What to remember when helping your child with homework

Many a parent has lost his or her patience while teaching their child something – may it be kindergarten math homework up to driving lessons. The following tips on how to keep your patience (and yes, this is for parents) can applied to both situations: Try to make the session pleasant. Treat the experience as an opportunity one where you learn WITH your child. Avoid adopting a know-it-all...

Freenoting

Freenoting is a skill that can be used by everyone, not just by students. It can be developed best while young so that using the skill can become a habit. The process is basically continuous writing on paper about a certain subject without editing and backtracking. The simplest example of this is when you take down notes on what a teacher is saying she is presenting a lecture in class –...

Get rid of unwanted spam

Spam mail is annoying. On a good day, you can just look at your spam box in disdain and go on with your day. On its worst, your spam filter wasn’t good enough to screen those junk that says  you’ve inherited money from a man in Zimbabwe and whatnots.  Here are some tips to help keep the spam from pouring in: There are spam filters available that you can purchase. Some are part of an...

Student study tips 02

Here is another series of posts on various study tips for students  – from getting enough sleep to getting enough exercise. 1. Sleep. Try at least six hours if you really can’t make the recommended eight. Keep a regular bedtime so that you can make full.  You can also take ten to fifteen-minute power naps at noon if you feel that you need it. This will help your body get rested, and...

Secure your internet

Educate yourselves and your children with the proper and more secure use of the internet. Especially now that there are a lot of websites and downloadable programs that trick people to share important personal information. Here are some tips to help make your net connection from web marauders. Create a family “junk mail” account. Use a free e-mail account provider like Yahoo, Google,...