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February 18, 2020

Teaching Little Ones with Songs and Rhymes

Toddler playing an electric keyboard

I’m so pleased when someone from outside AZ happens upon our website and emails me with comments or suggestions. A student at San Diego State University, Carmen, tutors a small group of middle-school students. The group must have stumbled across the “Educational Resources” page on our site, and one of the students, Kaley R., wanted […]

Article by Susan Morris / Academic Readiness, Child Development / baby shark, car songs, educational resources, food safety, handwashing, HeidiSongs, homemade instrument, kindergarten, nursery rhymes, oral hygiene, pool safety, San Diego State, silly songs, tutor

October 22, 2019

ACT Announces Major Changes

SAT or ACT

In one corner: the SAT. At 93, the aging dowager of college entrance exams. Opposing it: the ACT, the 60-year-old upstart, eternally hoping to dethrone its opponent. In 2018, about 1.9 million students took the ACT and 2.1 million students took the SAT. The ACT vs. SAT rivalry has existed ever since the ACT entered […]

Article by Ken Furtado / Academic Readiness, Standardized Testing / ACT, common core, entrance examination, Phoenix, SAT, tutoring

October 15, 2019

Why Cursive?

cursive writing

Back when cursive was taught to every 3rd-grader, I was teaching it to a student who had NO desire to learn it. This was unusual — many K-2 students before that time admired the kids who knew cursive and were dying to learn it themselves, though many pronounced it incorrectly: “curfus” and “curlesy” are two […]

Article by Susan Morris / Academic Readiness, Language Arts / correct letter formation, cursive, cursive writing, keyboarding technique, microcomputers, pencil grip, phoenix tutoring, please print, self-discipline, subject matter, taking notes, tutoring Phoenix, typewriter

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