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14 x July 19 — August 1, 2018 x www.SouthwestOrlandoBulletin.com<br />
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and from school or to after-school extracurricular<br />
activities, your time with<br />
your family is precious. Quality family<br />
time is worth every second — take<br />
advantage of it. Look for those opportunities<br />
to talk with your children<br />
about their days at school, asking<br />
them about their “highs and lows.”<br />
Give them your undivided attention<br />
and ask the same of them. Never accept<br />
the one-word answers, but dig<br />
deeper. This will not only allow for<br />
you to know more about your child’s<br />
day, but it will give your child the opportunity<br />
to feel valued and heard.<br />
Remember that the time we have<br />
with our children is limited — make<br />
the best of those treasured moments<br />
by putting down the electronic devices<br />
and connecting with one another.<br />
• Homework Headaches? Let<br />
the Library Help!<br />
by Mira Tanna, Assistant Manager<br />
Technology and Education Center<br />
Orange County Library System<br />
407-835-7323<br />
ocls.info/homework • ocls.info/brainfuse •<br />
online.infobase.com<br />
Your local library offers a wide array<br />
of resources to help kids — and<br />
parents — tackle homework problems.<br />
Any parent who has encountered<br />
their second-grader’s question about<br />
a “10 frame” knows that the way<br />
math is being taught these days is<br />
different from the way we learned it<br />
growing up. Even the easiest math<br />
problems can stump parents, because<br />
they aren’t familiar with the<br />
strategies being used to teach math<br />
under Common Core. Luckily, there<br />
is help available at the nearest public<br />
library or with the click of a mouse.<br />
Many libraries offer access to<br />
databases that can help kids with<br />
science projects, art and music projects,<br />
language learning and more.<br />
Students working on science fair<br />
projects can find a wealth of ideas in<br />
Science Online, a resource available<br />
courtesy of the library. Each section<br />
— biology, chemistry, earth science,<br />
etc. — contains experiments that a<br />
student can conduct at home.<br />
Some libraries offer online homework<br />
help that can connect kids with<br />
resources from home. Library card<br />
holders can log onto the library website,<br />
enter their library card number,<br />
and connect to a certified live tutor.<br />
Students are often more receptive to<br />
help from an online tutor than from<br />
a parent, and parents can feel confident<br />
that the tutor is familiar with the<br />
current approach used in schools to<br />
teach the subject.<br />
The library is still a great place to<br />
do research. Kids will find nonfiction<br />
books at their reading level that<br />
they can use as reputable sources<br />
and public computers to access the<br />
internet. Online databases on a variety<br />
of subjects (such as biography,<br />
opposing viewpoints, research in<br />
context) are searchable by reading<br />
level and make it much easier than a<br />
general online search to locate pertinent<br />
articles. Citations for each article<br />
are formatted to be copied into<br />
a bibliography.<br />
As children become more independent<br />
from their parents, they<br />
can benefit from not only learning<br />
the skills taught in school but from<br />
learning how to acquire knowledge<br />
and skills on their own. Introducing<br />
them to the library can provide that<br />
foundation for lifelong learning that<br />
will benefit them long after they have<br />
graduated from high school.<br />
• The Benefits of a Private,<br />
Christian School Education<br />
by Joseph Cioffi, Director of Marketing &<br />
Communications<br />
Foundation Academy<br />
407-656-3677 • 407-877-2744<br />
foundationacademy.net<br />
A private, Christian school education<br />
is built upon high academic<br />
standards, positive learning environments,<br />
a sense of community, discipline<br />
and Christ-centered values.