The 4D Coaching Model
Bring out the powerful parent coach in you with this four-step process! This summarizes the steps of the 4D parent coaching model as presented in the online Pa 10 course. Use this as a step-by-step to guide for improving the learning strategies used by your child. Start with the Discover step and advance to the next levels only when you have accomplished the step results. Read More
The Power of “Tiny Gains”
Because these ideas have so much potential to improve learning, you will want to consider how you will implement your change strategy. Consider this question – what is the best way to make these amazing improvements? Read More
A fun Learning Exercise: “The Amazing Brain”
One of the major objections that parents face is the self-limiting beliefs your child can hold about their own capabilities to learn hard things. If you have heard statements like, “I’m not smart enough to learn math,” or “This subject is too hard!” or “I wish I was smart like so and so,” then you should recognize you need some supporting information to counter these points of view. Use these...Read More
What the Dog and the Frisbee Teach Us About Parent Coaching
How can you convince the child who believes she is a good student to work harder to improve and become an even better expert learner? It’s a motivational problem – we do know the hardest person to change is one who thinks they are already good at something. Whether they really are or not doesn’t matter here, you are dealing with the same problem of resistance to change. When...Read More
Benjamin Hardy: Why Most People Never Get What They Want
A powerful article from one of our favorite authors – Benjamin Hardy. How you can help your child to live his or her dreams. Read More
College Readiness – Are You Overlooking These Things?
How do you know if your child is really college ready? The science of learning provides us with useful insight into a key skill you may be missing. Read More
Retrieval Practice is Your Learning Power Tool
This learning strategy has been validated by thousands of scientific studies to greatly improve the ability to remember and recall information. Read More
Nelson Dellis: How to Memorize a Full Deck of Cards
Learn how to improve your memory by learning how to remember a deck of cards using the PAO technique. Read More
Nelson Dellis: How to Memorize Everything – See Link Go! Method
Nelson Dellis, 4-time USA Memory Champion, teaches a 3-step method you can use to memorize everything with his See Link Go! technique. Read More