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One step at a time: The effects of an early literacy text messaging program for parents of preschoolers
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a home literacy-focused text messaging program for parents of preschoolers designed to break down the complexity of supportive parenting.
More than just a nudge: Supporting kindergarten parents with differentiated and personalized text-messages
(Doss, Fahle, Loeb & York, 2018) We study effects of a text-based program for parents of kindergarten children,...
Ready for Grade 5 Families
By Françoise Lartigue, M.Ed., Ready4K senior content and curriculum specialist When I was in the throes of parenting...
When Behavioral Barriers are Too High or Low – How Timing Matters for Parenting Interventions
(Cortes, Fricke, Loeb, Song & York, 2019) This study compares the effects of an early childhood text-messaging...
Benefits of Play (for Grown-Ups)
By Rebecca Honig, Ready4K director of content This blog post has ONE purpose: TO INSPIRE YOU TO PLAY. This blog post...
Solving Families’ Back-to-School Jitters
These curated easy-to-use resources will help your families feel totally ready to return to school this fall.
Summer Fun the Ready4K Way
By Françoise Lartigue, senior content and curriculum specialist It’s 10 in the morning but the sun is already hot. The...
Meet My Friends: Ready4K family workshops cast
By Rebecca Honig, director of content One of the things I've always loved about writing tips and activities for...
Transition Time Tips for Kids of All Ages
By April Hawkins, marketing manager, and Françoise Lartigue, content manager Last month, I left a demanding school...
Home Language Matters
By Françoise Lartigue, Ready4K content manager "Franchise Latrine." This was the name that appeared at the top of the...
How We Build Math Moments at Home
By Françoise Lartigue, Ready4K content manager We’ve been trying to follow a chore chart in my house. I resisted...
The Mathephant in the Room
By Rebecca Honig and Françoise Lartigue, Ready4K content leaders As we get farther into a school year so disrupted by...
That Friday Dance Feeling
By Rebecca Honig, director of content The screeching started at 6:00am on a Monday morning. I raced to my son’s room...
When is a Kindergartener not a Kindergartener?
By Fran Lartigue, Ready4K content manager A: When he's a burrito! When my son was in kindergarten he would wrap...
The Power of a Story
By Rebecca Honig, director of content & curriculum "Once upon a time..." I still get goose bumps when I hear that...
“What’s the news?” Using Questions to Make At-Home Learning Easier
By Fran Lartigue and Rebecca Honig, Ready4K content leads Recently I discovered my new favorite media outlet. It’s...
The Elusive “How” of At-Home Learning
During remote learning, parents are struggling to learn both the “what” and the “how”. But there are ways we can make it easier. Here are a few of our go-to “how” at-home learning strategies that can help your families, too.
When You’ve Got BIG Feelings
As we enter the school year, with so much uncertainty… one thing IS certain. We are ALL going show up, whether in person or virtually, with BIG FEELINGS.
Self-Care in Small Moments
Self-care does not have to look like it does in the magazines. Self-care can be improvised, it can be momentary, it can be “catch-as-catch-can.” And that’s okay. It’s actually great! Why? Because it means self-care is actually possible.