Irina2022-11-30T01:20:59+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Concentration & Focus, Primary School Learning, Structuring Lessons, Student Advice
When we read or learn something new, our brain tends to forget 75% of it within a couple of days. As evident, we are terrible at remembering things, and thus the need of writing notes arises. Maintaining notes for a subject enhances and solidifies our learning of it. ..
Irina2022-10-31T17:37:20+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, All Categories, Starting Tutoring, Structuring Lessons, Teacher & School Issues
 Scientists have concluded the first 8 years of life as the most crucial period of learning. The rate at which humans learn at this stage is unequalled. It lays the foundation of an adult who is physically, emotionally, socially and cognitively healthy. Thus, you can imagine the ..
DianaE2022-11-30T01:23:25+11:00Posted in Motivation & Interest, Primary School Learning, Structuring Lessons
It 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 they are encouraged to ..
DianaE2022-11-03T19:19:30+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Concentration & Focus, Structuring Lessons
All students are entitled to a great education, and deserve every opportunity to excel. Students with disabilities can be helped in a variety of different ways that will help them understand and improve their grades and self-confidence in the classroom. A successful tutor will know the manipulatives, ..
DianaE2022-11-03T18:39:27+11:00Posted in About Education and Learning, Organizing Lessons, Structuring Lessons
Students who spend the majority of their class time squinting to see the board, or straining their ears to hear what the teacher is saying can quickly become lost and discouraged. Students with visual and auditory disabilities may be hesitant to speak up and ask for help ..
Gene2020-06-29T16:44:56+10:00Posted in All Categories, Organizing Lessons, Relationships: Parent, Student &Tutor, Structuring Lessons
One student has stopped her tutoring because she had access to free tutoring at her school and that though I tried my best to convince her and her parents that it would be better to continue with me since she was used to the teaching style, she declined. ..
Markus Curry2022-11-30T01:22:13+11:00Posted in All Categories, Structuring Lessons
How do I cover the majority of what is necessary within a one hour span? Being able to cover the material each lesson is quite a feat! Being able to cover most of the material each lesson is very important and can be done when lesson planning ..
Gene2022-10-31T17:38:50+11:00Posted in All Categories, Organizing Lessons, Starting Tutoring, Structuring Lessons
One of my students has been sick for the last few weeks and has thus missed a substantial amount of maths - any tips for catching them up? This is a fairly common scenario in tutoring. Here are some suggestions. First get the student on side by ..
Gene2022-10-31T18:12:47+11:00Posted in All Categories, Organizing Lessons, Structuring Lessons
One of my students has a parent who keeps cancelling due to the student being ill. I know that this is true but I also know that this will be detrimental to her maths. What can I do about it? First you should probably qualify how sick ..
EzyMath2022-10-31T18:17:20+11:00Posted in All Categories, Coaching, Mentoring & Reflection, Concentration & Focus, Structuring Lessons
My student has a problem talking in class and her mother has informed me that her test results aren't improving either. I keep going through exam technique and organising her time but I don't think that is her problem. Her mother told me she has been having ..
