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Choosing the right curriculum for your homeschooling can be overwhelming. With so many options available, it’s easy to get caught up in the idea that a certain program or approach is the key to success. However, while curriculum is important, it’s not the most critical factor in ensuring your child’s educational success. Personalized Learning in ...

As we embark on new endeavors and set goals for ourselves, it can be disheartening when we don’t see progress right away. But the truth is, progress often comes in small increments, and it can be hard to see the bigger picture when we’re focused on the day-to-day. In homeschool circles especially, this question of ...

Self-esteem is at the foundation of a child’s healthy development, and it’s crucial to foster it from an early age. However, it’s not always easy to do so, especially as kids and teens face many challenges and pressures in today’s world. But there are many things parents, caregivers, and educators can do to begin building ...

Learning challenges can affect anyone at any age, and it’s important to remember that it’s never too late to work on improving your cognitive skills and building confidence. While learning challenges may be more commonly associated with children, they can also be present in adults. In fact, it is estimated that around 20% of the ...

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Six months ago Cruz Kirwan was like a lot of high school seniors. He played football and basketball, had a solid social circle, and performed above average in school. Today, he’s about to head off to college a genius. Literally. The 18-year-old scored a 133 on the IQ portion of a nationally recognized cognitive test ...

As an engaged parent, you want to do whatever you can to maximize your student’s chances of success. But how do you maximize your student’s potential? Oftentimes, it’s not until students are getting poor grades that we look for interventions to help them improve. But sometimes, all it takes for an average student to truly ...

Adriana Martin is a remarkable young lady with one of the best memories in the world. It all started when the teen was in kindergarten. Her teacher challenged the class to try to learn 20 digits of Pi. Adriana surpassed the goal, memorizing 120 digits. By first grade, Adriana recited 603 digits for her annual ...

Did you know that cognitive skills cause most learning struggles? These are the brain skills you use to think, read, learn, remember, reason, and pay attention, and they work together to take incoming information and move it to the bank of knowledge. Need an example? Think about a team meeting at work. When your boss ...

For most of us, getting older comes with some significant benefits: we tend to get more mature as we learn from our mistakes; we begin to grasp what’s truly important in life (family, friends, learning, etc.); and we better understand and develop our interests, values, and boundaries. But aging also brings potential problems if we ...