By Saskia Nilsen RITES learning specialist and education advocate Try something fun each day. You've got this! Keep your child learning and achieving goals, while also social distancing and working from home yourself. Below are ideas to support parents at home to help your children get started with digital learning, as well as other ideas for activities and hands-on learning. Hands-On … [Read more...]
School at Home Technology Strategies
By Saskia Nilsen RITES learning specialist and education advocate Technology can help, but it cannot replace hands-on learning or monitoring required for students. While schools may have already suggested websites for students, students with a wider range of learning styles may find the sites mentioned below much easier to handle. So, they'll be better able to set and achieve reasonable learning … [Read more...]
Math Tutor, Math Tools to Support Your Child
Find a Qualified Math Tutor and Math Tools to Support Your Child A qualified and experienced math tutor can be hard to come by. And math tools that are helpful and fun. Many math problems are beyond the students' control, stemming from oral language challenges and language differences. Cognitive and emotional factors like a negative attitude or negative self-perception of one's own abilities … [Read more...]
Math Tools and Math Tutors to Help Your Child Excel
Math Tools, Math Tutors to Help Your Child Excel Math Problems Frustrating Your Child? RITES has Solutions! Math is a subject that many students find challenging. But why is math so hard for some children and not others? And which math tools and strategies are available to struggling students? How can you find qualified math tutors near you? See below to let us know how RITES can best help … [Read more...]
National Summer Learning Week 2019
Local author, artist and designer visits with RITES Summer Program to share creative process The RITES Summer Program is excited to share that we had a special guest visit our summer program students today, as part of our celebration of National Summer Learning Week! Amy Leidtke is a local artist, designer and educator who collaborated to write a new book about Leonardo da Vinci and his … [Read more...]