DianaE2022-10-31T16:59:22+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Problem Solving & Independence
As a tutor, teacher or parent, sometimes it can be difficult to explain how to work out a challenging math problem. We want to explain it in a way that the student understands, and also want to ensure that when it comes to test time, they are able ..
DianaE2022-10-29T00:53:10+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, Parent Advice, Study Habits
Dear Parents, As you’re going through your child’s school work, do you notice the margins of their notes are filled with doodles? Drawings, phases, shapes, squiggly lines that lead to nowhere? Before you jump on your child about needing to spend more time focusing on the ..
DianaE2022-10-31T18:08:28+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, Motivation & Interest, Parent Advice, Senior & High School Learning
Millions of teens around the world find excitement and pride in landing their first after school job. Whether it is as a lifeguard at a community pool, scooping ice cream in the local ice cream shop, or folding clothes at their favorite boutique, having a job is a ..
DianaE2023-06-29T17:03:41+10:00Posted in About Education and Learning, Motivation & Interest, Parent Advice
Some middle school students go through a weird phase in which they seem like they are eating their parents out of house and home. Growing teenagers seem to have a insatiable appetite, and can be found in the kitchen more often than not.If this sounds like your middle ..
Gene2022-10-29T00:37:55+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, All Categories, Parent Advice, Primary School Learning, Student Advice
What do the White House, the Eifle Tower and the Taj Mahal have in common? Yes they are geographical landmarks, and yes they are magnificent and impressive, but they also have something else in common. They all started with a strong, solid foundation. A beautiful building is nothing ..
DianaE2022-10-31T19:26:27+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, Parent Advice
Carol had tried everything when it came to helping her middle school daughter Claire understand her math homework. As if teenage girls and their moms don’t have enough to butt heads about, trying to figure out the math homework became a nightly battle, and nobody was winning. ..
DianaE2022-11-16T21:55:44+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, Remembering Stuff, Study Habits
There is a fascinating graphic floating around the Internet that really puts the importance of nightly reading into perspective: It explains that students who read for 20 minutes a day will come in contact with over 1,800,000 words by the end of the school year. A student ..
DianaE2022-10-31T19:45:50+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, Concentration & Focus, Parent Advice
Many people are familiar with learning disabilities that make it hard for a child to read, comprehend what they are reading, or write. These disabilities make it a struggle for kids to process the letters and words that make up the content they are reading. There is another ..
DianaE2022-10-29T00:34:35+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, Parent Advice
If your child is an avid reader, and enjoys story telling, words and writing over math concepts and functions, these six books are must haves for their growing library. Combining their love for reading with various math concepts could be the secret to helping them develop a love ..
jamesline2022-11-16T22:04:20+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning
In my opinion a majority of people do not like mathematics. This is largely because many people are not particularly good at it and this means many people cannot wait until they no longer have to take it (this applies to many people who are good at maths ..
