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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.

The WRITE Time: 5 Techniques for Writing Powerful Common App Essays

May 5, 2024 No Comments

In one sentence, the common application essay can be described as a small moment that encompasses a student’s whole life story. Even this description can seem overwhelming. For many rising high school seniors who are contemplating submitting their college applications, the most overwhelming process is writing their common application essay.

The College Admissions Process: A Journey of Self-Discovery in 6 (Not So Simple) Steps

April 17, 2023 No Comments

The college process incorporates more than one year of high school. It is a holistic process that starts during a student’s freshman year of high school, as students pick their classes, start to join clubs and sports, and immerse themselves in extracurricular activities and part-time jobs.

And while the college process might be stressful, anxiety-producing…you get the point, it is also a huge learning opportunity for students. It is a process of self-discovery and a process of skill-building.

The Sunday Scaries: 6 Ways to Stop Children from Procrastinating

April 9, 2023 No Comments

Every Sunday night, after a full day of sports, birthday parties, multiple meals and snacks, when you’re ready to leave the kitchen and head to the couch to watch t.v. or read a book, after you’ve told your children to pack up for school…three times, your children hit you with it. Your 3rd grader has a project due on Monday…and they didn’t start it. Your 8th grader has to read 50 pages of Lord of the Flies and annotate so that he/she/they can present to the class the next day. Your 10th grader has a chemistry test first period on Monday morning, and he/she/they hasn’t studied. How can you avoid the Sunday Scaries?

6 Ways for Students to Overcome Stress and Anxiety

November 15, 2021 No Comments

No matter how hard we try, stress is part of everyday life. Stress can manifest itself in many different ways, like when your elementary school student says that he or she is sick and does not want to go to school or when your high school student can’t focus on his or her schoolwork or struggles to sleep at night. Anxiety is often caused by increased social and academic expectations, overscheduling, less downtime and family together-time, as well as internal expectations that each student sets for him or herself.

6 Ways to Strengthen the Memory Muscle

August 17, 2021 No Comments

Like every other muscle in the human body, the brain needs regular exercise. While sharpening the memory is a complex process that requires practice, attention, a willingness to isolate from distractions, and drastically altering normal study routines, there are numerous strategies that can help maximize memory skills.

To improve memory, enhance the ability to recall information, and increase the retention of information, try the following 7 exercises.

Transitions: Moving Up to Middle School

July 23, 2019 No Comments

[vc_row 0=””][vc_column][vc_column_text 0=””]Do you remember your first day of middle school? Moving up, from elementary to middle school, is an important milestone (for both kids

Get Organized Before School Starts

August 16, 2017 No Comments

So often we receive requests for organizational help for our students. A month into school, and they are already losing their notes, homework, assignments…you name

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