by Nina Parrish | Jun 4, 2018 | Children, Education, Parenting, School, Students, Study Skills, Test Strategies, Tutoring
A Really Simple Way to Achieve More Goals If You Are Working On A Challenging Goal, Plan Backwards As a study skills tutor, I often work with high school and college students to prepare for exams, write a lengthy paper, or plan how a project will be completed. I...
by jparrish30 | May 30, 2018 | Children, Education, SAT Prep, School, Students, Study Skills, Test Strategies, Tutoring
4 Apps to Help with Exam Preparation Current technology helps make studying easier and more manageable. As smartphone ownership increases every year, mobile apps developed specifically for studying harder and smarter are regularly popping up. Parrish...
by Nina Parrish | May 2, 2018 | Children, Education, Parenting, School, Students, Study Skills, Test Strategies, Tutoring
Five Simple Student Routines for School Success We all want our children to grow into happy, successful, and independently functioning (as in not living on our couch) adults one day. As a teacher, study skills tutor, and parent, I have come to the conclusion that if...
by Nina Parrish | Feb 20, 2018 | Children, Education, Edutopia, School, Students, Teachers
Keeping the Focus on the Positive as featured on Edutopia.org: As a special educator with seven years’ experience as a public school teacher and now seven more as a private tutor, I work with students with huge academic and behavioral challenges. Often the...
by Nina Parrish | Oct 30, 2017 | Children, Education, Learning Disabilities, Parenting, School, Students, Test Strategies, Tutoring
Do You Wonder if Your Child Has Dyslexia? Do you wonder if your child has dyslexia? Maybe you wonder if you have dyslexia. You are definitely not alone. As a special education teacher and reading tutor, one of the most common questions that I am asked by...
by Nina Parrish | Oct 16, 2017 | Children, Community, Education, Huffington Post, Parenting, Students, volunteer
Volunteering: It’s good for way more than your student’s college application. “I am so glad I am here,” the teenage girl next to me says as she heaves clunky binders and packs of notebook paper into marked boxes. We are in the back of a box truck on a warm summer day...
