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We can help with your elearning & campus learning needs!

WE CAN HELP—With both your supplemental learning & elearning needs   Everyone can agree that school looks different this 2020-2021 year. For some, it means increased safety measures, procedural changes and fewer peers to share their brick and mortar campus with. For others, the setting has changed entirely and consists of interacting and learning all […]

You may be eligible for COVID Relief Funds to use for LRC tutoring

Were you negatively affected financially by the pandemic, even minimally? You may be eligible for up to $2,000 to use towards LRC’s academic assistance.     The “What?” Have you lost wages due to COVID-19? United Way’s 2-1-1 can help connect you to available funds. Polk County Unites is available to help Polk County residents […]

Polk 2020-2021 School Dates to Note

POLK COUNTY 2020-2021 SCHOOL CALENDAR Find Polk County Public School dates (first/last days, student holidays, early release days and grading periods) here! Scroll down for a list of significant calendar dates for your PCPS student this school year.     First/Last Days, Holidays & Early Release Dates 2020 August 24 (Monday) First day of school […]

Learning & Loving It: Word Sliders

Learning & Loving It is a series featuring simple, yet fun educational activities for home learning and virtual, interactive tutoring.   Word Sliders This is a fun, quick and easy way to make a hands-on game for reading practice. This concentrates on reinforcing, decoding and blending skills using word families. These words have a common […]

LRC’s 2020 Summer Lineup

The Learning Resource Center of Polk County unveils its 2020 lineup of summer enrichment programs for all academic levels to combat learning loss during the quarantine and prevent summer slide.     Choose Your Program Camp READY! Kindergarten-Readiness   Rising and repeating kindergartners can gain the skills necessary for school at Camp READY which features […]

Learning & Loving It: Dicey Education

Learning & Loving It is a series featuring simple, yet fun educational activities for home learning and virtual, interactive tutoring.   Rolling the Dice with Learning The sound of rolling dice has brought excitement and fascination to human cultures for thousands of years. Each time you roll a pair of dice, you are keeping alive […]

Learning & Loving It: Telling Time

Learning & Loving It is a series featuring simple, yet fun educational activities for home learning and virtual, interactive tutoring.   Telling time with your own clock This clock activity is a great one for teaching children how to tell time. Use it to talk about time in the future or to discuss how long […]

Learning & Loving It: Puppet Time

Learning & Loving It is a series featuring simple, yet fun educational activities for home learning and virtual, interactive tutoring.   Magical Learning with Puppets   Supplies: Paper, pen/markers/crayons/paint, scissors, glue/tape/stapler, popsicle stick/tongue depressor/paint stirrer, book of choice   1. Choose a book to read together. 2. Draw or print the characters from the story […]

Learning & Loving It: Twister Game

Learning & Loving It is a series featuring simple, yet fun educational activities for home learning and virtual, interactive tutoring.   A Spin on Twister Add a layer of learning to classic games that you already own. For this activity, we’ll add a math “spin” to the classic game of Twister. When students are fully […]

Learning & Loving It: Retelling Bracelet

Learning & Loving It is a series featuring simple, yet fun educational activities for home learning and virtual, interactive tutoring.   Rainbow Retelling Bracelet This colorful bracelet will help a child retell the story they just listened to or read and can be used by tutors, teachers and parents. (Adapted from Growing Book by Book) […]