Author: CES

As a parent, you are your child’s best education advocate—until he’s old enough and informed enough to speak up for himself. You know your child’s strengths and challenges, and you can help identify and push for the resources your child needs to succeed. Here are some tips to help you advocate for your child at school.

Typing instruction has always been an important part of our homeschool. Not just for the sake of learning to type, but as an integral part of our language arts program.

It is quite difficult to imagine how we could ever live without the internet. While there are some of us who would like to believe that we’re a lot better off without these technologies, a great portion of the human race take to the internet for many of their daily activities.

As summer comes to an end and back-to-school season begins, it can be hard to get back into a regular schedule — both for kids and adults.

When you balance your checkbook, buy shoes, measure distance or check the time, you're using math. Use these tips to help get your child excited about math.

“Go pick your bedtime book, right now,” I told my four-year-old. Afternoon meltdowns had turned into bedtime battles, and I was tired.

Literacy skills are one of the most important areas of ability children develop in their first few years at school. They begin by sounding out words and learning to recognize common vocabulary from books and classroom materials. With sight reading and spelling practice comes greater fluency. Reading speeds up and comprehension of more complex texts becomes possible as vocabulary knowledge […]

At EF Academy, a majority of our classes have an impressively low student-teacher ratio of 15:1. Small class sizes and an inspiring and highly qualified teaching faculty ensure that students get the absolute most out of their IGCSE, U.S. High School Diploma, IB Diploma or A-Level courses. Read on to find out about the benefits of a small class size […]

These fun apps will reinforce basic arithmetic concepts and spark a love for learning math. When it comes to teaching your kids math skills, you’ve done it all: quizzes over breakfast, extra homework help, bedtime stories that sneak in math concepts.