Strategies for Student Success

This interactive learning activity describes practical ways to promote inclusion in your family and community throughout the school year. Created in collaboration with Laundry Cares Foundation and Full Expression!

Encourage students to creatively fill out and share their vision boards at home and school to help the adults in their lives learn more about them.

With the space and supplies available to you, try these five strategies for providing a calm and motivating learning environment for your children.

Keeping young people motivated can be a big obstacle and cause of tension for families. Try these tips to boost motivation and cooperation.

These tips from experts and parents can help balance screen time, physical activity, and family connection.

Join the fun in a behind-the-scenes video of “Winter Counting,” the latest Take 5: Poetry Brain Break with writer Joseph Bruchac and our partners at Pomelo Books.

Joseph Bruchac, storyteller and author of over 100 books for young readers, reads his poem "Winter Counting" and shares an Abenaki custom.

Poet Janet Wong her bilingual poem, “I Can Ask and I Can Learn,” which tells how she found ways to learn about the history of Hispanic and Latino farmworkers.

Poet Margarita Engle reads “Who Am I?” and its translation in Spanish “¿Quién soy?”

Feeling lucky? Enjoy the read-along video and activities inspired by Janet Wong’s poem about a Chinese tradition passed by her grandparents.

Poetry can bring comfort and joy, reduce stress, and increase language learning. And it’s fun! Try these activities at home or at school.

Poetry can bring comfort and joy, reduce stress, and increase language learning. And it’s fun! Try these activities at home or at school.

Find out what school breakfast is all about, why school breakfast is important, and how you can get involved in your child’s health from Kohl's Healthy at Home.

In this video, find out what school lunch is all about, why school lunch is important, and how you can get involved in your child’s health from Kohl’s Healthy at Home.

Watch this video to learn what school attendance is all about, why it is important, and how you can get involved. This video is produced in collaboration with Attendance Works.

Create and connect with family engagement opportunities in your community.