Archive for January, 2008
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2008In this day and age, it’s important to do well in school if you want to live a successful and fulfilling financial life. Now I’m not saying that if you do poorly in school your life is doomed. But those who make an effort in school tend to have an easier time throughout life attaining [...]
How to Get Your Children to Love Reading
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008Do you want to instill in your child a love for reading? In this day and age with computers, the television, video games, etc., we parents and educators sure have a tough time reinforcing books with so many other temptations pulling at our kids. If you want to help your child gain an interest and [...]
How to Keep your Kids Safe on the Internet
Monday, January 7th, 2008I came across this great articile on sharing tips on how to keep your kids safe on the internet. As a mother of 4 we keep our computer locked with passwords and our children have to get permission to be on the computer. My teenage daughter would be on 24/7 if we would let her. I [...]
How to Take Notes: What Every Student Should Know
Sunday, January 6th, 2008I came across an entry in a fellow teacher’s blog and thought it was a wonderful idea that we as tutors should pass along to our students. He discussed how useful it would be to have students read their notes into a microphone, save them as an mp3 file and then play it on their [...]
Help Keeping Up With Tutoring and Teaching Blogs
Sunday, January 6th, 2008There are a lot of blogs out there and some are extremely helpful and interesting to read. However, it is overwhelming trying to keep track of them. I found a blog entry which does a great job explaining the basics about sitemeters, feeds, and RSS. Check it out and hopefully it will help demystify some [...]
Easy Ways to Make Extra Money for Teachers and Tutors
Saturday, January 5th, 2008As I was surfing the net, I came across a “soyouwanna.com†site which posted a 5 page article about becoming a teacher (click here). I skimmed through some of the points they made and reflected on my own experience. I have been teaching for 13 years now and although I really enjoy my career, I [...]
Great Tutoring Experience Stories
Friday, January 4th, 2008I want to share an experience I recently had to demonstrate what a difference personal tutoring makes to young students. I was recently working with a chemistry student who was asked to memorize a bunch of information (names, formulas, charges, etc.). He was completely overwhelmed and frustrated and was ready to give up. We met [...]
How to Make Math Fun For Your Children
Friday, January 4th, 2008Are you a parent, tutor, or teacher and pulling your hair out trying to make math fun? Let’s face it. Math can be BORING for many kids. Trying to make it interesting and FUN can be a challenge…but it is possible. Check out this fantastic blogpost I stumbled upon the other day. It’s bound to [...]
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