Be the Hero of the Holiday Season! Great gift ideas for gifts that give back... Scroll down to check out our top picks for great gift ideas for the holidays with fun, engaging games the whole family can play that work on key educational skills for your kids - they won't feel like they're learning and you'll feel good that they are! And...all of these great gift ideas below can be purchased … [Read more...]
Distance Learning Survival Guide
Top Tips for How To Support Your Kids During Distance Learning Your house may now be your child’s classroom. You may feel a little lost about how to make that work alongside your own obligations. Here is your Distance Learning Survival Guide - some helpful teacher tips for supporting your child with distance learning or even homework time: Use simple, real consequences “If you do … [Read more...]
The Key to Online Learning That Works
How to Achieve Online Learning Success As a new school year begins, it may be all or partly virtual for many kids. Meanwhile, parents are juggling a multitude of concerns and challenges. The biggest worry being, “Will my child get behind academically?” Some kids did well with distance learning, but others others had a much different experience, leading to many questions about how to make the most … [Read more...]
Improve Your Learning Skills with Movement Exercises
Get Up and Move While You Learn Did you know that you can learn AND move at the same time? In fact, specific movements can enhance learning. Every summer, students of all ages in RITES summer programs experience this “active learning.” Just because we are online this summer doesn’t mean we can’t continue this practice! We have been working with our Occupational Therapist, Courtney Reilly, to … [Read more...]
Summer 2020 Reimagined
Summer 2020 Every summer, we provide students with academic support in order to help them avoid the Summer Slide. This summer, students will also be facing a potential “COVID Slide," due to the amount of time they have been away from traditional school. The impact of COVID Slide and Summer Slide together could be a recipe for failure for many students. Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be. While … [Read more...]
Coping With New Roles at Home
By Richard Solomon, PhD, Clinical Director, Delta Consultants Without time to prepare, parents, grandparents and caretakers have been asked to assume a multitude of roles throughout the past five weeks—teacher, recreation director, counselor, executive coach and….parent, all while remaining at home. While most parents are not trained for the first four (and most are only “trained” for the … [Read more...]
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