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Academic Summer Camps
Learning Center > by Rob Hall, Thursday, 4/29/2010
Engaging in different academic activities is important for all skill levels and grade levels. Just like practicing for a sport is important, so is practicing for school. However, motivating our kids can sometimes prove difficult during the summer. Enrolling in a summer camp can be the boost a child needs or provide the necessary engagement to begin the new school year ready for success.
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How to Encourage Your Child to Read
Learning Center > by Jean Bonnyman, Thursday, 4/22/2010
Research has proven again and again that children who read frequently for enjoyment are light years ahead of children who don’t read, and this especially shows up in the summer months. There is no time more significant for reading gains or losses than during the summer months. Here are some tips to encourage your child to read...
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Summer Learning Opportunities
Learning Center > by Libbie Zimmer, Friday, 4/16/2010
Summer decisions - some families choose to improve their tan and others choose to improve their minds. Can you do both? Sure!
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Join the Summer Reading Challenge!
Learning Center > by Jean Bonnyman, Thursday, 4/15/2010
I am constantly asked by parents, “How can my child get his or her SAT reading scores up?” Usually, my answer is a big disappointment to them, because there is no significant quick fix for raising the verbal score of the SAT or make up for reading deficits. The hard fact is: children who don’t read regularly are weaker readers than those who do. The good news is: it is never too late to become a better reader, and summer is a prime time to do it.
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The Project Approach: Inquisitive Minds Want to Know
Learning Center > by Renee Hutchins, Thursday, 3/18/2010
The project approach is a structured, complex, but flexible framework with the features that characterize the teaching-learning interaction. With the successful implementation of an approach, children can be highly motivated, feel actively involved in their own learning, and produce work of high quality.
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Tigers with All Kinds of Minds
Learning Center > by Libbie Zimmer, Friday, 3/5/2010
Several years ago, Darlington School and its Parents Association committed a generous amount of time and financial resources to professional development that would help us learn new instructional approaches and strategies to suit the different types of learners in all of our teaching environments.
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Mapping the Path to Organization
Learning Center > by Libbie Zimmer, Thursday, 2/18/2010
A lot of great ideas might be trapped in your head, others might be zooming around so quickly that you forget them before you can write them in a sentence. Graphic organizers and mind maps were designed to help with this problem.
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Debunking Five Myths of Dyslexia
Learning Center > by Rob Hall, Thursday, 2/11/2010
When I first heard the term dyslexia, I thought it was someone who reads words backwards. Little did I know that a majority of the conversations I have with parents would revolve around that one word. Understanding what dyslexia is and isn’t helps to create an understanding of the struggles and talents of these extremely gifted students.
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What is Phonics?
Learning Center > by Rob Hall, Friday, 1/29/2010
Phonics, quite simply, is a method of teaching reading and spelling based on these predictable symbol-sound relationships. Using phonics to teach reading means the student will learn the sounds of language (phonemes) and the letters (graphic representations of the phonemes) which would most likely represent those sounds based on location of the sound in the word. Confused yet?
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Jimmy Buffett Summarizes Most Students’ View of Math
Learning Center > by Lisa Goldin, Wednesday, 1/27/2010
Math does not have to be frustrating. In fact, most frustrations about math are centered on a resistance to attempt problems and expand the students’ minds. Here are seven math strategies that will improve your math scores.
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