K-12 Basics

How to Improve Spelling Skills

By JanCast2007

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Being able to accurately spell words is an important skill to possess. Even if you have no plans of becoming a writer, you will need to have good spelling skills in most every career you choose to develop. Spelling is an intricate part of ... more »

How to Improve Your Vocabulary

By Jill M

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Improve your vocabulary or anyone else’s, in a few minutes per day. How? Practice! Here are five hundred of the most common words in the English language. They are arranged in order of the frequency used. We will teach you how to improve your ... more »

How to Keep a Child Interested in Science

By favefive

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School work can sometimes be daunting. Some kids are into subjects so much more than others. Due to lack of interest, some children lag behind and oftentimes, fail their subjects. One particular subject that not all children enjoy studying is ... more »

How to Know the U.S. States and Capitals

By Paul McDaniel

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An understanding of geography, particularly that of one's own country, is of fundamental importance in this era of globalization. One way to begin amassing a knowledge of geographic literacy is to know all the states and capitals of the United ... more »

How to Learn from Nasa for Free

By rcamp004

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This Ehow article will introduce you to a new feature of NASA. NASA has begun a series of free educational online videos for all ages. Read on to find out what they are about and how to access them... more »

How to Learn Vocabulary Words Fast

By Suzanne Arant Wells

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Learning vocabulary words is part of basic education at any age. You may have to learn vocabulary words when learning a foreign language, as part of a new job, or you might have to help your kids with their vocabulary lists. Here are a few fun ... more »

How to Look Good for School

By alienangel555

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Well, its almost back to school time. Can you believe it? There are so many things to do, that it is a good idea to begin preparations a few weeks ahead of time. Here are a few ideas to help your kids fit in a little easier socially to make their ... more »

How to Make Math Fun for Kids

By Kurt Schwengel

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Math can be either a really fun topic to teach—or really boring. Math is the easiest topic to "spice up" for the kids by simply relating it to their life. Here are some tips for spicing up your math curriculum in class... more »

How to make oobleck

By SchoolOfLife

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What's Oobleck? It's an awesome substance that kids and adults can't seem to get enough of. It's solid, it's liquid. It's hard, but it's soft. This stuff is great for teaching children about surface tension, and other science foundations. Try it, ... more »

How to Make Reading Homework Fun

By jjmaughan

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In upper elementary grades, middle school and high school, many teachers assign reading homework. Sometimes the students are all reading the same book and sometimes the teacher just requires 15 to 30 minutes of reading any kind of book each ... more »

How to make school go faster.

By lulu2dalu

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School drags on..how to make it go by faster.. more »

How to Make Spelling Homework Fun

By jjmaughan

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Starting in first grade, most children have spelling homework that requires them to learn several words in time for an end-of-the-week spelling test. However, many children aren't interested in simply writing each word three times. Get your child ... more »

How to MENTALLY SQUARE numbers whose last digit is 5.

By Z-MATH

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In many math tests where calculators are not allowed, and the squaring of many numbers are required, especially numbers that end with the digit five ( 5 ), there is an interesting technique so as to square these numbers, see the following steps.. more »

How to Photoshop Digital Pictures

By Kurt Schwengel

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"Photoshopping" is the process of manipulating digital pictures--it's not as hard as it sounds and does not require the program Photoshop to do it. I am going to explain a rather simple way to "photoshop" pictures that can be done in several ... more »

How to Play Geography Games Online

By Paul McDaniel

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An adequate understanding of world geography, including having some geographic literacy, is very important in this era of ever-increasing globalization, internationalization, and global interconnectedness via the global economy. As cultural, ... more »

How to Prepare a Child for a New School

By Kurt Schwengel

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Getting off to a good beginning could be essential to a good school year, but being the new kid in school doesn't make that easy. Preparing your child for a new school environment will help to ease both the transition and the child--and it won't ... more »

How to Prepare a Child for Kindergarten

By Kurt Schwengel

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"Never let them see you sweat" is the single best piece of advice I can offer the parents of an incoming Kindergartner. If a child sees you stressing about it, they will stress about it. Allow me to share some other tips with you. I have been ... more »

How to Preview a Reading Assignment

By Karen Hamilton Silvestri

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Previewing a reading assignment helps to get your mind in full gear. By following the steps below you will be able to go into the reading with a mental outline that will help you decide how to approach the material. I guarantee that if you follow ... more »

How to Read a Book for a Book Report Essay or Paper

By bookmom

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For anyone who has gone to school, a book report or essay is something that is frequently put off until the last minute. So if you're in this common bind, but still expect a high grade, every second counts. The frustrating thing when short on ... more »

How to Read Across the Curriculum

By Enzo Silvestri

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When teaching a subject other than English I have often asked a student to read a particular passage to the class, only to be met with the response, “This isn’t an English class, we don’t read in this class.” Well even though you may not be an ... more »

How to Recognize Plagiarism

By eHow Education Editor

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Teachers who assign research papers to students have the difficult task of verifying that students wrote the paper themselves, rather than copying or plagiarizing the information from another source. To make this task easier, some tips for ... more »

How to Run Center and Activity Time in Your Classroom

By Kurt Schwengel

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Running center time or activity time in your classroom is a great way to give students more individual attention, while at the same time making them more independent. I have been running activity centers in my Kindergarten classroom since 1996, ... more »

How to Set Up a Literacy Night

By Kurt Schwengel

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Each fall, primary school teachers are bombarded with requests and questions from parents regarding how they can help their children learn to read. At my school we set up a "Literacy Night" in which we outline ways parents can help their children ... more »

How to Start a Classroom Blog

By Kurt Schwengel

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Classroom blogs are a great way to stay in touch with the parents and community. The advantage of a blog vs. a daily email is that parents can access older messages easier in a blog than by trolling through old emails. Blogs are absolutely free ... more »

How to Stay Motivated in School

By eHow Education Editor

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Students who are not gifted with total recall (most students) devote nights of missed sleep and years of hard work to complete the task. Getting through school requires more than work, though. It takes mastery of educational skills and ... more »

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