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Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Saturday, August 4, 2012
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• Don’t worry about spoiling your child. Your child is “earning” the reward by earning good grades. • If your child doesn’t earn good grades and therefore • Build your child’s confidoesn’t earn the reward, find dence throughout the school ways she can do better next year by recognizing his progtime, like by studying with ress. a tutor or doing extra credit • Realize that while selfmotivated kids don’t necessar- work. • Reward children with ily need rewards to do well, praise, but never ridicule they love positive attention them. and rewards, too. “Parents see it as a great opportunity,” she says. “Plus, it’s free.”
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AUDITIONS Fairbanks Youth Orchestras Auditions for our Beginning String Orchestra, Intermediate Full Orchestra, and Advanced Youth Symphony are August 24 and 25. Read more and sign up for auditions online after August 1: www.fairbanksyouthorchestras.org
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student achievement and keep Padgett of the Athens-Clarke them focused on their studies. County Leisure Services Some restaurants and stores Department, which has been honor students who have good running the program for a Continued from Page 14 grades by giving them free few years. “All kids love to go desserts, snacks and activities. swimming.” receive your child’s report Students in the Athens, Students in kindergarten card to know what’s going on Ga., area are motivated by through 12th grade are eliwith grades, good or bad. “Report Card Rewards,” a gible for the program. “Report cards shouldn’t program that gives good stu“With all A’s, a child gets come as a surprise,” Bondents swim passes. one free summer pool pass,” ner said. “Parents need to be “The whole idea is to recsaid Padgett, noting that kids involved with their kids’ progwith A’s and B’s receive 10 ress and learning throughout ognize kids who’ve done well academically,” said Cathy free swims. the year.” Intervene right away if you see your child isn’t doing well at school, so the student can get academic help. Trying to reward a strugAcademic Language Therapy Services gling student can backfire, Rebecca George, Certified Academic Language Therapist since most students with poor READING & DYSLEXIA SPECIALIST grades simply don’t understand the work. 907-457-6821 • 970-901-8447 “Rewards work on the anewday2011calt@gmail.com assumption that a child could do the work if he just tried Reading, spelling, handwriting... harder,” said Goldberg, who recommends parents talk IS YOUR CHILD STRUGGLING? with the teacher about what’s going on in the classroom to HELP HAS ARRIVED! see whether the problem is preschoolers thru adults a lack of understanding the private individualized therapy sessions material. scientifically proven approach It’s not just parents who offer rewards to celebrate Academic Language Therapy Services
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