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Must-Read Wednesday, September 30, 2020



Help hone your child's pre-writing skills, fun with cardboard, and tech for struggling teens

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Fun with cardboard
Forget the expensive toys (or put them on hold til the holidays). Explore the many ways your kids can incorporate cardboard into fun and learning

Pre-writing skills for homeschoolers and other young kids
Use suggested fun exercises to prepare your kids for writing

Support for struggling teens
Seeing lots of frowns and not a lot of laughter. Check out these new tech tools


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