by Fick Education | Oct 15, 2018 | academics, back to school, chester county, education, educational advocacy, exton, IEP, malvern, new marking period, paoli, success, west chester
Ambiguous language choices can get us into a whole heap of messes. Don’t agree? Well, consider the following scenario. You’re invited to a dinner party at your neighbors’ house and you spend the afternoon baking a cake. You stop to chat with your neighbor and they...
by Fick Education | Sep 6, 2018 | back to school, chester county, confidence, education, exton, malvern, paoli, self esteem, Social Skills, Social Skills Group, success, west chester
Ask any parent or teacher and they will likely say one of the top three things they want for their child or student is a few solid, kind friends. We promote kindness, watch children’s shows that demonstrate being a good friend like Mr. Rogers, and plan play dates to...
by Fick Education | Jun 27, 2018 | back to school, chester county, education, exton, malvern, paoli, success, west chester
Summer break is the perfect time to start thinking about the most important “shopping trip” your high schooler will take: the college visits! As late summer and early fall is prime visiting time, it’s not too early to start mulling over options. It may seem odd to...
by Fick Education | Jun 6, 2018 | academics, back to school, chester county, education, exton, malvern, paoli, west chester
What’s the Big Deal with STEM programs, anyway??? Aren’t they all the same??? If you’re paying attention to the kids’ educational toy market, you’ve probably seen the word STEM thrown around pretty freely. It is used so ubiquitously that the term has lost some of its...
by Fick Education | May 24, 2018 | academics, back to school, chester county, education, exton, malvern, paoli, Reading Comprehension, study skills, success, west chester
We’ve likely all heard the phrase “the summer slide”: that phenomenon where kids tend to forget by September what they knew in May! Research has shown some startling statistics regarding declining reading and math skills over the summer months: When kids don’t read,...
by Fick Education | Mar 29, 2018 | academics, brain, chester county, education, executive functioning, exton, malvern, organization, paoli, Reading, Reading Comprehension, Social Skills, Social Skills Group, study skills, success, tutoring, west chester
I’m sure most of us have heard of Robert Fulghum’s book All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. If we haven’t read the book, we’ve likely seen some of the various spinoffs: all I need to know I learned from a teacher; all I need to know I learned from...
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