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We get a lot of tchotchkes and there are enough candies, cookies, and popcorn in the Teachers’ Lounge to feed a small country. But we do like to know that you and your kids like us, and appreciate what we do. So here are some gift ideas that we can all agree on.

Brain Binders: Puzzle #3005

December 6, 2010 Teachnet Staff 0

Brain Binders Puzzle #3005: Download (free!), print, and fold.

Are Backpacks a Pain in the Back?

December 6, 2010 Teachnet Staff 0

With our predisposition to park ourselves in front of a computer or TV, we weren’t too surprised to learn recently of students as young as elementary level complaining of back problems normally reserved for years later in life. But the question has surfaced: are book-laden backpacks to blame?

Parents Have Homework, Too.

December 6, 2010 Teachnet Staff 0

“No gift is too costly (or too hard to obtain) for a parent to give his child.” No parent would choose to give his or >>>

Developmental Vision

December 6, 2010 Teachnet Staff 1

It is not uncommon for a child’s vision problem to initially go unnoticed, or for it to be misunderstood. Contributor, Susan Schocket, offers these tips for making school work less stressful on students’ eyes, as well as resources for finding and treating vision challenges.