Confidence has two main ingredients, belief and trust. When you tell your child that he is good at something, he can choose to believe you or not, and if he doesn’t have any reason to think that you are lying, he will often believe you. After all, we’d all like to believe the good…
It is no easy task to juggle classes, practices, exams, tournaments, and travel schedules. In fact, it can be completely daunting and overwhelming, which is why many student athletes wind up being less productive than they could be. You have probably already heard to use a planner, but it’s really not very helpful unless you…
“A place for everything and everything in its place.” 5 Simple Tips to Organize a Home Work Space 1. Clean up the study space and decide where everything should live. 2. Establish routines for maintaining the work space. 3. Make sure that you have some of the following: Shelves or crates to store…
We know that communication is key. We know that we need to have meaningful conversations with our teens. We also know that the one-sided conversations in which WE do all the talking is not ideal. So… what can we do to get stubborn, tight-lipped teens to open up? Here are a few suggestions to overcome…
Summer Learning Loss, Summer Brain Drain, The Summer Slide… they are all phrases that refer to the same phenomenon, and they conjure up images of math facts oozing from our kids brains while they play outside. The idea that students lose skills and knowledge over the summer is not a new one, and it IS…
Have you ever frozen while taking a test? Have you answered questions incorrectly even when you knew the right answers? Have you gotten extreme tension before and during an exam? If you’ve answered yes to these questions, it is likely that you have experienced test anxiety at some point in your life. Some symptoms other…
The top ten reasons that summer tutoring should be a part of your summer plans! Beat Summer Brain Drain – Research shows that students lose valuable knowledge over the summer months, and continuing to learn over the summer helps eliminate the brain drain. Boost Confidence – Students who struggled in a…
We’ve all heard of swimming coaches and batting coaches… but what exactly is an Academic Coach? In short, an Academic Coach is a professional educator who focuses on the process of learning and teaches students the executive functioning skills and study skills necessary for success in the classroom. Executive functioning skills are the skills that…
We want our children to have the best year ever. We are bombarded by suggestions on what to do to ensure their happiness and academic well-being. In an attempt to set them up for success, we often wind up spinning our wheels on projects and tasks that aren’t especially effective or productive for our…
Photography can be a springboard for so many different academic endeavors, whether it is exploring nature, learning the alphabet, challenging our ideas, or creating a masterpiece. These ideas for summer photography projects will help inspire the creativity in all ages of children. Try a few and enjoy the experiences together! Self Portraits – In…
