Middle School
5 Easy Ways to Prevent Summer Slide
Summer slide is a term that refers to students who do not work on their educational skills over summer vacation. This can be detrimental to the student’s ability to retain the information they learned during the previous school year. Furthermore, by ignoring schoolwork, students will also begin the coming school year at a disadvantage as they…
Read MoreSchooling at Home during Covid-19 ~~ Part 1
It’s been around a month since we have all been home with our children. In the beginning, it may have been fun – you are ALL set to help teach them at home. However, as the weeks dragged on, the wonderful teachers out there started using a variety of methods to continue learning. Regardless of…
Read MoreOnline Resources to Add Excitement to Your Time at Home
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Read MoreIt’s Back to School Time!!!
New backpacks, shoes, colored pencils, and notebooks. Those are just a few of the things that come with the back to school season. For some children, the start of a new school year is pure excitement. Finding out who their new teacher is and which of their friends will be in their class is enough…
Read MoreA Very Merry Christmas Time
The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear! – Buddy the Elf Christmas! The very word holds so much meaning for so many people. Christmas time is full of memories, hot chocolate, carolers, family, movies, and cozy socks. It is the time of year that children, and some adults,…
Read MoreI’m so Glad that I Live in a World Where There are Octobers
Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree. – Emily Bronte There is just something about brisk Fall air, pumpkins, apple cider, and the smell of a warm cinnamon candle burning in a warm clean kitchen that gives me the coziest feeling ever. Not to mention that I am always cold so…
Read MoreA Book Discussion on Jedi Quest: The Way of the Apprentice by Jude Watson
Star Wars – Jedi Quest: The Way of the Apprentice by Jude Watson Using Star Wars books to engage students Students WANT to read books that are interesting to them. If you have a child or student who loves Star Wars as much as I do (and that’s A LOT!), using these books as an…
Read MoreSuperheroes and Education
Everyone loves superheroes! Get ready! It’s a bird… it’s a plane… NO IT’S SUPERMAN!! Superheroes are all over the place these days. You can’t walk through Wal-Mart, the mall, or even the sidewalk without seeing Superman, Batman, Captain America, Iron Man or The Incredible Hulk hanging around. How do we use Earth’s Mightiest Heroes…
Read MoreWill the right school supplies REALLY help your child?
As much as I LOVE supplies, they will never really help your child be the star student you want them to be no matter what Office Max says in their new commercial. Do you know what will really help so they can make the most of this, and every other, school year? Someone who CARES…
Read More5 Ways You Can Help Your Child
“YOU CAN BE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO BE”; 5 WAYS TO TURN THE MYTH INTO REALITY You can be anything you want to be. It’s a complete lie… or is it? The reality is, without a plan, your child will not become whatever they want. By the time they realize what needs to be done…
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