Private Schools: Making The Transition

If your child is making the transition from a public school to a private school, the adjustment process can be tough. To help your child successfully make this big change, you need to provide the right support and guidance. Here are some tips for helping kids adjust from public school to private school. Conversation and Preparation Constructing a narrative for children to help them explain switching from a public to a private school, both for themselves and for their peers, can be critical.

5 Advantages Of Homeschool For Your Gifted Child

What do you do when you notice and confirm you have a gifted child? Many parents are usually at a loss as to where to take such a child to school. Surprisingly, a gifted child could have problems learning alongside average peers. Such a child will grasp concepts quickly and sometimes become impatient, wanting to get ahead and take in more advanced material. It could make the child get the wrong perception that they are stagnating, and they could lose interest in learning.

Social-Emotional Lesson Plans: Peer Collaboration And Self-Reflection

If you're designing SEL lesson plans this summer, finding ways to engage your students emotional, intellectually, and physically can help you achieve the best possible outcomes. When looking at your SEL lessons, it's important to examine them from a student's perspective to tap into what they're likely to feel and how they're likely to interact with their peers. Here are some SEL lesson plan strategies you can use to help your students learn more this fall.

Why It's Worth Taking A Gap Year To Study Abroad

Are you considering taking a gap year after high school to study abroad, but not sure if it is a great idea? If so, here are some benefits of taking a gap year that you may not have thought of. A Gap Year Can Make You Excited To Start College It's possible that the process of wrapping up high school can leave you less than excited to start doing it all over again in a traditional learning environment.

How To Organize Your K-6 School Student's Assignments And Supplies

Is your child organized? Whether your child recently went back to in-person classes or they're in a cyber K-6 school, take a look at the top ways to help your child organize their assignments, supplies, books, and other academic items. Create a To-Do List Go a step beyond a simple handwritten note on a piece of paper and create an over-sized, can't-miss to-do list with your child. At the start of each school week, do the following.