What is happening inside your child’s brain while they are listening to a story? As it turns out, quite a lot. Researchers have studied the parts of a child’s brain that have to do with …
Why Your Child Needs Nursery Rhymes
Nursery rhymes are more than just fun songs or poems to sing or say to your young child – they have many benefits to early literacy development to get your child off to a strong …
Funding Home Visits For Children
We are thrilled to see the state legislature put an additional $1.4 million toward evidence-based home visit programs. These programs lead to a number of benefits, including “infant and maternal health, education attainment and readiness, …
Using Stories to Teach Math
As children develop their literacy skills, they shift from “learning to read” to “reading to learn,” applying these skills to other subjects, such as math, social studies and science. By doing so, students are developing …
Blog post on Summer Reading From Eva Kohlmoos
Check out this blog post from our Teacher Cabinet member Eva Kohlmoos, who teaches English language arts at East End Prep. She suggests some great books that are perfect for reading over the summer and …
2018 Music City SEL Conference
Would you like to learn more about Social Emotional Learning practices in Nashville’s public schools and communities? Sign up for the Social Emotional Learning Conference, hosted by MNPS and Alignment Nashville’s Behavioral Health A-Team. The …
Summer Reading Tips From PBS Parents (for Babies, Toddlers and Young Children, and for Kindergartners, First-Graders, and Readers and Writers)
PBS Parents offers a great resource for summer reading tips to make reading fun and meaningful for a variety of ages. Research tells us that students who do not read over the summer can experience …
How To Help Your Kids Tackle Their Required Summer Reading
Sometimes, if reading is required over the summer, it can feel as though it takes out all the fun. Many schools give out a required summer reading list, though, because reading over the summer is …
Nashville Library Summer Reading Challenge
Want to make reading this summer extra-fun? Sign up for the Nashville Public Library’s Summer Reading Challenge! You can register online here or at any public library branch. The more minutes you read, the more …
R.H. Boyd and Jump In!
The Nashville Public Education Foundation is so thankful for the partnership with R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation and Ladonna Boyd, who has donated hundreds of books to kick-start the efforts to get high-quality, diverse books into …
