Educational Tutoring

07/19/2025

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Words of wisdom from Sir Richard Branson, one of our world’s greatest visionaries and proud !

Quote: the incredible and visionary Sir Richard Branson
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08/18/2022

https://www.educalclearning.com/post/dyscalculia-4th-grade-math-accommodations

This week, a parent asked me or some practical advice to help her son as he starts 4th grade. This is the weekly email his teachers sent home: "This week in standard math, we will understand place value up to a million, how to write numbers in expanded and word form, comparing numbers, and rounding....

09/01/2019

https://tocaboca.com/magazine/adventure-playgrounds/

We have witnessed a seismic shift over the past few generations — a gradual but dramatic decline in children’s free-play opportunities and an increase in childhood mental and emotional disorders. Play is the crucial childhood goal — it’s how kids develop a sense of self, learn how to make th...

08/31/2019

https://childdevelopment.com.au/areas-of-concern/play-and-social-skills/social-communication-pragmatics/

Social communication or pragmatics refers to the way in which children use language within social situations.

06/11/2019

https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-ranking-schools-is-problematic-cps-20190607-story.html?fbclid=IwAR2r2hLpAmHtTIyRCbgJaOZxIQ0AL1UUwWQZXxKYokubAjRRPA-w4-NEhtg

Ranking institutions that serve a public good is highly problematic. We do not rank police stations, fire stations, public libraries and/or park districts.

06/03/2019

Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D. In my previous blog posting for The Robb Review, I focused on what should be the real goal of phonics instruction – to get kids to the point where they don’t have to use phonics much in their reading.  We want students to be so proficient and efficient at word r...

03/10/2019

https://www.mother.ly/child/your-childs-social-skills-in-kindergarten-are-more-important-than-their-academics

Here are five to focus on building in your kiddo.

01/12/2019

https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2018/12/27/effects-of-screen-time-on-brain-development.aspx?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=facebook-os-ths_ranart&utm_campaign=share&fbclid=IwAR03dqXD44c8fwJmgQsFV2CDAvLlumJ0_R7G5TRNNUvd30EFvgEFGKqSnME

Children aged 9 to 10 who use electronic devices for seven hours or more per day exhibit premature thinning of the brain cortex.

01/12/2019

https://www.healthy-holistic-living.com/boundaries-routines-and-early-bedtimes-13-habits-that-raise-well-adjusted-kids-2/?utm_source=THS&fbclid=IwAR0vZL841-1tLaXFKFj5z4TxPUpb6CJdLCaVD2UV9v7ccJuMANIoI__cbk4

Parenting can be intimidating and stressful, especially after constantly hearing and reading about how entitled, narcissistic, and lazy kids are these days. Is there any hope of raising good kids in today’s environment? Of course, there is! Your kids have every chance to be appreciative, kind, har...

10/30/2018

https://www.weareteachers.com/5-effective-strategies-for-teaching-decoding-skills/

What are the three keys that students need to become global readers? The answer might surprise you: phonemic awareness, symbol imagery and concept imagery.

10/13/2018

https://www.cdc.gov/parents/essentials/communication/activelistening.html

Responding to Good Behavior-Learn tips and tools for parents.