Official Kids Mag www.kidscoop.com © Vicki Whiting September 2023
Use Kid Scoop
News to talk
about going
back to school
with your child.
Together, read
the "10 Easy
Steps to a
Better School
Year" article
on page 3.
Ask your child
how he or she
is feeling about
going back to
school. Talk
about how
bad feelings
can be worse
when they feel hungry or tired.
Read the 10 Easy Step Tips together and work
on a plan to make going back to school mostly
easy-peasy this fall. But, remember, things can
go wrong. The important thing is to let your child
know that he or she can talk to you about it.
E D I T O R ' S P I C K
by Vicki Whiting, Kid Scoop News
s a child in Georgia, Alma Thomas
loved to spend time outside, soaking
up the colors around her.
Her parents lled their home
with color and creativity
despite the injustices they
faced. After the family moved
to Washington DC, Alma
shared her passion for art by
teaching children. When she
was almost seventy years old,
she focused on her own
artwork, inspired by nature
and space travel.
Jeanne Walker Harvey and Loveis Wise tell
the incredible true story of Alma Thomas,
the rst Black woman to
have a solo exhibition at the
Whitney Museum in New
York City and to have her
work chosen for the White
House collection.
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By Jeanne Walker Harvey Illustrated by Loveis Wise
Ablaze with Color: A Story
of Painter Alma Thomas
Back to School Success Plan
LET'S TALK: Everyone gets nervous now and
then. And starting a new school year can make
children especially nervous and worried. Make
time to tell your child about times you have been
worried about something new and the strategies
you used to work your way through it.
When my children were playing youth sports, the
coaches wore t-shirts that said, "Coaches Coach and
Parents Cheer!"
I believe in this same philosophy when it comes to
reading. Let the teachers be the teachers. Parents get
the great role of encouraging and making reading
something fun to do at home.
In addition to the reading lessons children get at
school, a parent can help kids spend more time
reading at home by reading recipes to cook together,
reading directions to play games, or make a craft, or
do a science experiment. And, if your child can't read
the entire instructions, read them to your child. Then
have your child read them back to you. Do this one
sentence at a time if need be. Just make it FUN.
Learning to read takes time and can be a struggle for
some children. They need to be motivated to rise to
the challenge. And you as a parent can make a world
of dierence simply by cheering their eorts and
smiling and making the time with words something
enjoyable to do together.
Have Fun With
Reading
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