Our Blog
Welcome to our blog section for Dynamis Learning where you as a parent can obtain valuable educational information. Every week on Tuesday evening, a blog is posted on this website as our goal is to keep parents informed of various topics in the school environment.
Our Blog
Welcome to our blog section for Dynamis Learning where you as a parent can obtain valuable educational information. Every week on Tuesday evening, a blog is posted on this website as our goal is to keep parents informed of various topics in the school environment.
Our Most Recent Blogs
At Dynamis Learning, a team of professional educators meets to select the topics that we feel are current and would be of great interest to our parents. This section will include blogs on topics such as organizational and test taking strategies, ADHD, 504, IEP, Executive Functioning, Dyslexia, Mindfulness, SAT/ACT ideas, and much more. If you have a topic in mind you’d like to see here, please reach out to us in the contact section of this website, and we’ll be happy to provide you with the information. Thank you and we look forward to equipping parents with knowledge on the various educational topics in school systems today.
What Parents Should Be Looking for: College Admission, Financial Aid, & Preparing for the SAT/ACT
Are you the parent of a teen who wants to find ways to help them get into their college of choice? Do you want to help your teen stand out in their college admission application? Does the process for applying for financial aid seem overwhelming, and you’re looking...
Tips for Writing a College Application Essay
Is your teen struggling with their college admissions essay, and you’re looking for ways to help? Are they worried that their essay won’t contain what admission counselors are looking for? Does your teen struggle with writing about themselves without simply listing...
Parent Resources & Advocacy: A Team Approach to Your Child’s Academics
“It takes a village to raise a child.” African proverb Is your child struggling with staying on task and completing assignments? Do you have to constantly remind them of assignment due dates? Have you thought that maybe your child needs accommodations to get...
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Blog Archive
Mindfulness Tip #5 – Healthy Eating
“Mom, I’m hungry. What’s for dinner? I want some chicken nuggets and fries. Oh, can we get a milkshake for dessert too?” When you suggest a salad or some lean meat and vegetables instead, a chorus of whines and objections erupt from the backseat. Despite your...
Mindfulness Tip #4 – Awareness
Have you ever heard of a ‘lightbulb’ moment? I am sure you have! It’s one of those moments we experience where a thought or feeling randomly pops into our heads that answers or solves an ongoing dilemma in our lives. It’s a sudden, intuitive feeling that appears to...
Mindfulness tip #3: Routine & Organization
Imagine this scenario in a few short weeks: It’s the second week back at school. The newness has already worn off and the struggle has begun. Clothes are strewn across the floor like fall leaves after a heavy storm. You’ve found part of your clean uniform, but the...
How To Help Your Children Visualize Away Their Stress and Anxiety: Mindfulness Tip #2
Feeling overstimulated and overstressed? Does your heart sometimes beat rapidly and you find you’re having more headaches and stomach aches? Believe it or not, these symptoms do not solely belong to adults. Experts are finding more and more anxiety related conditions...
Mindfulness: Using the Senses to Learn Self-Care
O.K., let’s sit down, get comfortable and take a deep breath. Close your eyes and concentrate on your breathing. In and out, counting to 5 before you inhale and again before you exhale. That’s right, slow it down. Focus on that breathing… For many of you, this may...
July 4th – Making it Real for a New Generation
As the sky darkens and the people gather, anticipating that patriotic show of lights, a small child wonders… He/she knows Christmas is about God, Thanksgiving is about the Pilgrims and turkey. But what exactly is the 4th of July all about? They don’t talk much about...
Diet and ADHD
Do you know or have a child with ADHD? If so, please read this blog to get some tips that may help. There’s a lot of research being done about this condition and your mind is probably already overwhelmed with questions…should I medicate my child? How will this...
The Benefits of Speaking a Second Language
Being bilingual is perceived very differently today than it was, say 30-50 years ago. I had a friend whose parents were both of South American decent, but they did not teach their children how to speak their native language because they were afraid of the stereotypes...
Fight Off Summer Learning Loss by Reading; Summer Reading Lists for Grades 9-12
Current statistics indicate that the summer learning loss phenomena is one of the most significant causes of the achievement gap between lower and higher income students. Additionally, it is a prominent contributor to our nation’s high school dropout rate. For many of...
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