Hit the Target this New Year with Goal Setting

Research shows that setting goals positively affects students’ academic success. In today’s post, you’ll get a chance to learn more about the specific benefits of goal setting for kids as well as check out some of our goal setting worksheets and templates.

Holiday Fun for Families

The holidays can be a hectic time, so it’s important to make time for play! Today we’ll share our favorite ideas for holiday activities you can do with your family.

Carpool Communication: How to Handle Carpooling Disputes

With the shortage of bus drivers this year, parents have begun to use carpooling more frequently. This can make life easier for everyone, but only if conflicts are handled quickly and competently. Today, we’ll explain several common carpooling disputes and give you some talking points to handle each one.

Carpool Communication: How to Handle Carpooling Disputes

Academic Burnout: Not Just for Older Kids

High school and college students aren’t the only ones who experience burnout. What does academic burnout look like in children? Learn the warning signs to look for as well as some tips for coping with stress and burnout.

Academic Burnout: Not Just for Older Kids

Playground Problem Solving: How to Handle Friendship Disputes

For kids who have spent more than a year in lockdown, returning to regular social activities can be exciting and fun but also overwhelming. You may have noticed that your child is having more friendship disputes and playground feuds than they did before the...

Surviving School Staffing Shortages

As students returned to school in the fall, you may have noticed that your child’s school felt emptier than usual. Not in terms of student numbers, but in terms of school staff members— especially teachers and bus drivers. Why is this happening, and what does this...

Quarantine learning vs virtual learning

Virtual learning is typically understood as remote learning from home for a long length of time, such as a semester or school year. During the 2020–2021 academic year, many families either opted for virtual learning, or their school districts mandated it for a...

The Impact of the Pandemic on Identifying Gifted Children

The pandemic has affected education at all levels, from pre-K through graduate school. One unexpected area that has been affected is gifted identification for kindergarten students. Because fewer children have attended in-person daycare or kindergarten, teachers...

How to Measure Your Child’s Success Without Testing

The past school year changed, and even removed, standardized testing altogether for many students. Without these tests, how do you know how your child is doing? Today, we’ll give you 5 alternate ways to measure your child’s success without testing.

Back to School Series: The New State of Education:

The pandemic has drastically changed the state of education. From learning gaps to test preparation, new challenges have emerged. We’ll help you find solutions to each of these challenges and give you simple tips to help your child at home!