Are You Required to Help the Kids With Their Homework? The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) shows that the defining factor in having academically successful children of parents that work outside the home is the household help that they hire. The NAS studies show that families that hire great childcare providers are in a stronger position […]
How Nannies and Au Pairs Help Kids Thrive in School Be the Best Nanny Newsletter has received several questions from au pairs and nannies about helping their charges with homework and behavior issues at school. To help answer in-home child care provider questions, Maria Lopez, a former second grade teacher and nanny working in Miami, […]
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 […]
The Important Role Nannies and Au Pairs Play in Helping Children with School Work School has already started for a few kids in the nation and is about to start for others. Nannies and au pairs are crucial in helping children do school work. Studies by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) show that the […]
Having a regular routine and schedule each school day helps children achieve well in school. Last week we started discussing how vital it is for nannies and au pairs to help childen with homework. Having a regular routine and schedule each school day helps children achieve well in school. The Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory (NWREL), […]
Weekly Trip to the Library for Nannies and Au Pairs In New Jersey, where we publish Be the Best Nanny Newsletter, we have just started the fall semester of school this week. But for those who started school in August these are still fun books to borrow from the library. I Am Absolutely too Small […]
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