Avoiding Senioritis Teaching Staff

Avoiding Senioritis

Senior year might seem like it’s the perfect time to slack off, right? You’ve probably already been accepted to a college, and now you have time to spend with all of your friends before you graduate. However, as tempting as it may seem to take it easy and let your grades slide during your senior…

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Choosing Extracurricular Activities 150 150 Kristen

Choosing Extracurricular Activities

Deciding which extracurricular activities your child participates in can be stressful. With so many choices and pressure to give your child plenty of opportunities you may find yourself wondering what to choose and when to draw the line. Or, you may feel totally lost and not know what will be best for you and your…

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Taking Vocational Classes in High School Teaching Staff

Taking Vocational Classes in High School

By the time you are in high school, you’re probably thinking about and feeling pressure to decide if you’re going to attend college, what schools you want to apply to, what careers you’re interested in, etc. Regardless of what your secondary education or career plans may be, vocational classes could be beneficial. What are vocational…

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Relieving Test Anxiety 150 150 Kristen

Relieving Test Anxiety

With the school year underway, your child is probably well into his or her studies. Along with all the worksheets, projects and papers also come tests. As schools turn their focus more and more to testing, you and your child may be starting to feel some of the affects. It’s completely normal for a student…

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Test-Taking Tips and Strategies Teaching Staff

Test-Taking Tips and Strategies

With the school year back in swing, or starting soon, you’re probably starting to think about your classes, your schoolwork, extra commitments, etc. You might even be thinking about what tests you’ll have to prepare for and take this year – especially if you’re planning on taking the SAT or ACT. Doing well in school…

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Spooky and Seasonal Learning Games 150 150 Kristen

Spooky and Seasonal Learning Games

With Halloween just around the corner, you may be looking for ways to have fun and celebrate the holiday with your little one. Holidays or special occasions can be a great time to find new ways to teach your child, as they are already excited to participate. Here are some fun options to mark the…

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Navigating College Fairs Teaching Staff

Navigating College Fairs

As a high school student, you’re probably busy with class, work and extra curricular activites, and you’re wondering just when you are supposed to have time to start researching colleges. Most high schools recognize that students may need or want some assistance in this area, so they will often hold college fairs. College fairs allow…

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Improving Your Child’s Reading Skills 150 150 Kristen

Improving Your Child’s Reading Skills

Strong reading skills are essential to academic success. If you have noticed your child struggling with reading or reading below his or her grade level, you may want to take some steps to correct this. Of course, your child’s teacher and school will help with this, but there are some measures you can take at…

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Choosing the Right Classes in High School Teaching Staff

Choosing the Right Classes in High School

As a high school student, you may be thinking about your college admission process now. There are many parts to a college application – the essay, your resume, your test scores – but one of the most important parts is your high school transcript. This shows admissions offices what classes you have taken and how…

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Keeping Your Child’s Backpack Comfortable 150 150 Kristen

Keeping Your Child’s Backpack Comfortable

Now that your little one spends his or her days in school, they’re probably getting used to hauling more and more school supplies and books between home and school. It might seem like the backpacks are too heavy for your children, and sometimes that may be the case. Here are a few pointers to keep…

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Helping Your Child With Homework 150 150 Kristen

Helping Your Child With Homework

As parents, we want our children to succeed in every way possible. We don’t like seeing them struggle and want to do as much as we can to help. But it is important for our children to learn from their mistakes. You can certainly help your child when they need it, but you should be…

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High School Students and Learning Disabilities Teaching Staff

High School Students and Learning Disabilities

High school can be a difficult time. Your classes and subjects are becoming more complex, your responsibilities are increasing and you’re probably having to learn how to effectively manage your time. But what about when you’re trying your hardest, but you just can’t keep up? What do you do when you’re struggling and you can’t…

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Using Scholarships to Pay for College Teaching Staff

Using Scholarships to Pay for College

So, you’re familiar with how to search for colleges, what to look for in schools, scheduling visits, how to choose a school and how to prepare for college academics, but have you thought about how you’re going to pay for college? Many parents may not be able to pay for their child’s tuition completely or…

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Is Your Child Getting Enough Sleep? 150 150 Kristen

Is Your Child Getting Enough Sleep?

The school year can be busy. With school and homework, extracurriculars and sports and other outside commitments, it may be hard to find enough time for everything in the day. When parents and children are busy. Sleep sometimes suffers. Children may be losing sleep because they’re staying up later doing homework, or spending their time…

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What is a Study Group and Should You Start One? Teaching Staff

What is a Study Group and Should You Start One?

One of the essential factors to academic success is certainly good study habits. But sometimes good note-taking skills, study schedules and other habits may just not be enough. Sometimes the best thing you can do to help yourself study more effectively is to team up. Forming a study group with other students can have many…

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When Your Child Displays Antisocial Behavior 150 150 Kristen

When Your Child Displays Antisocial Behavior

Now that your child has started or is back in school for another year, they’re going to be spending a lot of time around other children. Lots of children enjoy going to school to see their friends and spend time learning and playing together.  However, some children may struggle and exhibit antisocial behavior at school.…

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How to Take Better Notes Teaching Staff

How to Take Better Notes

As we text, email and type more and more in our daily lives, many of us find ourselves not relying on our handwriting or writing skills anymore. As a high school student, this can be particularly detrimental for you. Taking notes in class is very important as it helps you both absorb and make sense…

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Using Fun and Simple Games to Teach Your Child 150 150 Kristen

Using Fun and Simple Games to Teach Your Child

As a parent, you may often find that teaching small children new concepts can be tricky. Young children don’t have long attention spans for seemingly boring subjects, and they want to be entertained. So how do you use this to your advantage? One solution could be to come up with fun learning activities that your…

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Educational Posters for PreSchool and Kindergarten Classrooms 150 150 Emma Taylor

Educational Posters for PreSchool and Kindergarten Classrooms

click this image to help fund our educational poster project at Kickstarter.com SchoolTutoring Academy has launched a campaign to provide posters to pre-school and kindergarten teachers for decorating their classrooms. The project will promote literacy in young students and support teachers by supplying them with educational materials. The goal of this project is to interest…

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Should Your Child Attend Preschool? Are They Ready? 150 150 Kristen

Should Your Child Attend Preschool? Are They Ready?

Most people think of school starting at kindergarten. But should your child be in school earlier than that? What are the benefits of sending your child to preschool? How can you tell if your child is ready for preschool? There are two main benefits of sending your child to preschool.  Socialization with peers. Preschool offers…

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