Starting the Conversation Together
Read for our tips on how you can start the conversation about race with your child.
Starting the Conversation Together
Kindergarten
HOMER’s Skills Adventure: Memory
HOMER’s Skills Adventure: Memory
We’re sharing ways you can incorporate memory activities into your child’s flexible learning routine.
Build Your Own Learning Routine (That’s Based on Reality)
Build Your Own Learning Routine (That’s Based on Reality)
Our learning experts created a routine that is fun, feasible, and customizable to each of our families’ unique needs.
7 Insights for Helping Children Learn to Read Effectively
7 Insights for Helping Children Learn to Read Effectively
Is there a best or proven way to help children learn to read? HOMER’s Senior Director of Learning and Curriculum Design shares the science behind how kids learn to read!
7 Kid-Friendly Tools to Make Baking with Kids Fun, Engaging and Almost Mess-Free
7 Kid-Friendly Tools to Make Baking with Kids Fun, Engaging and Almost Mess-Free
Letting your little one help in the kitchen is fun and an opportunity to get them curious about food (warning: it’s a little messy, too).
What Are the Benefits of Having a Family Pet?
What Are the Benefits of Having a Family Pet?
A HOMER member wrote in asking about how they could make pet ownership a positive experience for their kids. Keep reading to see what Peggy, HOMER’s Senior Director of Learning and Curriculum Design had to say! Question I have a new baby and a four-year-old. I want...
6 Quick Tips to Get Kids Reading
6 Quick Tips to Get Kids Reading
Your big goal is to make books and stories so wonderful, so special, and so exciting that your child cannot wait to learn to read.
Reading and Play: Do the Two Intersect?
Reading and Play: Do the Two Intersect?
We’re big fans of learning AND playing. In fact, we often find ourselves doing both and don’t even realize it. Our very own Peggy Kaye, shared a few activities to get your family reading and playing, which were featured on Jim Henson's Family Hub! ...
Raising an Independent Child: 4 Easy-To-Use Parenting Tips
Raising an Independent Child: 4 Easy-To-Use Parenting Tips
Raising an independent child and watching them go out on their own is one of the most fulfilling and difficult parts of parenthood. Whether you’re encouraging them to try out for a sports team or to try a new skill, there are plenty of ways that you can begin...
Get Your Kids to Love Reading with These 3 Easy Tips
Get Your Kids to Love Reading with These 3 Easy Tips
Making your home “book-oriented environment" doesn't mean you have to give up an entire room to dedicate to books!
Start Sounding Out Words: Phonological & Phonemic Skill for Kids
Start Sounding Out Words: Phonological & Phonemic Skill for Kids
Your child has mastered the alphabet; they can name the letters, they know the order of the letters, and they know the sounds that each letter represents. So, what’s next?
Your MAIL ADVENTURE Printables: Letter Prompts
Your MAIL ADVENTURE Printables: Letter Prompts
These letter prompts so you can provide another way to stay in touch! Print them on regular printer paper, and get busy writing!