DianaE2025-11-08T02:07:39+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, Motivation & Interest, Parent Advice
Some middle school students go through a weird phase in which they seem like they are eating their parents out of house and home. Growing teenagers seem to have an insatiable appetite, and can be found in the kitchen more often than not.If this sounds like your middle ..
DianaE2025-11-06T06:59:23+11:00Posted in Motivation & Interest, Parent Advice, Primary School Learning
If you have a son, more than likely you’ve had enough robots, pirates, dinosaurs, and trucks to last you a lifetime. Lucky for you, we’ve put together a list of even more activities that boys will love and that will foster their love and understanding for everything math-related! ..
DianaE2025-11-07T20:33:22+11:00Posted in Motivation & Interest, Primary School Learning, Structuring Lessons
Children First, Students SecondIt is important for parents, teachers, and tutors to remember that **before students are students, they are children**. And children are built to play. They learn through playing from the time they are very small, and continue to grow mentally, emotionally, and physically when ..
DianaE2025-11-07T19:25:08+11:00Posted in All About Exams, Motivation & Interest, Study Habits
How to Have a Productive Study Session with FriendsIt’s no surprise that studying for a test does not rank on the list of “*Top Ten Things I Want To Do After I Just Spent All Day At School*” for most students. 😅 However, responsible ..
DianaE2025-11-08T00:14:22+11:00Posted in All Categories, Concentration & Focus, Motivation & Interest, Parent Advice, Primary School Learning
Personalized Motivation: Using Interests to Keep Students EngagedSarah knew a few very important facts about Andrew before they ever sat down for their first tutoring session. She knew, based on the phone call with Andrew’s mom, that he liked *Star Wars*, the color *green*, and that *zebras* are ..
DianaE2025-11-08T00:59:56+11:00Posted in All Categories, Motivation & Interest, Parent Advice
When Am I EVER Going to Have to Use This?!Frustrated and overwhelmed students often throw down their pencils in defeat, wondering when they will ever have to apply complex math problems in their daily lives, and wonder why they even have to learn it. ..
Markus Curry2025-11-05T22:00:08+11:00Posted in All Categories, Motivation & Interest, Relationships: Parent, Student &Tutor
How to help students tutor students who clearly don’t want to have tuition?As discouraging as some students’ attitudes are, nothing should negate the fact that as tutors, we have an opportunity to take a closed and negative mind and replace it with an open and positive one. In ..
EzyMath2025-11-06T22:09:06+11:00Posted in All Categories, Motivation & Interest
Lack of discipline and commitment regarding homework. It is frustrating when I identify a 'gap' and create a worksheet, especially to target their weakness, and they lose it, or don't bother doing it! Especially since I have explained how doing the problems will help them, and gone over ..
EzyMath2025-11-06T22:29:58+11:00Posted in All Categories, Motivation & Interest, Relationships: Parent, Student &Tutor
One student’s parents want to stop tutoring after his exam but i think he needs to continue as we've only really just begun and i feel he will just forget everything and go back to how he was before.This is a really common situation 🤔. There are two ..
EzyMath2025-11-08T00:04:35+11:00Posted in All About Exams, Motivation & Interest, Senior & High School Learning
Dan’s SituationDan, who is in year 12 and doing General Maths, struggles A LOT. He doesn't seem to have put in any effort throughout the year as he has no notes or recollection of learning many concepts. I find it difficult to try and cram through the general ..
