How are Executive Functioning skills different from Study Skills?
How-are-executive-functioning-skills-different-from-study-skills? Executive functioning are cognitive processes that enables us to plan, focus attention, remember instructions, and juggle multiple tasks successfully. While study skills are….
Executive Functioning During Covid: What Can You Do?
If you have a student who struggles with their executive functioning skills, you might have noticed those struggles become more pronounced over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic. Here’s why that is, and how we can help.
Executive Functioning: What is it, and What Do You Need to Know?
Executive-functioning-what-is-it-and-what-do-you-need-to-know. If you’re a parent, you might have heard something of a scary term floating around on blogs, or from other sources. The term is “Executive Functioning.” But what does this term mean, and what
School Supplies on a Budget
School-supplies-on-a-budget. Here are our top ideas for how to save while still outfitting yourself or your kids this Back to School Season.
Three Tips for Getting Ahead of Finals Season
3-tips-for-getting-ahead-of-finals-season. Three tips on how to manage your time and get ahead during Thanksgiving break.
Top Reasons Why Reading is Important
The-importance-of-reading. Top Reasons Why Reading is Important
Note-Taking: Why and How?
Note-taking-why-and-how. You’d be shocked at the number of students who enter a new school not understanding why or how to take notes. Luckily, here we are to answer both questions.
What Makes a Good Goal?
What-makes-a-good-goal. Goal-setting is one of the most important skills to develop. But what makes a good goal?
The Top Benefits of Exercise and Learning
Studying-and-exercise-why-and-how. Exercise is linked to higher achievement in school. Why and how?
The Right Types of Brain Breaks
The-right-types-of-study-breaks. It’s important to take breaks during study blocks. What kind of breaks should you take?
The Three Characteristics of a Good Study Spot
the-three-characteristics-of-a-good-study-spot. A good study spot improves performance. Here’s what a good study spot looks like!
Studying and Technology: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Technology-studying-the-good-bad-and-ugly. Here are some technologies to watch out for when studying, and some that can be helpful!
Five Tips for Surviving Finals Season
Five-tips-for-surviving-finals-season. Here are five tips for beating the stress and keeping your finals merry and bright.
Top Study Tip 3: Getting Organized for the School Year!
Top-study-tip-3-getting-organized. We recommend that students get organized at any point. As the Buddhist monk Pema Chodron, start where you are. It is never too late or too early to get organized.
Top Study Tips #2: Outline
Top-study-tips-2-outline. So many students we work with have no tools when they begin with us. They don't read the textbook, they don't study and they don't outline. Yet, many students wonder why they can't remember all of the information in the textbook if they read it the night before the test.
Top Study Tip #1: Study in the Same Location
Top-study-tip-1-study-in-the-same-location. Do you ever wonder why its important to Study in the same location? Here are at least 2 reasons why your child or teen needs to pick a study spot!
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