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Accommodation: The use of material, a device, or a support process (e.g., giving the student more time than his classmates) to help a student learn or complete a task. Active Listening: A technique that has the listener repeat in his own words what the speaker has said in order to demonstrate his understanding. Benchmark: An ...

You know that too much red meat can raise your cholesterol, that pregnant women shouldn’t eat foods with high levels of mercury, and that consuming too many pints of Ben and Jerry’s will show up in the form of tight pants. But do you know the top consumption culprits that will harm your brain? Here ...

Mnemonics are devices or techniques (such as a short rhyme) that help you remember lists, formulas, rules and other information. For example: “Thirty days hath September, April, June and November. All the rest have 31, Excepting February alone. And that has 28 days clear, And 29 in each leap year. One particularly effective technique, chain ...

It may seem premature to be weighing things like high school athletics and class rank before a child even enters kindergarten, but those are real factors for some parents who are considering “redshirting” their five-year-old. What is redshirting?             Named for the sports-related concept of having athletes who are kept out of college competition for ...

It’s easy to keep kids busy in the summer when the sun is shining and a swimming pool (or beach) awaits. But the rainy days can be a bit more of a challenge, especially when you’re trying to avoid raising couch potatoes. Here are 10 ideas to help you keep your child’s brain engaged without ...

It’s easy to keep kids busy in the summer when the sun is shining and a swimming pool (or beach) awaits. But the rainy days can be a bit more of a challenge, especially when you’re trying to avoid raising couch potatoes.             Here are 10 ideas to help you keep your child’s brain engaged ...

If you’ve been homeschooling for a while, you probably already know the many benefits: more choice in terms of curriculum, experiential learning, a more flexible schedule, and academic excellence, among others. But there are some downsides, including financial restraints (if one parent has to quit work), limited team sports, and no break from your children, ...

            Like most parents, you may worry what bad habits your teen will pick up when they’re in college. Sleeping in through classes, forgetting to brush their teeth at least twice a day, eating junk food, choosing parties over studying … and every other anxiety-inducing bad habit moms can imagine.             But there are ways ...

Tip #4 – Math Mnemonics There are lots of ways you can apply visualization techniques to math problems. Whether your child is learning multiplication or trying to memorize more advanced formulas, adding mnemonics (e.g. images, rhymes or other devices) increases the fun and therefore the retention! Here are some examples of mnemonics at work: Counting: ...

            In case you don’t remember (or were the rare exception), being a teenager is HARD. There are hormones messing with your emotions, the worry about being popular, the stress of getting good grades, lack of sleep, acne, the pressures of going to college, peer pressure and significant changes to your brain. One or two ...