Monday Madness from a Teen’s Mind By: Addi Iken Hi everyone! I am really excited to start back up on blogs again! I hope everyone had a great summer. Now, since we are just starting up blogs again, I figure I will write about and offer some advice on STARTING SCHOOL! (Parents’, this applies…
Read More“I like the summer programs because it doesn’t feel like I am in school at all. I get to talk with my friends about books and movies, which is a fun way to learn how to write. I also like that we get to play games.” M.C. – 12th grade “I’m surprised I like this…
Read MoreCreate your own Super Hero! By Joe They’re all over TV, movies, everywhere—super heroes aren’t just for us nerds anymore! But, the super hero world can be a bit stagnant (unless you read the more independent companies) and sometimes the perfect super hero for you simply doesn’t exist. Well, we won’t let that stop…
Read MoreOrganizing an Essay and Writing Solid Body Paragraphs By Joe It’s getting to be the end of the year and many students have final essays due for English, so I thought I’d give a quick post on essay organization and writing body paragraphs. Staring at the blank page can be very intimidating; here’s a…
Read More5 Weird Brain Facts By Joe Brain development is promoted by reading aloud to young children. It can also increase empathy and classroom environment. Further, reading aloud can help vocabulary, proper enunciation, and create a larger desire for reading later in life. For strategic help, click here! Left handed and ambidextrous people have bigger corpus…
Read MoreSleep and How it Can Help Improve School Work By: Tori O’Brien These days it’s hard not to let your child try to be (or require them to be) a SUPER-KID! This means they are great in school or involved in all kinds of activities or sports to the point that they have lack of…
Read MoreDo Sports and Academics Mix? By Joe My sister was always anti-sports. She thought that the importance schools and society give to sports downplays the importance of academics and leads to “dumb jocks” being more culturally acceptable than “smart nerds.” She being my big sister, I tended to agree with…
Read MoreBe a Reporter! By Joe Same house, same neighborhood. Same boring people doing the same boring things. Or are they? As a reporter, your job will be to ferret out the stories in your own community! Give Jobs. Give jobs to everyone in the family—big brother the sports reporter, Mom the hard hitting…
Read MoreStudents Learn Better by Doing By Joe It may come as a surprise to some, but definitely did not a surprise to us at Learning Foundations, that recent studies have shown that students who engage in project-based learning show better results than those who learned from traditional instruction. Put simply, students (and adults I…
Read MoreDon’t Give Up Too Early By: Addi Iken Hi all of you amazing readers! How are you? This week I want to talk about not giving up, but more specifically giving yourself another chance at something, even when you are not good at it the first time. Let’s jump right into an example from…
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