What is Social Emotional Learning, (SEL)?  SEL is the process where children learn the skills, attitudes and information to develop healthy identities, feel and show empathy for others and establish and maintain supportive relationships.   During this time of Covid, SEL for children is especially important.  During Covid, children have…

Is math extremely important in our everyday lives?  My single response is, YES!  Galileo, one of the greatest mathematicians in our history stated, “The universe cannot be read until we have learnt the language and become familiar with the characters in which it is written. It is written in mathematical…

Is English Language Arts (ELA) as important as we think it is?  My single response is YES!  ELA is incorporated into every facet of our lives.  Excellent comprehension skills enhance problem solving skills.  Excellent comprehension skills improve long and short term memory function.  Excellent comprehension skills aid one’s flexible and…

Does your child struggle in school?  Is he or she frustrated doing homework because they simply don’t understand the material?  That frustration eventually becomes a frustration to parents because eventually your child will no longer want to do their assignments.   When your child BEGINS to struggle, get them help…

According to the Tennessee Tech article, “Mathematics is the science and study of quality, structure, space, and change. Mathematicians seeks out patterns, formulate new conjectures, and establish truth by rigorous deduction from appropriately chosen axioms and definitions.” I simply call mathematics challenging.  As an educator for many years, I have…

VAK learning is a form of learning designed by Walter Burke Barbe and later developed by Neil Fleming.  This form of learning has divided learning into three different categories: Visual learners – absorb information by sight Auditory learners – absorb information by sound Kinesthetic learners – absorb information by moving…

Thinking about Thinking… The ability to examine how you process thoughts and feelings, essentially thinking about one’s own thoughts is called metacognition.  The ability to think metacognitively, encourages students to learn how they learn best.  Thinking metacognitively also helps them to develop self awareness skills which is an important tool…

Why is math so important?  Have you ever asked yourself that question?  As a teacher for over 13 years, I have been asked this question almost daily by my students, and parents.  My response has always been the same; math is visible in most aspects of adult’s and children’s  lives.  …

As a teacher, I have stressed the importance of English Arts Language (ELA) for what seems like forever, and as such my company, Advance Scholars tutoring service, stresses over the importance of ELA.  In the accompanying article, you will see the four areas that encompass ELA: writing, reading, listening and…

Although reluctant, we know the more individuals read, the better readers they become.  I could say that to my children a thousand times and I would still get a blank stare.  I could give the same information to my students and I would get the same blank stare.  So as…