Orange juice, bagels, toast, cereal, pancakes, French toast, scrambled eggs, breakfast options seem endless. However, did you know how important eating a healthy breakfast is for a student's academic learning? It's much more vital then you may think, and more often than not, students are going to class without the nutrition they need.
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7 Ways to Keep Your Online Student Accountable
Online learning seems so free, like your student can do courses when he wants, how often he wants, and without a care in the world.
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4 Ways to Celebrate National Grandparents Day
Nanas, grannies, pop-pops, and grandpas, we all have them even if we call them different names. Grandparents are one of the most important structural elements of the family unit, second only to parents themselves. While going back two generations can help in understanding the past, your student can also learn much from grandparents in the areas of wisdom and knowledge.
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Ways to Grow Student Involvement in Community Service
In a society of me-centered attitudes, caring for others can be sparsely lacking. It remains a fact over the decades that only a small percentage of community members ever volunteer for public service. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2011, 26% of the population volunteers for an organization at least once a year.
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9 Tips for Helping Your Student Make Friends at School
School can be awkward. Making friends can even be more so. If making friends with peers is a challenge for your learner, you can help him boost confidence as a parent. After all, you likely can remember back to the time you didn't know anyone in class and walking the hallway was a lonely experience, right?
How to Match Girls with STEM Careers
Hearts are often doodled everywhere on girls' notebooks, backpacks, and lockers. I heart this; I heart that. It could be a boy (and most likely is). It could be a sports team; a favorite color; a destination. But something you'll be unlikely to see on a girl's notebook is the phrase "I heart math" or "I heart science". With the push for STEM careers by the President, a glaring light has been shed on the lack of women in the math, science, technology, and engineering professions.
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10 Ways to Calm First-Day-of-School Worries
Does your student have butterflies about school starting? It's completely normal. Worry is a natural reaction to an uncertain or uncontrollable situation. However, your student doesn't have to give into the jitters and stress and let it ruin his school experience!
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10 Warning Signs of Bullying to Look for in Your Student
Bullying is a painful topic; sometimes even deadly. Often, parents aren't aware of the troubles their child is facing from their peers, either at school or in their group of friends, until it's too late. Damage is done either mentally or physically by the time parents are involved. [Read more…]
What Parents Say about Online Learning
We're often asked by parents interested in online learning about what other parents have to say. Parents wonder about the experience of an online program, the pro's and con's, the challenges of what to expect with at-home learning, and how successful students can be.
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Technology Meets Science: Virtual Lab Options for Online Students
Technology is everywhere these days. In cell phones, e-readers, tablets, instant messaging and texting, and QR codes on bananas! What's next? Computers in our eye glasses? These days, you never know what new technology will pop up.
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