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Summer is the perfect time for these shark activities! Incorporate them into your preschool ocean theme or just set them up as you see fit. Related: Summer Activities for Preschoolers Whether you have students who are enamored with sharks, or you and your family really get into Shark Week, you have to admit they are just fascinating animals. Capitalize on that interest some of these fun shark ideas. 25 Shark Activities for Kids Of course, you don’t really have to wait until the summer for all of this shark fun! Try them out any time of the year. I’ve broken...

Amazon has a great buy for Pokemon fans! Hurry over to Amazon or Walmart.com where you can score this Ultra Pro Pokemon Pikachu 2″ 3-Ring Binder Card Album with 100 Platinum Series 9-Pocket Sheets for just $16.39! This would be the perfect gift for any Pokemon card collector! Pokemon fans will love this 3-ring binder album that comes with a cute Pikachu cover and 100 durable sheets that have slots for all their Pokemon cards. It’s one of the most convenient and easy ways to store one’s personal collection. Keep your kids learning with these free educational games & websites!...

Thought leaders in psychology such as Russell Barkley, Ph.D., and Thomas Brown, Ph.D. have identified ADHD as a disorder of executive functioning. Rather than focusing on the major symptoms of ADHD such as difficulty with sustained attention, not listening, poor organization, forgetfulness in daily activities, restlessness, excessive talking, difficulty awaiting turns, or being fidgety, these experts see executive-functioning deficits as the defining characteristics of ADHD. Interestingly, executive dysfunctions, or difficulty employing executive-functioning skills, are also telltale features of many other psychiatric diagnoses in children. For example, beyond ADHD, children who have learning disabilities display an array of executive dysfunctions that...

Editor’s note: We’re making every effort to provide you with the most up-to-date information. However, there still may be last minute closures due to Covid-19. Many of the donation sites listed in this article have suspended pick ups, but some still offer a drop off option. This article will continue to be updated during phased openings..Stay safe! If the closets in your house look like a scene from E.T.—specifically the one where the extraterrestrial can’t be spotted in the sea of stuffed animals—it might be time to minimize your child’s toy collection. Get ready to declutter with the following DC...

I said that last week's #ReadItTorial would probably be my last, but I didn't really want to write a final one on a sour note.Most of last week's #ReadItTorial was pretty damming and I had a lot of time to reflect on what I'd written, and also a lot of time to consider that the problem may be widespread amongst larger multinational publishers (the problem being of publishers 'hanging on' to best-selling authors and samey 'safe' themes and story types) but it's definitely not the case amongst small print run independents.This is the weird thing for me, as a complete...