When students get to high school, you hope that they already know how to study, including which study methods work best for them. If your student doesn’t, however, or the usual methods aren’t working well enough, check out our best …
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Should My Gifted Child Skip a Grade? The Pros & Cons of Skipping a Grade
Almost every parent with a gifted child asks themselves the questions: should my child skip a grade, and how will it affect them? For some gifted students, skipping a grade can have adverse affects to their emotional development as well …
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Is My Child Ready for the SAT or ACT?
Whether you have a senior with limited remaining test dates, or you’re simply planning ahead, you may have asked yourself this question: “ Is my child ready for the SAT or ACT? ” I’ll be the first to admit that …
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Cooking with Kids: Basic Cooking Skills for Kids of All Ages
If there’s a blog post I can get behind, it might be this one right here! Now, I love working in the education field and writing all of the posts that go along with it, but outside of that, cooking …
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How Does a Healthy Diet Affect Academic Performance?
When we think about ways to improve academic performance in school, we often think about reading, studying, taking extra classes and making sure not to watch too much TV. Nutrition is often overlooked even though a healthy diet from a …
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Teacher Survey: What Do Students Need to Work On Most?
Sometimes a report card doesn’t tell the whole story when it comes to how well your child is doing at school. In fact, many behaviors and interactions in class can tell you just as much or more about your child’s …
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How Can I Get My Child to Wear a Coat in the Winter?
You wake up on a blustery winter morning and are rushing around to get your child off to the bus for school. Breakfast has been eaten, shoes are tied, backpack ready. All that is left is to put that dreaded …
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10 Most Common Mistakes Made in English
Between grammar, mechanics, and style, there are plenty of different ways for students to mess up their writing. Since the full list of mistakes is far too long to cover in a blog article, let’s focus on the 10 most …
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Why Should Students Show Their Work?
We have all heard “show your work” from a teacher or two. We have all groaned as we erase and rewrite the math problem, wondering why it’s necessary – why should students show their work when they already got the right …
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14 Halloween Writing Prompts for Kids
Halloween is fast approaching, and it is a favorite time of year for people of all ages, particularly with kids. As soon as fall arrives, the sun sets faster, and there is a chill in the air. Kids begin to …
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