A Proactive Approach to Parent/Teacher Conferences
Head into your parent/teacher conference with a purpose. Yes, conferences are a great way to get to know your child’s...
The Importance of Self-Reflection
Many successful people make time for self-reflection. It’s a good habit for students to engage in, too. Weekly self-reflection allows...
Avoid the Bad Habit Abyss!
This is around the time of year when bad habits start creeping back into a student’s daily routine. Stop those...
A Compromise for the Resistant Annotator
Here’s a plug for Post-It Note flags. Though there are countless reasons why annotating a text is helpful to students,...
Create a Nightly Homework Agenda
Most students do their homework in random order and without a plan. Teach your child how to create an agenda...
Identify Your Child’s Best Approach (Not Yours!)
Model flexibility. While it’s natural to believe that your way of approaching tasks should also work for your child, keep...
The Keys to the Future
“Useful modern education is not the work of rote.” -Seth Godin Today, success in school and out in the real...
Excited or Uneasy About the New School Year?
As we begin the new school year, some students are excited to get back to school, while others are a...
Organization 101: Identify A Place For Everything
Start the new school year with sound organizational habits. When your child arrives home from school, have her put her...
Getting Ready to Go Back to School
For many students, this is the last week of summer vacation. It’s certainly important to let your child soak it...
The More Things Don’t Change
Every student (and parent) heads back into the new school year with renewed optimism. Summer tends to blur the memories...
Get Back Into the School Mindset
It's already August and while summer is not over yet, the new school year will be here before we know...