Move your Body for Better Grades?
It’s nothing we haven’t heard before – physical activity is good for us! As parents, we are told time and time again that active kids are healthy ones. With busy […]
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Summer Tutoring IS Important!
Are you thinking about hiring a qualified tutor for your son or daughter this summer? As a parent and experienced teacher and tutor with Beyond the Classroom, I have spent
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Tips for Keeping Kids Smart over the Summer
In our last article, we looked at some of the facts concerning summer break and how some research shows that kids may lose a lot of what they have just
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School May Stop for the Summer But Learning Never Should! Part 1
Summer vacation is just around the corner! With about 2 months of non-school time ahead, many parents are concerned about their children losing what they have just spent so much
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How Mindfulness Helps with Homework
Over the past year, you may have heard the term ‘mindfulness’ in your social media browsing or in health care facilities. It is the latest buzzword in mental health research
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Neuroplasticity and the Evolving Learner PART 3
Working with students with special needs/learning difficulties “It’s not that they are being lazy, it is because they actually cannot hold that much information”. Breaking down instructions will help kids
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Neuroplasticity and the Evolving Learner, PART 2
In part 1, we introduced the concept of neuroplasticity and the fact that children’s brains are continuously changing and adapting, making them able to modify the way they learn. Here
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Neuroplasticity and the Evolving Learner, PART 1
The education landscape is continually changing. With the advent of newer technologies and studies into brain functioning and learning styles, we now know more than ever about how a child
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Gifted Students: 4 Myths and Misconceptions (Part 2)
“Gifted students will do fine on their own.” “Gifted programs are elitist.” According to the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC for short) based out of Washington, these are just
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Gifted Learners: Who are these special students? (Part 1)
As an experienced secondary school teacher, I have had the pleasure of instructing all kinds of students, from struggling learners to students classified as gifted and/or talented. Like all humans,
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