Day: July 7, 2022

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. You’re sitting in class, paying attention (or not), and all of a sudden you have no idea what the teacher is saying. Or you’re doing your homework at home, and it hits you that you’re totally confused about the material. It happens to the best of us.  Below, I share some strategies about what to do when you’re confused in class and when you’re doing your work...

Many parents worry about what’s commonly called “learning loss”, especially over the summer break. But the beauty of homeschooling is that learning never stops. Whether you’re spending your summers on a beach, hiking in the woods, road-tripping throughout the country, or relaxing in the comfort of your own home, there are so many opportunities to keep your children discovering their world...

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. My website analytics show me that how to study for tests is the second most searched term on my website. (First place is how to take notes.) I have written over 100 tutorials about study skills for this very reason. With that said, this blog post is a step back from the nitty-gritty study hacks I often write about: In this post, I’m sharing 5 strategic steps that every...

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Various sources suggest that the average person makes around 35,000 decisions a day. That’s bananas. While the majority of our daily decisions are minor, such as choosing what to wear or what to eat, we occasionally face bigger decisions that have a greater impact on our lives. For students, these bigger decisions can be anything from what classes to take, what friend...

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Weekends are for sleeping in, seeing friends, doing life-maintenance things (chores, errands, etc.) and Netflix. Yes, yes – all of this is true. However, weekends are also for (prepare to gasp) studying. You may not love to hear this from me, but I’m being real. Once you hit high school, it’s just a fact that you’ll have to spend some of your precious weekend time...

By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. In high school, I learned how to hem my own pants (a handy skill considering I’m 5’2”). In fact, I learned many life skills outside basic content areas, skills that smoothed my transition to being a functional adult. Some of these skills I learned from my parents, and some I learned from a since-abandoned class, home economics. Regardless, I began college and early...

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By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. There are many reasons why students might take summer classes in college: to graduate early, to make space for a double major, to retake courses that didn’t go so well, for personal enrichment … the list goes on. Taking college summer classes doesn’t have to be awful. It’s definitely a different vibe, and it can be a good one if you make it that way with the...