Tag Archive for "Reading"

• December 18, 2015 Courtesy of Scholastic.com

  Lifelong Learning

  Helping Them Believe ‘I Can Be Anything!’

  Ask a child what they want to be when they grow up, and the answers often have no limitations. I am going to be an astronaut!…I want to be a firefighter!… I am going to be a doctor like my mom…I will be a princess and a teacher and a…

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• May 16, 2016

  Path to College

  20 Tips for How to Study Smarter

  Wouldn’t it be nice if you could study smarter (not harder), get good grades, and lead a balanced life? Here are 20 scientific ways to learn faster, from guest blogger and certified youth coach Daniel Wong.

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• September 6, 2016

  Lifelong Learning

  5 More Ways to Sleep Better and Become a Top Student

  Last week I shared five principles for becoming a top student while still getting a solid eight hours of sleep a night. I followed these while earning a full academic scholarship to study at Duke University, where I did a double major at Duke and graduated summa cum laude. In…

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• April 26, 2018

  Lifelong Learning

  Can reading improve your intelligence? Scientists say yes

  What kind of impact does reading have on overall academic success? A HUGE one! Just ask any teacher, and they’ll be happy to expound on the ways that reading — doing it a lot, doing it increasingly well — can boost your child’s grades and overall academic career. But teachers…

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• February 3, 2022

  Lifelong Learning

  Teach Your Kids to Love Their Library!

  “Google can bring you back 100,000 answers. A librarian can bring you back the right one.”—Neil Gaiman It’s Library Lovers Month—the perfect time to discover the true value of your public library! Across Florida’s 67 counties, hundreds of libraries offer a wide range of free and easy-to-access resources. The first…

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