During the winter months, it can be difficult to ensure that your child is warm on the bus ride to school. In a car, the temperature is a bit easier to control, whereas that luxury isn’t always available on a school bus. …
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5 Ways Gifted Children Can Benefit from an Enrichment Academy
Gifted children need special attention. Schools often don’t have the resources to provide special attention for gifted students, however. This is because schools typically focus on the regular classrooms and students who are behind first rather than gifted students. Gifted …
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5 Free Online Writing Games for Students
Whether your child is already getting extra practice in school through academic enrichment or tutoring, it seems as though there is always room for more. And if you are anything like me, you notice that students especially struggle when it …
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Common Questions About School Closings and Delays
Winter is here, and with the warm drinks, decorations and twinkling lights also comes inclement weather. Sometimes this leads to schools, learning academies, tutoring centers, and after school activities being cancelled or delayed. Many may not know the procedures that …
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7 Smart New Year’s Resolutions for Students
Around this time of the year, many people are looking back on the past months of 2016 and preparing for 2017. Some make a promise to do acts of self-improvement for the start of the New Year, this is called …
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Top 6 Educational Posts of 2016: Happy Anniversary to the A Grade Ahead Blog
After-School Enrichment Blog Celebrates Milestone A Grade Ahead, an educational enrichment company, challenges our students to achieve a higher academic standard. As a resource for our families and others, our company’s blog provides tips, news, and advice to parents who …
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5 Tips to Keep Your Child Focused over Holiday Break
While you may or may not want your child to do homework over winter break, you definitely don’t want them to forget everything they learned or worse: forget how to learn. But don’t worry. These 5 tips can help keep …
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The Twelve Books of Christmas: My Top Twelve Holiday Books of All Time
As an educational enrichment teacher, and especially as a teacher of English, I am hard-pressed to find anything within the realm of education that excites me more than catching my students getting into a good book. And with the holidays …
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Ask the Experts: Is My Child Gifted? 5 Tell-Tale Signs Your Child Needs a Challenge
Gifted students are often difficult to identify. A child may be gifted, but may not display his talents because he’s not interested in school. A child may be gifted, but he may be too shy to showcase his talents. A …
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How Painting Helps a Child’s Development
A child’s playtime is an essential part of his or her development. Making painting part of that playtime, or even part of daily learning, is tremendously beneficial. Art and painting can aid in a child’s emotional, mental, social, and physical …
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