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How Kids Learn Best

If you are a parent of kids who go to school, you have probably heard many times expressions like “I hate homework”, “I hate school” or “I don’t want to learn”. As easy and fun as learning at school may seem, it can be hard work for many kids.

I believe that learning is harder when you do not understand why you should learn, how you learn and what you gain from learning. Unfortunately, most kids do not know what happens to them in the process of learning, so they only see the pain associated with it, instead of the pleasure.

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December 1, 2008 by Ronit Baras In: Education / Learning, Kids / Children, Parenting Tags: academic performance, behavior / discipline, education / learning, emotional intelligence, k-12 education, kids / children, motivation, practical parenting / parents, school

Pushing Your Teens to Find a Job

Only 3% of teens going into higher education straight after high school actually finish their choice of study and work in that profession for about 5 years after finishing studying.

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November 27, 2008 by Ronit Baras In: Education / Learning, Parenting, Teens / Teenagers Tags: academic performance, beliefs, career, choice, communication, dreams, education / learning, focus, goals / goal setting, k-12 education, motivation, positive attitude tips, practical parenting / parents, projection, relationships / marriage, stress / pressure, success, teens / teenagers

How to Help Kids with Writing

If you are a teacher or a parent of a child who struggles with writing, here are some things you can do to help make life easier for them. Remember, they do not need to be labeled. They do not need a stamp of “Dyslexia” or “ADHD”. If you find they are struggling, lend them a helping hand and change some of the classroom rules to suite their need.

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November 25, 2008 by Ronit Baras In: Education / Learning, Parenting Tags: academic performance, attention deficit / add / adhd, dyslexia, education / learning, how to, k-12 education, kids / children, practical parenting / parents, school, teaching / teachers

Learning? What learning?

As parents, we all want our kids to do well. So we look for ways to measure and track whether they are doing well. Not having gone through parenting school, most of us resort to what our parents have done with us, which is focus on the grades we “brought back home” from school. As long as the kids’ grades are good, they must be doing fine, right?

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October 15, 2008 by Gal Baras In: Education / Learning, Kids / Children, Parenting Tags: academic performance, education / learning, emotional intelligence, focus, k-12 education, kids / children, motivation, positive attitude tips, practical parenting / parents, school, tuition, tutoring

Should my child repeat a year at school or not?

Boy with long hair

This question usually comes up after a teacher tells a child’s parents that the child is not keeping up with their schoolwork. Often, the teacher actually suggests that the child repeat a year.

However, although the indication given is academic, the problem is most often emotional.

If the reason for the child’s poor performance is academic, I believe there is no point repeating a year. If there is a real difficulty, time is not the cure!

It is better to offer special support to the child during and after school, or in extreme cases, in a special school.

However…

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March 19, 2008 by Ronit Baras In: Ask Ronit, Education / Learning, Kids / Children, Parenting Tags: academic performance, communication styles, education / learning, emotional intelligence, happiness, k-12 education, kids / children, learning styles, practical parenting / parents, school, social skills, success

Should I Choose a Single-sex School for My Child?

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The single-sex school originated during the 18th century, when rich families sent their sons to “special” schools. Only later, in the 19th century, when the awareness of the value of education increased, were girls also sent to study. Single-sex schools were very popular in England and now also in Australia.

Today, the single-sex schools are popular among religious populations and even more during high school.

Supporters of single-sex schools believe they help kids concentrate on their academic work and avoid the sexual distractions of adolescence.

Critics believe that some social skills relating to the opposite sex reaches its peak development during teenage and that if teens do not have enough practice, this limit their social skills and their ability to relate later on.

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March 14, 2008 by Ronit Baras In: Ask Ronit, Did You Know?, Education / Learning, Opinion, Parenting Tags: academic performance, behavior / discipline, communication styles, dad, education / learning, father, gender, happiness, k-12 education, learning styles, mom, mother, practical parenting / parents, school, skills, social skills, success

Happy Kids Learn Better

Child learning

For many years, gaining knowledge was the reason kids were sent to school. Knowledge, for many years, was king.

In today’s fast world and overwhelming information, we see many kids in school that have great knowledge but not the ability to succeed in their schooling. What do you think the reason is?

Emotional intelligence was researched during the 70s and the 80s when Howard Gardner wrote in his book Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences about his Multiple Intelligence theory. Basically, based on Gardner’s theory, people can have talents and exceptional abilities in areas other than academics.

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February 25, 2008 by Ronit Baras In: Education / Learning, Kids / Children, Parenting Tags: academic performance, communication styles, education / learning, emotional intelligence, happiness, k-12 education, kids / children, kids coaching, learning disabilities, learning styles, school, success

The Be Happy in LIFE Kids Coaching Program

A row of happy kids

Last month, I wrote about the reasons we as parents need to appreciate and use coaching as a parenting tool.

Today, I would like to tell you a little bit about how it all started for me and introduce the Be Happy in LIFE kids coaching program.

It all started 18 years ago, when I wrote the Garden of Eden program, which put most of the emphasis emotional intelligence. I started an early childhood center with kids aged 1½ to 4 and proved that excellence depends on the teaching, not on the kids.

In the 2 years that followed, the kids at my center accomplished things that blew their parents away. They put together puzzles with many pieces very quickly, they built elaborate constructions, they painted the walls, they recognized written words and lots more. Oh, yes, and they ate healthy food and boasted about it.

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February 21, 2008 by Ronit Baras In: Kids / Children, Life Coaching, Parenting Tags: academic performance, child care, dad, early childhood, emotional intelligence, family matters, father, happiness, k-12 education, kids coaching, kindergarten, learning disabilities, mom, mother, practical parenting / parents, success, teaching / teachers, toddlers

Don’t You Hate Pushy Parents?

Girl doing homework

If you think having a kid with learning difficulties is a problem, try having a smart kid! Somehow, the parents of smart kids end up being labelled as pushy, taking the kids to activities, music lessons, asking teachers for additional material and giving the kids extra homework.

Doesn’t it make you wonder why?

Well, I have been asked many times by my clients and readers about what to do if school is not giving the kids what they need. Many parents express the fear of being considered pushy.

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January 7, 2008 by Ronit Baras In: Ask Ronit, Education / Learning, Parenting Tags: academic performance, communication styles, education / learning, k-12 education, learning disabilities, learning styles, school, stress / pressure, success

Music For The Mind

Girl playing guitar

Did you know?

Children studying music from as early as grade 4 get to their first year of high school with an average academic score that is 11% higher than kids who did not study music.

If they continue their music studies into high school, by the time they graduate, their average academic score is 23% higher than kids who did not study music.

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November 22, 2007 by Ronit Baras In: Did You Know?, Education / Learning, Emotional Intelligence, Parenting, Teens / Teenagers Tags: academic performance, communication styles, education / learning, k-12 education, learning styles, music, school, success, teen books

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