Summer is a blast. It's also a mind drain for learning. Summer school is often associated with those who failed a course or need to improve a grade. That's not true anymore! (Check out this summer school Infographic.) Students are doing summer school or year-round learning options more and more because of the benefits it provides.
6 Areas of Safety Your Student Should Know
June is National Safety Month, and it's a good time to review general safety with your online student. Safety is not just practiced in emergency situations but should be a daily habit. Building a safety-conscious individual begins at home. Safety is an all-encompassing topic to be applied in every area of life. Here are areas of safety your student should know:
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4 Ideas to Keep Your Student Learning during Family Vacation
Many people agree that vacations are one of the best parts of summer. Though better known for taking a break, relaxing, spending time in the sun, seeing new places, and visiting family and friends, family vacations also are wonderful opportunities to keep your student’s knowledge growing. With that in mind, here are a few simple ways to incorporate learning while having fun on your summer vacation:
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Four Ways to Celebrate Arbor Day with Your Student
Celebrate Arbor Day with your student!
Trees provide humans not only with vital, life-giving oxygen (one mature tree produces enough oxygen for two people for a whole year*), but trees also give us shade, timber, food, less pollution, paper, support for other animals and ecosystems, erosion prevention, and beautiful landscapes. [Read more…]
Six Stress Relief Tactics for Nervous Test Takers
Is your online student feeling the crunch of year-end tests? Springtime can bring so many emotions: happiness for the end of the year, yet trepidation for the test looming at the end of the semester. Worst of all are those two largely feared words by students everywhere-cumulative final. [Read more…]
Earth Day Website Resources for Students
Earth Day is April 22.
Find ways to observe this holiday and teach your online student the importance of earth stewardship. Here are websites that will help educate your student on the precious resources (both renewable and non-renewable) the earth holds and how to manage them properly for future generations. [Read more…]
Three Spring Fever Cures for Your Student
Spring is finally here, and with it comes an itching to shrug off the schoolwork and get outside to see the blue skies and hear the birds sing. To help your student stay on track for finishing the school year on time, here are a few spring fever cures you can try today.
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Fun St. Patrick’s Day Activities
You can feel it in the air. Spring is almost here, and that means St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner. More than just about shamrocks, St. Patrick's Day is an excellent time to use fun activities to teach or practice academic skills at home. With spring fever about to break, here are some fun St. Patrick's Day activities you can do with your children!
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9 Ways to Celebrate Library Lovers’ Month
"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life." – Henry Ward Beecher
Bookworms unite.
February is Library Lovers' Month, a month-long celebration recognizing school, public, and private libraries in your community. [Read more…]
How to Create an At-home Learning Environment
Online students love the comfort and convenience of learning at home (or in the car or at the corner café!).
However, one challenge many students encounter when switching from a traditional school to an online school is a lack of personal space in the home to learn. [Read more…]