I have a friend who is an excellent but fairly new (2 years experience) teacher now teaching 1st-graders in a poor inner-city school. She finds that they are lethargic, often barely able to keep awake, and hardly respond to her. Are there any great books/articles she should be reading? [more inside]
posted by shivohum on Sep 3, 2007 - 17 answers

What educational computer games are best for teaching a 6-year-old to read? [more inside]
posted by LarryC on Jun 18, 2006 - 14 answers

My 6-year-old daughter sees things other people don't. "Skitter scatters," ghosts, auras. She just started school and there's something in the lunchroom only she can see, and this one makes her nervous. [mi] [more inside]
posted by putzface_dickman on Sep 23, 2004 - 110 answers