Teaching your child to look on the bright side despite the odds can have enormous benefits on their academic and life successes. Positive people will anticipate happiness and envision themselves overcoming any difficulty. For example, if a positive thinking student is swamped with two upcoming exams, an essay, and endless nightly homework, they will understand the task ahead of them [...]
A healthy practice for students to adopt as the school year begins is to establish a routine study space. Encouraging your child to switch back into academic mode when they're home from school can be difficult, but having their own work space helps students to focus quicker when sitting down and study more efficiently. If, like many families, you have [...]
While your children may still be in summer mode at this time of transition, it's important to encourage them to start the new school year with their best foot forward. Here are three easy tips to help your student start this academic year strong. 1) Stay organized. Being organized is fundamental to academic achievement. Organizing paperwork and folders for [...]
Although the growing season is officially underway here in Madison, Wisconsin, there's still time to start a small gardening project with your child this summer. Not only is gardening a great tool to teach your kids about the benefits of proper planning and organization, it also provides them with an opportunity to learn a science lesson or two outside of [...]
School's out for the summer, but that doesn't mean your child's learning is put on hold for the next 3 months. At Raise the Grade, we believe learning is a lifelong process and isn't limited to the classroom. Here's our list of the three best ways to keep your child's interest in learning peaked during those often lazy summer [...]
