The school year has started for our family and back to school preparations means more than buying new backpacks and school supplies. This month we are devoting Wednesdays to Back to School Preparation! Today we are tackling Study Tips for Children. Your child may seem like a natural smarty-pants, but proper study skills can help them achieve more and get more out of school. Study skills will be essential the harder the classes get, and if your child goes to college these skills will be a Continue Reading
Back to School Prep- HOMEWORK! How to Keep Your Child Focused on Homework When You’ve Lost Control
It can and WILL happen! I’m sure you know how it goes, kid comes home and immediately thinks they are going to go outside to play or they try to hop onto the video games and waste their night away. Homework you ask. What, what is that, no homework tonight! Then Friday comes along and they have a letter in their bag indicating there’s missing work. This is a weekly routine with mom or dad constantly battling the homework fight only to lose. It doesn’t have to be like that. You can gain Continue Reading
Back to School Prep: Teens & Science – Making Science Fun
Science projects are an awesome part of a child’s life. Most kids enjoy science class and need little motivation to engage in scientific study. If it’s in class or at home it rarely matters, kids will go beyond expectations to conduct science experiments and assigned projects. Teenagers though are a different story. As science begins to get more difficult in the teenage years you can expect some resistance and downright refusal to engage in any science fun. If you are experiencing science Continue Reading