studying - GAMECHANGER TUTORING CONNECTION

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

5 Things Helpful Suggestions for Parents Managing their Child’s IEP Meeting

September 6, 2024 No Comments

An Individualized Education Program (IEP) is an annual written plan that outlines the services and support a child with special education needs will receive from their

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 to Fall in Love with Learning

February 12, 2024 No Comments

This Valentine’s week, GAMECHANGER Tutoring Connection wants you to fall in love…with learning. Students who love to learn tend to engage in classroom discussions, dive into their schoolwork, and thrive from positive feedback from peers, teachers, and parents. Students who fall in love with learning find wonder in most tasks and challenges. And, students who fall in love with learning develop a commitment to lifelong learning and live happier, more fulfilling lives.

5 Ways to Motivate Students to Become Confident, Lifelong Learners

February 5, 2024 No Comments

Learning how to learn helps students to develop individualized strategies that will enable them to thrive in and out of the classroom. So, while children are mired down by memorizing theorems, dates, and endless facts, how can we teach them to learn? Here are 5 ways to motivate students to become confident, lifelong learners.

5 Effective and Empowering Learning Strategies

January 22, 2024 No Comments

One of the most important things that students can learn in school is HOW to learn. If a student develops the ability to learn how to learn, they become more curious about a wider range of topics, they develop strong problem-solving skills, and they are more open to becoming lifelong learners. By teaching students how to learn, educators open up new worlds….

New Year, New Energy: 5 Ways to Build Academic Confidence in 2024

January 3, 2024 No Comments

Studies illustrate that confident students face challenges enthusiastically, are more resilient, and become lifelong learners. Confident students maintain the inherent belief that they can achieve their goals, recognizing that they have control over their lives and can acquire any skills they need. Ultimately, confidence is a significant predictor of academic, social-emotional, and professional success. This year, we want to encourage every student to start off the school year confidently.

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?

4 Reasons to Write a Thank You Note

March 18, 2023 No Comments

Nowadays, hand-written thank you notes, cards of any kind, are infrequently sent. With online methods of communication dominating the way we speak to one another, the best we can typically anticipate is a grammatically correct thank you email. But no matter how you choose to show your appreciation, there are many reasons to do so. Here are our top 4 reasons why you should send someone a thank you note – for a job interview, for a college visit, for any reason.

Tag: studying