A Parent’s Guide to the Summer Slide: How to Prevent Summer Learning Loss
For many kids, the end of the school year means the end of learning. This…
A Parent’s Guide to the Summer Slide: How to Prevent Summer Learning Loss
For many kids, the end of the school year means the end of learning. This can often make a dent in your child’s academic progress. The summer slide, also known as the summer learning gap, is the potential loss of academic skills in school-age children during summer vacation. Studies have shown that this phenomenon can…
College Major Basics: An Introduction to Early Childhood Education
Working with children can lead to many rewarding career choices—but where do you start? For many people, the answer is early childhood education. As with almost any job, education can open up new and exciting doors. What is Early Childhood Education? Early childhood education is an easy choice for people who enjoy working with children….
6 Ways to Increase Classroom Engagement for Students with ADHD
One of the hardest parts about running a classroom is keeping your students engaged. While every teacher’s goal is a lively, interactive classroom, sometimes it’s easier said than done! When teaching students with ADHD, classroom engagement may present additional challenges. The heart of student engagement is to ensure that your students are motivated to learn….
5 Essay Pre-writing Strategies for Differentiated Learning Preferences
Pre-writing is the first step in the writing process and is designed to get your thoughts on paper and to organize your ideas to make writing the paper easier. Despite its importance, pre-writing is an often over-looked part of the writing process. Many students are eager to jump right into the essay drafting process to…
“That I Had the Wings” by Ralph Ellison Analysis
Ralph Ellison wrote powerful and compelling narratives that painted the Black American experience in the early 1900’s with a broad brush—one that could be enjoyed by audiences of all backgrounds almost a century later. Like much of the New Negro movement literature, the tales chronicled within Flying Home and Other Stories heavily use literary devices…
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot: A Critical Analysis
What Is “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” About? “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” like much of T. S. Eliot’s work, questions societal norms and points out the flawed living of empty social rituals and linguistic cliches (Damrosch 733). It is a story that echoes into today’s hollow society and tells the…
7 Tips for Teaching Elementary Students With Williams Syndrome
Students with Williams Syndrome bring new challenges and unique gifts to the elementary classroom. Like most children with disabilities, students with WS are usually in special education programs and receive support outside your classroom. If you have specific questions about your student’s goals, strengths, or weaknesses, make sure to refer to their Individualized Education Plan…