Learning Place for Families Skill-Building Backpacks

Involve Families in Learning with Easy-to-Use, Take-Home Resources

Parents welcome the opportunity to work with their children at home, especially if they know they are directly impacting the instruction that is happening in the classroom. They want to be partners in their children’s education. With Learning Place for Families Skill-Building Backpacks, teachers can send children home with fun and engaging hands-on literacy and math activities that have a targeted focus.

Learning Place for Families Skill-Building Backpacks—

• Target an essential area of literacy or math instruction to make a home-school connection
• Include an Activity Guide with step-by-step instructions, clear illustrations, and parent letters in both English and Spanish
• Build a strong foundation for working with children at home with tips for preparing, monitoring progress, and productive learning
• Connect reading and writing with hands-on activities to actively engage children and family members in learning
• Provides concrete, hands-on experiences with mathematical skills and concepts with fun and easy-to-use activities
  

Learning Place for Families
Skill-Building Backpacks Literacy
Grades K-2
Extend hands-on skill practice into the home with activity-rich,
literacy backpacks that target specific foundational skills using engaging books, activities, and hands-on materials.

Learning Place for Families
Skill-Building Backpacks Math
Grades K-2
Involve families in math learning with easy-to-use take-home resources with engaging math readers and hands-on manipulatives to reinforce grade-appropriate math concepts and skills by strand.