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AP Exams Are More Important than Ever: 5 Preparation Tips

March 25, 2025 No Comments

With so many students taking AP Exams, they have become a de facto opportunity for colleges to even the playing field when comparing students’ academic profiles. And, since many students are opting out of taking SATs and ACTs, AP Exams offer a more targeted approach to assessing college readiness.

AP Exams are graded based on a student’s mastery of the subject matter. Therefore, effort in class and participation does not count on AP Exams. The objective nature of the exam, graded on a five-point scale, provides extremely useful information for admissions offices.

Posture: 5 Keys to Successful Studying

January 2, 2025 No Comments

Posture isn’t just critical to an athlete’s or dancer’s performance. It is vital for everyone in their daily lives, especially children. Studies have shown that better posture improves coordination, efficiency, endurance, mood, concentration, and confidence. It supports better breathing, vision, digestion, and overall enhanced health. In other words, if we assume poor posture it will have negative effects on our health, all our body systems, mood, concentration, coordination, and confidence.

5 Fit-Tastic Ways to Keep Children Active as this Fall

September 17, 2024 No Comments

Being physical is more than participating in sports. Kids who don’t crave competitive sports can find ways to be active in a manner that is

When Math Doesn’t Add Up: 5 Ways to Build Math Skills Over the Summer

June 10, 2024 No Comments

When students close their math texts and stop problem solving, their math skills diminish. Over the summer, students tend to lose over a month’s worth of math knowledge. This leaves students playing a game of catch up when school restarts in the fall. Students struggle to stay on top of the curriculum when they return to school, as math concepts build on each other. Moreover, since math lays the foundation for learning other subjects, falling behind in math creates academic deficits in other subjects.

GAMECHANGER Tutoring Connection has 5 ways to build math skills over the summer.

5 Reasons Children Should Get Lost in Books This Summer

May 13, 2024 No Comments

Keeping your child’s mind active throughout the hot summer months requires a bit of imagination and encouragement. The easiest way to keep your child engaged throughout the summer is to make sure that they are reading – a lot.

Reading is one of the most apparent indicators of a child’s academic, intellectual, social, and emotional strength. Here are GAMECHANGER’s 5 reasons that children should spend time reading this summer.

Pursuing Passions: 3 Ways Chess Changed My Life

April 29, 2024 No Comments

Guest post by Evan Rabin of Premier Chess.

As you progress through high school, you develop your interests and figure out how you want to spend your time. For me, chess became a passion, and I became extremely involved in the competitive chess community. As a result, chess was a big part of my story when I applied to college.

Staying Patient with Teens: 5 Game-Changing Suggestions for Parents

April 21, 2024 No Comments

As a parent, we can think of patience as the ability to deal with difficult situations or problems in a calm and rational manner. Feelings may still be a part of the thought processes and the discussion at hand, but they’re able to be brought to the table in a level-headed manner. Staying patient with teens also involves a level of compassion and love for self.

5 Ways to Help Your High School Senior Get Ready for College

April 7, 2024 No Comments

Going off to college is a right of passage for approximately 62 percent of high school seniors. But not every high school senior is ready for college. And this often leads to havoc once these students arrive on campus and become immersed in life away from home. So, before your student leaves for college, it is essential for them to know how to manage their time, learn from mistakes, and perform not-so-basic basic tasks like doing laundry and calling in a prescription for medicine.

5 Ways to Balance Academic Responsibilities and Mental Health

March 24, 2024 No Comments

Finding healthy ways to balance academic responsibilities and mental health can help to ensure that students have the tools to be successful in and out of the classroom. Here are 5 ways to balance academic responsibilities and mental health.

History Shouldn’t be a Mystery: 5 Impactful Lessons of Studying History

March 17, 2024 No Comments

How many times has your child asked when they would ever use something they learn in school? “Why do I need to learn trigonometry? What are Robert Frost poems going to mean to me in four years?” Well, you can easily tell your children that learning, processing, and evaluating historical facts will help them to better understand the world, to become more responsible contributors to their communities, and to become impactful professionals in our global world. Learning and understanding historical facts teaches children many different but essential lessons.

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