, and even discussions between parents and children, have the power to improve students’ learning in that subject and their appreciation for it, a national study released today concludes. (Who'd have thought?)
Sean Cavanagh, Education Week

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