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October 22, 2024

Book Review: Everything No One Tells You About Parenting a Disabled Child

What do you wish you knew about parenting a disabled child? Parenting a disabled child is a daunting task, and author and advocate Kelly Coleman turned her experience into a disability resource book so that other parents and caregivers would have access to explanations and resources that make navigating the systems a bit smoother. This […]

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October 1, 2024

5 Fall Activities for Families

What have you put on the calendar for fun fall activities? Here are some fun and educational fall activities to try at home that will build memories during pumpkin spice season. As the leaves are beginning to turn colors and the rhymes of school are settling into our communities, it’s time to make a list

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September 17, 2024

Overcoming Learning Challenges: 4 Strategies for Parents and Tutors

Is it better to avoid distractions or learn to deal with them? Not seeing joy in your child’s education because of learning challenges, grumpy attitudes, and lack of confidence? Here are 4 strategies for parents and tutors to help children with overcoming learning challenges. Much of the application of these strategies comes from talking over

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September 3, 2024

3 Easy Tips For Reading Picture Books With Children

What picture book could be enjoyed by all ages? I love a good picture book discussion with little kids, big kids, and grandkids! Megan Dowd Lambert, in her book Reading Picture Books with Children: How to Shake up Storytime and Get Kids Talking About What They See, explains The Whole Book Approach to reading picture

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August 13, 2024

5 Reasons to Hire a Private Tutor

What is the best benefit when you hire a private tutor? Tired of the lack of harmony at home when it comes to homework time? Hire a private tutor! Not seeing joy in your child’s educational experience? Hire a private tutor. Private tutors do more than just help a child who is failing a course.

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July 2, 2024

6 Summer Learning Activities

How can you encourage learning activies, promote problem-solving, and boost confidence in a fun way during summer breaks? Whether you are a parent or a tutor, bridging the summer gap with summer learning activities for kids is probably something you have wondered about. Where do you find summer learning activities that are more fun than

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June 18, 2024

Good Character Never Goes Out of Style

What character trait best defines you? In the world of fast fashion and FOMO (fear of missing out), good character never goes out of style. What is good character? Good character is about your values and motives for making choices not just being a good person. A few good character traits are integrity, compassion, loyalty,

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June 4, 2024

Summer Reading Log Printable

Where will your reading adventures take you? Grab a summer reading log printable and head into the world of imagination and practical life. Where will you go first? Narnia? Wonderland? The local international restaurant? The treehouse store? Your first summer job? Real-world reading involves fiction, classics, nonfiction, maps, menus, training material, pamphlets, owner manuals, and

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May 21, 2024

Teachers Pay Teachers Review

What quality educational resource do you wish you could add to your teacher or tutor toolkit? Teachers Pay Teachers, an online marketplace, is a powerful educational resource for teachers, tutors, and parents powered by educators. Instead of a few supplemental activities that only go with one particular curriculum, imagine the whole teacher supply store, your

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May 7, 2024

Cure Senioritis in 4 Steps

When was the last time you got a case of senioritis? What is senioritis and how can you cure senioritis? Senioritis is defined as a decrease in motivation and academic performance at the end of the senior year of high school when the college acceptance letters and final exam exemptions begin arriving. We all know

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