Getting to know some background about your online students can help a lot in making classes fun and engaging. Because, you’ll be able to address specific needs of every student and learn strengths and weaknesses of some. This can help you to modify or adapt online lessons in a manner that suits every student, regardless of their learning abilities. At the same time, it’s also good to let students know a bit about you. They should know their online teacher is easy to learn with and would go that Read More
10 Things Parents Can Do For ADHD Awareness
Take a class with a coach that has strategies to bring out the best in you and your child. When people make fun of ADHD say, “ADHD is awesome.” or “Why would you make fun of a human being?” or “You don’t know much about ADHD, do you?” Every time someone asks, “Does your child have ADD/ADHD?” say, “Yes, but I don’t believe it’s a disorder. Some of the most creative and successful people have ADHD.” (Michael Phelps, Robin Williams, Simone Biles, and Emma Watson, and so on). Read More
Ways to Keep Online Students Interested in School
For students still attending school virtually as 2021 continues, it can be easy to lose motivation and become disinterested in classes. Here are our tips and tricks for reinvigorating your student’s interests in school and keeping them invested in classes as the school year continues. Read More
Why is Writing Challenging for ADHD Kids?
Writing isn’t easy. Writing well is one of the hardest school skills that we learn. It’s just not straightforward, like math, or relaxing like art. Writing requires effort. This is true, to a certain extent, for everyone. Even writers. For instance, have you ever heard of Math Block or Touchdown Block, or French block? Not likely, but there IS writer’s block. It’s when the ideas are stuck and you can’t access them. Read More
Bullying in the Age of Remote Learning
Even though youth aren’t physically at school, bullying can still happen. This year, they’ll be on the other side of a computer. A click away at all times. Read More
COVID-19: Free Resources to Help Parents & Teachers
During these unprecedented times, we know it may be hard to stay home and work with the littles ones home from school. To keep safe, sharp and sane we have consolidated a list of free resources provided by our amazing Honorees. Read More
Teacher’s Visual Lesson on Hand Washing Will Totally Gross You Out
No surprises here, but the pieces of bread that were wiped on the students’ Chromebooks and the pieces that were touched by unwashed hands were by far the moldiest by the end of the experiment. Read More
Interview With Heidi Stock, Creator of Whistlefritz CARNAVAL
The benefits of learning a second language are myriad. There are obvious benefits – such as being able to communicate with more people and learn about other cultures – but there are less obvious benefits too. Research shows that bilinguals develop stronger cognitive and brain processes that enable them to function better in areas that are both related and unrelated to speaking another language. Read More
Interview With Maggie Van Galen, Author of The Keeno & Ernest Book Series
Hello Mom’s Choice readers! We are coming at you with another amazing interview with one of our very own Mom’s Choice Award-winning Authors. Maggie Van Galen, Author of The Keeno & Ernest book series, sat down with us to share more about her background as a writer, how her relationship with her father influenced her path to publishing, and what she hopes her books get through to her readers. Read More
Teacher’s Illustration About Carrying Baggage Is What We All Need to Hear
From there, she asked each student to write down things that were bothering or hurting them, crumple up the paper, and toss is across the room. The students then, one by one, walked over, picked up a crumpled sheet of paper, and read it out loud to everyone before finally placing it in a plastic bag hanging by the door. Read More