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Best Approaches to Working with Students with Dyslexia
One of the most common misconceptions is that children with dyslexia are incapable of accomplishing excellent results. Dyslexia is simply an indicator of a student’s learning style, and these children are more than capable of great success. Such misconceptions can make it difficult for a parent when they are [...]
Helping Your Child Prepare For High School
For students of any age, exam time can be overwhelming and intimidating. For students in grade 6, there may be increased pressures due to the high school entrance exams they have to write. Transitioning to high school is a big change. How do you help your child prepare for [...]
Executive Function
Executive Function is a term that is becoming more well-known when discussing difficulties with learning. Like ADHD or dyslexia, it contributes to a student’s academic, social, and behavioural development and is not a specific stand-alone diagnosis or condition. But what exactly does it mean and what are the warning [...]
How To Help Your Child Become A More Fluent Reader – Strategic Learning Clinic
Having fluency in reading is among the most essential skills for a child to master in their initial stages of elementary education. When children are infants, parents expose them to reading by pointing out store signs, reading storybooks, and reading out words printed on product packaging like cereal boxes. [...]
The Benefits of Tutoring Over the Summer
A Brief Introduction Most students consider summers as a time of freedom and a break from their academics. Of course, summers must be fun, but what if you can utilise this time to make your academic year a better one? Summer break is right around the corner and various [...]
Tips To Build Your Child’s Math Skills
Mathematics (math) can be a complicated subject for children to comprehend. Eventually, this lack of comprehension can lead to children becoming frustrated, losing focus, or giving up entirely. It can be a struggle for kids to understand complex math problems, and parents need to recognize that comprehension doesn’t happen [...]