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• Are your children at grade level in Math & Reading?
• Is the school challenging them in a good way?
• Do you want them to be awesome in Math and enjoy reading?
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The moment you realize you forgot to do a homework assignment!
As a parent of four children, I have been through the struggle with homework. The guilt we feel as a parent knowing that your child can succeed if they just put some e ort or JUSt do it! i am just going to share my experience in hopes that it will help your family. The determination to be successful is key!
Kids all learn in di erent ways, some think that they can keep it all in their mind until they get home. I’m telling you now it just doesn’t work like that. Coming from a person that is old school for sure... I use my Google Calendar but when it comes to my tutoring schedule, blogging, emailing and coordination of everyone’s schedule old school is the way to go, I need to see it right there in front of me. There are so many resources out there to help. SOAR is one of them.
As my children were growing up and continuing through college a planner helped tremendously, along with their determination to get good grades and to become successful. It wasn’t always like that. In elementary school, I remember it was a struggle for them to bring the planner to get our initials after they read twenty minutes and completed their reading logs. When they moved on to middle school, home- work was forgotten and excuses were made. It was not until high school when after-school activities came into the picture. Boy did the word soccer mom come into play. There was football, theater, jobs,
MATH TuTORING
Algebra • Geometry
Phil Gehlich
Experienced, B.S. Degree 303-995-3991
April 2018 • Castle Rock “AreaNewsletters” 18
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