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Parmenter Foundation Tutoring – Sudbury MA

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Y3K Tutor In Your Home is proud to donate tutoring and test prep services to Parmenter’s Hoedown for Hope Auction in Sudbury, MA. Proceeds from the Hoedown will be used to support Parmenter’s children bereavement programs, including CareGroup Parmenter’s HEARTplay and Camp Erin Boston.

The money raised from your bids goes to a children’s bereavement program that utilizes the creative arts to help young hearts heal through on-going monthly workshops.  It is designed to support children and teens ages 3 – 19 who have lost someone close to them (often a parent or sibling).  Our donation also goes to fund, Camp Erin Boston, which offers annual weekend camp for 60 children between the ages of 6 and 17.  Camp Erin Boston combines traditional camp activities with professionally led grief and healing programs.   Y3K Tutor In Your Home is honored to help these children in need.

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Back To School Success #5: Divorce

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If a student lives in two separate homes due to their parents being divorced, sometimes the moving back and forth can cause problems completing assignments. Sometimes children will leave textbooks at one house and forget to take them to the other parent’s house. A solution to this problem is to ask the school if your student can receive 2 copies of each book (1 for each home). This creates a lot less stress for the child and they will always have the resources they need at both homes.

Back To School Success #4: Teacher’s Website For Parents

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The class website is a great tool for both parents and students. Often when a parent asks their children what they learned in school today, the common response is “nothing”. You as parents should check the teacher’s website often so you can discuss with your children material covered in class or general information on how your child spent the day. The website gives you specific questions you can ask your student such as “What facts did you learn in the whale video you watched today?” or “What did you think of the guest speaker today?”

Back To School Success #1: Homework Space

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The first question to ask yourself is, “Where does your child do their homework on a consistent basis?” Then ask yourself, “Where does your child keep their laptop, tablet, and/or cell phone while they are doing their homework?” If the answer to both questions is the same location, then this may cause a lot of problems. Students require a quiet place to do their homework without interruptions.

Some children (and adults) struggle with putting aside social media and texting, so it is up to the parents to monitor this activity during homework time. One solution is to have them do their homework within view such as at the dining room table. Another solution would be to keep all the electronics in a separate location when they are doing homework in a private room such as their bedroom or study room.

New School Year Success Tip #1: Stop Over-Scheduling

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As a society, we tend to feel obligated to fill every hour of our children’s days with activities. Physical and creative outlets such as sports, art, theater and music are something every child needs, however not at the expense of their education. If school is suffering due to lack of homework and study time because of outside activities, some activities should be cut. Education must be the priority.

Summer Slide

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Did you know that students over the summer often lose some of the knowledge they have learned earlier in the year? One study showed that students can lose about 2.6 months of grade level equivalency in math and can lose 1 month of grade level equivalency for all other subjects. A study showed 66% of teachers have to spend 3-4 weeks re-teaching students old material at the beginning of the school year. 24% of teachers spend at least 5 – 6 weeks re-teaching material from the previous year.

Don’t let the summer slide happen to your child! Learning over the summer is important. The key to making summer learning successful is it has to be fun. If not, your child will not be invested in it. Over the next several weeks Y3K Tutor In Your Home will give you tips to help you prevent the summer slide. Check back tomorrow!

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