Review of Homework Without Tears by Lee Canter (HarperCollins) This week we described how to help kids with homework. Nannies and au pairs that care for school-aged children will find in this volume the help they need to create an non-stressful learning environment in the home and motivate their youngsters to succeed in school. The […]
CBS Discusses What Study Habits to Leave Behind Myth One: Study in One SpotThe brain makes associations between what is studying and the background sensations that are occurring. Forcing the brain to make multiple associations with the same material, may provide the support needed to improve recall.Myth Two: Focus on One SkillParticipating in multi-modal learning […]
Angela Norton Tyler, author of Tutor Your Child to Reading Success, explains that, “When it comes to noise tolerance, every person and family is different. I have visited homes where I could barely stand the noise, yet the family seemed happily oblivious.” You might be thinking, “I like a noisy house! I thrive on commotion! […]
According to Angela Norton Tyler, author of Tutor Your Child to Reading Success, children don’t need a lot of space, but they do need to create a specific spot to do their homework. In an ideal world, all children would have sturdy desks and comfy chairs, huge areas to spread out materials, bulletin boards, computers, […]
Rules and Routines Make Children Feel Safe By Angela Norton Tyler, author of Tutor Your Child to Reading Success Children like knowing what is expected of them and what is going to happen next. They also like knowing that they can count on the adults in their lives to lovingly enforce those rules and stick […]
Routines Help Kids Succeed If your school-aged charges haven’t started school yet, they will tomorrow. In the September 2010 Be the Best Nanny Newsletter we discuss how nannies and au pairs act as tutors helping children with homework and school work. We discussed multiple intelligences and how each person has a different learning style. This […]
U.S. News and World Report asked Stephanie Felzenberg, editor of the Best Nanny Newsletter, to share her best advice for nannies who want to market themselves and stand out from the pack: 1. Standout Résumé. The résumé remains the most important way for nanny candidates to market themselves. To stand out among a pile of […]
Why Children Should Witness Breastfeeding in Public This article from Nursing Freedom a mother describes her experience of breastfeeding in Europe compared to in the United States. The mother explains that in Sweden and Denmark she observed three women nursing babies, uncovered, at the table at restaurants, and many others nursing at parks and playgrounds. […]
Responsibility, Reform, Research Earlier this year we presented a series that highlighted the year-to-year changes mandated by new health care laws. Click here to see a summary of the series or enter “health care reform” in our search engine. You should be aware that these newly enacted laws and regulations do not form a socialist […]
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