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First Grade
Table of Contents
Week 1
A Year Older:
What to expect from your growing child
Week 2
Starting School:
Sharing the joys and fears of a new world
Week 3
School Preparation:
Recognizing typical behaviors
Week 4
Reactions to School:
Adjustment to a new routine
Week 5
Summary 1 - 4:
Handle with Care
Week 6
Play and Praise:
Interactions with others and self
Week 7
Two Kids in One:
The Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde syndrome
Week 8
Seeing Eye to Eye:
Anxiety, teachers, and eye exams
Week 9
Summary 6 - 8:
Learning through praise and patience
Week 10
The Three Rs:
Reading, Running, and Reacting
Week 11
Count the Ways:
From table manners to father figures
Week 12
Potpourri:
Collecting, coordination, and birthday parties
Week 13
Summary 10 - 12:
Practice makes perfect
Week 14
Holiday Happiness:
Images of Christmas Past and Christmas Present(s)
Week 15
Hyper Holidays:
Calming your child’s “festive” mood
Week 16
Pick Me!
:
Physical fitness, money, and ceremonies
Week 17
Winter Doldrums:
Keeping your child healthy and. entertained
Week 18
Boogeymen and Homework:
Routines provide safety and structure
Week 19
Priorities:
Me First,
television, and strangers
Week 20
Summary 16 - 19:
Physical health and scheduling
Week 21
The Real World:
Running to the front of the class
Week 22
Just the Facts:
Answering questions about sex
Week 23
Forming Good Habits:
Routines, library cards, and proper visual distance
Week 24
Summary 21 - 23:
Curiosity and establishing habits
Week 25
Spatial Relations:
Navigating the black board and special places in town
Week 26
Magpies and Rude Jaybirds:
Acquiring possessions and challenging caregivers
Week 27
Reading Between the Lines:
Interpreting requests through thinking and reading
Week 28
Summary 25 - 27:
Dealing with abstract concepts
Week 29
Physically Speaking:
Articulation, hyperactivity, and sexual abuse
Week 30
Attitude Adjustment:
Cheating, school fun, and bike riding"
Week 31
Vivid Imaginations:
Dealing with death and
tall tales
Week 32
Summary 29 - 31:
Developing physical and mental abilities
Week 33
Fundamentally Speaking:
Retaining the first grader
Week 34
Applied Learning:
Applying previous learning to new situations
Week 35
School’s Out!:
Establishing a new routine
Week 36
Summary 33 - 35:
Finishing the first grade and jumping into summer
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