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Letter from the Editor Inside…

from Back to School 2023

from Back to School 2023, page 30

Studying the Arts for Your Min...

It’s been a great summer filled with quality moments with our families at exciting locations around the city. There are a few weeks left, but now it is time to start preparing for the school year.

6 Choosing the Right Early Learning Program for Your Child

10 Building Bridges: Communicate and Connect with Your Child’s Teacher

12 What to Expect and How to Help Your Child through Puberty

Carlie Parkinson

In this issue, we have an article to help you choose a location for a new early learner. It’s a tough decision to make, but a very important one. We hope some insight from the various options will help you pick the best fit for your child.

We have included some tips on meeting new teachers, and how to set your child up for success at home with strategies to strengthen your child’s executive functioning skills. If you have an older child, we want to provide some scientific understanding about what happens during puberty so you can be compassionate and try to remember what it was like yourself.

Regardless of the age of your child, we want to provide you with some resources to try to make parenting a little bit easier. All the best,

16 Fun on Field Trips

21 Fall Activity Guide

27 Strengthen Your Child’s Executive Functioning: 7 Strategies You Can Use at Home

30 Studying the Arts for Your Mind, Body, and Soul

Back to School Issue 2023

Volume 32, Number 3

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