Checklist to Better Learning – Improving Mindsets
Mindset is an important enabler affecting your child’s daily self-dialogue which reinforces his or her intimate beliefs, attitudes, and feelings about their capabilities to learn and grow. Read More
The Cornell Note Method
It’s an unfortunate fact that most students don’t know how to create good notes. They know how to take them, but not how to make them work for them. Effective notes, from independent reading or in the classroom, are more than a record of information, they should be created to improve your memory and help you study better. Read More
Guide to Awesome Note-Making
How the student creates and uses notes is one of the most important practices to promote better learning. You can help your child build an effective note-system that will improve memory and recall of information. Read More
The Circle of Learning Strategies™
Coaching comes naturally for most parents, in part, because you already do it. Doing it consistently and well requires practicing new skills and behaviors. Read More
The Do’s and Don’ts of Great Parent Coaching
Coaching comes naturally for most parents, in part, because you already do it. Doing it consistently and well requires practicing new skills and behaviors. Read More
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 Great Checklist on How to Learn Hard Things
The ability to learn hard things should be your goal. Anyone can learn the easy things. Lifelong learners don’t pull back from the hard stuff. How can you do this? Read more to find out. Read More
How to Upgrade Your Family Values About Learning
Most homeschooling families place an emphasis on strong family values. We think every family should have strong written statements about those things that you feel are most important. Read More