Student Success and the Importance of Relationships
There is nothing I do as a tutor/teacher more important than creating strong and trusting relationships with my students. 3 Top Reasons Trusting Relationships are Vital for Teachers and Students It is paramount to know your students for several crucial reasons. My top three are: Students work harder for teachers who appreciate them. Students are…
How Brain Breaks Help You Learn
11 Ways to Reboot Focus for Kids in E-Learning You know what it’s like. You’ve sat through countless zoom meetings over the course of the last week. You think you’re bored. It could be worse. You could be taking Geometry remotely. As adults, we can take a break when we need to, but many students…
A Fun Way To Teach Fractions: S’mores
Fractions are one of the hardest mathematical concepts to teach students for several reasons. The biggest is that students often cannot conceptualize what a fraction is despite being surrounded by fractions in their everyday lives. While some students are quick to grasp what one-half of a gas tank is, four-sevenths of something is totally out…
Becoming the Bow Tie Guy: Building bonds with students
How did I become the Bow Tie Guy? Good question – it took awhile. My transformation into the BTG began 20 years ago when I first started as a teacher. Always one to get a ton of catalogs in the mail, my mom made it her mission to create a tie collection to help me…
S’mores and Fractions: Math can be yummy!
Yesterday, to help my tutoring student conceptualize fractions, I brought in the makings of s’mores.
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