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Enhancing Your Child's Executive Functioning Skills

Enhancing Your Child's Executive Functioning Skills

With executive functioning skills now seen as more important to your child’s learning and academic success than their IQ, there’s never been a better time to help improve them. This specific set of skills can help kids formulate and pursue goals, focus their attention, remember instructions and juggle multiple tasks successfully to name a few. However, as executive functioning skills aren’t always taught in school, m

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  • Feeling nervous about your GCSEs or A Levels? Tips to Overcome Exam Anxiety!

    Feeling nervous about your GCSEs or A Levels? Tips to Overcome Exam Anxiety!

    GCSE and A-Level exams are just around the corner, meaning the next few months can be some of the most stressful times students face. Even though it’s normal to feel a bit nervous before a test, some students can feel extremely overwhelmed resulting in high levels of anxiety. Anxiety can not only affect revision and exam performance but can cause trouble sleeping, loss of appetite and even a depressed state. Accordin

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  • The Importance of Learning Code at a Young Age

    The Importance of Learning Code at a Young Age

    In today's world of technology, it’s becoming more and more important to gain skills in coding. Much like learning a new language, it’s best to start learning coding at a young age, so a solid foundation can be built. Even understanding the basics will create countless opportunities in the future and encourage creativity, increase problem solving skills and improve communication. Here’s why it’s important for your ki

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  • Whose Expectations Matter Most?

    Whose Expectations Matter Most?

    The third chapter from the Academic Success Formula is written by Chris Lien, who has developed an international view of education and obtained insights regarding best practices through his twenty-five years in the electronics industry. He applies these insights to students in San Diego County as their tutors provide academic coaching on a daily basis. Throughout the chapter, Chris explores internal and external moti

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  • 5 Simple Ways For Your Child To Perfect A Second Language

    5 Simple Ways For Your Child To Perfect A Second Language

    Studying may seem like the obvious way to perfect a new language, but it can be easy to overload your child’s memory with too many words, grammar rules and pronunciations. Sometimes a practical environment can be more beneficial than a theoretical one. Away from a desk and a textbook, it’s amazing how much information your child can absorb when they approach languages more naturally. Here's a few tips to help make la

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