Tips for Parents from NDEA Members

Child Medical Costs Tax Deductible

An Internal Revenue Service ruling allows parents to deduct some of the costs associated with attending medical meetings related to their child's health condition.

Cool Web sites for parents and kids

Checkout these sites to help help your kid get the most out of school

Discipline doesn't have to mean Bad

Ever wonder why some parents never seem to have problems with their children's behavior? Do they spare the rod and indulge the child? Or use the rod to keep their kids in line? Most likely, it's not a matter of spoiling or punishing. It's just that these parents realize that discipline in their homes is the daily practice of pre-determined rules: rules they've agreed on with their children; rules that encourage the development of responsible behavior in the family, the school, and the community.

Discipline That Works

The hope of every parent is to have children who are responsible, concerned members of society. Discipline is, of course, part of this effort. Research has repeatedly shown that parents usually have much more influence than they realize. Here are teacher and parent recommended discipline strategies.

Encouraging your child's creativity

Creative arts become interesting and exciting activities when they stimulate thinking and encourage creativity.

Gift Suggestion: Books!

Gift-giving season is upon us and the members of the Kansas National Education Association have a recommendation: Give the gift of books. These books are recommended by 22 teachers from across the state who make up the Kansas Reading Circle and will be updated soon.

Grading Teachers Fairly

To judge whether a teacher is good, bad, or in between, you don't need to be an expert on education. Dr. Dorothy Rich provides clues on how to look at and grade her work when visiting her classroom.

Health, Safety and Learning

Tips to keep your child healthy, safe and ready to learn.

Helping Children Cope With Tragedy

When terrible events happen children can be confused or frightened -- they look to adults for information and guidance on how to react. Parents and schools can help children cope first and foremost by establishing a sense of safety and security.

Helping your child is as easy as ABC

The ABCs of a happy, successful school experience.

Helping your child learn English

Helpful tips if your child studies English as a second language or if your child is learning a foreign language

Help your child learn social studies

Help your child learn all that is possible about the natural world in which we live.

Keep learning alive -- Summer Solutions

When classes end for the summer, your middle grader's mind doesn't have to go on vacation. Here are activities to consider that can be fun for the entire family!

Living history

Make history come alive with this interesting project.

Local learning adventures can prevent summer boredom

To make learning an adventure, consider taking children to museums, the library, the zoo and more. They are familiar places, but when you take children there to learn, they'll see their community in a whole new light!

Make Sure Your Child is Reading All Summer Long

While kids need some time to relax over the summer, they can't stop reading. Kids who don't read through the summer may slip far back in their learning by fall.

Online Resources for Parents

Links to educational resources, a Parents' Guide to the Internet, disaster preparedness, a searchable database of news stories, and more.

Parent Guides

Practical Information that Parents Can Put to Use to Help Their Children Achieve in School.

Parents: Do your homework before a parent/teacher conference

As a parent, you're concerned about your child's progress in school. Does your daughter get along well with her peers and teachers? Is your son struggling with math? What exactly do grades measure? One way to find out is a conference with your child's teacher.

Rainy Day Fun Tips

It can be a parent's worst nightmare. A rainy day in the summer. Suddenly you're trapped with a house full of antsy kids. But if you plan ahead, you can keep your children entertained despite the weather, according to members of the North Dakota Education Association (NDEA).

Reading Tips for Spanish-Speaking Parents

NEA provides great resources for Spanish-speaking parents

Reading tips to help your child learn from NDEA teachers

Listen with interest, encourage and ask questions, be generous with praise, enthusiasm and sympathy. You can bridge the gap between home and school and make learning fun for both you and your child.

Take Control of Children's TV Programming

Campaign informs parents about TV ratings, content labels, and V-chip guidelines.

Teach Your Child Science Skills

Doing laundry can be more than just a chore. It can also be a time when you teach your child science skills.

Teens and Discipline

For many parents, dealing with a teenager is perplexing.Here's help with some of the common concerns - particularly how parents can help make the school years more productive - from NDEA teachers.

Ten things teachers wish parents would do

How to get the best education for your child

Thank You, Parents and Grandparents!

A special thank you to parents and grandparents for the important job they do in working with teachers to make Kansas public schools great for every child.

The facts about shyness

In middle school, even popular and confident kids feel shy at one time or another. But if students are afraid to ask questions, grades may suffer. And shy middle graders are often too embarrassed to meet new friends. Share these facts to help your child understand and cope with shy moments.

The Great Homework Divide

A solutions guide for parents of middle school students who are facing the challenging demands of homework.

The question of TV viewing and children

Have you asked yourself: What can I do to keep TV from having a harmful effect on my kids? Then try some of these tips from teachers in the North Dakota Education Association.

Tips on learning science

Children are normally curious and should be encouraged to find answers to questions by patient observation and through the use of references, either at home or in libraries and museums.

Tips to help your child learn math from NDEA teachers

Give your child practical experience using math at home.

Translate Your Kid's Cyberlanguage

Do you know what PAW means? How about LUWAMH? It's hard to keep an eye on your kids online when you don't speak the same language. Here are a few tips.

Your School Team

Working together to provide your child a quality education -- behind the scenes it takes a lot of good people to make a good school.