Five Life Hacks to Getting Straight “A’s” in School & in Life 1. Set a S.M.A.R.T. GOAL for the semester: Helping your child set a GOAL helps your child understand that results are only going to come with action. Using the S.M.A.R.T. method of goal setting will help you create a goal with your child that is unique to them. …
Top 6 Back to School Tips
Are you ready for back to school? If not, no worries! Whether your kid is moving up to high school or starting their first day of kindergarten, it’s natural to feel anxiety about going back to school, both as a parent and a child. Fortunately, there are some simple ways to make things easier for everyone. To help out, we’ve …
There Are Only 18 Summers in Childhood…
Back To School Yes, it’s true, most stores are advertising for “Back To School” now, and even we have been guilty of creating “Back To School” posts! #sorrynotsorry But there is still plenty of summer left, so we thought it would be nice to try to make the most of it. People tend to exhibit the deterioration of skills after …
Top 5 Tips for Starting Kindergarten on the Right Foot
Our founder, Amber Scotchburn, wrote a guest post on Maman Loup’s Blog as her child was starting kindergarten and she wasn’t sure what to do! Read more about how to help your child start their schooling adventure on the right foot! Click on the image to get to the blog post!
Parent-Teacher Conference Questions
Help With Understanding Homework & Marks! Show of hands for how many parents say to their children “Just Do It” in relation to homework. Show of hands for how many families have controversy at homework time because the kids aren’t “Just Doing It”! To better understand what your child needs to do in order to be successfully completing their homework, …
Lunch Box Blues
Are lunches are a major source of arguments, worry, stress or heartache in your house? Lunch Funnies Friday’s lunch is a collection of all the scraps that my child hasn’t eaten from the last week. My child was jealous about other kids getting notes in their lunches, so I put one in his: “Sorry, I ate your pudding. Love, Mom.” “Kids, do you …
Lifeline — Past Versus Present
It’s important to realize that not to get stuck in the past or caught up in the future; you miss the precious moments that make up our lives! Human nature is unappreciative of what is in the moment as we are conditioned to have attachments to things in the past and to focus on what we desire in the future.
Love of Learning: Math
Math seems to be one of the subjects that children struggle with the most. The Foundational Skills Assessment results for Nanaimo show that a full third of students in Grade 4 and Grade 7 are not yet meeting expectations. The results are similar for the whole of British Columbia. What makes math so challenging? There are several theories, but what …