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.
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...
Fight Off Summer Learning Loss by Reading; Summer Reading Lists for Grades 6-8
Over the summer break, your student will lose 2.6 months of math skills, 2 months of reading skills, and the equivalent of 1 month of overall learning. Additionally, your child will have to spend the first six weeks of school in the Fall to recover this learning. But...
Fight Off Summer Learning Loss by Reading: Summer Reading Lists for Grades 3-5
Aaaah, the summer weather is upon us already. My neighborhood pool sits, glistening in the sun, waiting to open its gates and let in the sunbathers, swimmers, and general fun seekers. Its clear, cool water whispers to us, like a mythical siren calls to its mate. It’s...
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Why Good Vision is Important to Every Child
The Importance of Having a Good Vision Hello, this is Helen with Dynamis Learning Academy, and today I’m going to share some important information with you related to young children. Did you know that in 1 in 4 children has subpar eyesight and about 60% of...
Anxiety On the Rise Among Our Young Children
There seems to be a growing number of children today showing signs of anxiety in younger ages. As I sit through parent/teacher conferences, I am consistently seeing a pattern of this from our middle school aged children and younger. In fact, I would say over the last...
HOW DO THE GREEK-AMERICANS CELEBRATE?
Thanksgiving is a special time of year, wouldn’t you agree? It’s a time for us to take a pause from the busy lives we lead and be thankful for the many things we have been given. Let’s take a moment and just think about those things. I know I am personally thankful...
Preparing for the SAT
So now that you’ve gotten your kids this far up to their sophomore, junior or senior year of high school, you should be able to sit back and relax a little, right? Well, not exactly. For many of you, the prospect of college looms brightly in the air. And of course...
Test Taking Tip #4: The RACE Strategy for Constructed Response Questions
Well, it’s that time again, the written portion of the standardized test. You’ve had a hard time with these types of questions before, so you have little confidence this time will be any different. But, wait! Here’s an acronym and formula that, not only can you...
Test Taking Tip #3; Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary and Grammar Mechanics
The students are all quiet, papers are passed out, pencils sharpened, and there’s a hint of anxious anticipation in the air. Yes, it’s testing time again. And there are several of them during the year. Whether it’s the county interim tests, the IOWAs, or the GA...
Test Taking Tip #2: How to Interpret Reading Passages
Have you ever been taking a reading test, read the passage, and then looked at the answer options and could swear they all belonged to some passage other than the one you just read? I think this has happened to every single one of us at some point. So, just how do we...
Test Taking Tip #1: How to Succeed on Norm Referenced Tests
Yes, the school year has begun and so has the testing! No matter what your thoughts are on these standardized tests, they can be compared somewhat to taxes…they’re both inevitable. So, how can we help our kids do better on these tests, thus alleviating some of their...
Home Interventions
Many studies show that parental involvement is more important to a child’s school success than family income or the level of education the parents have. That’s a pretty big statement, don’t you think? Let’s say that again. Parents’ actions pertaining to their...
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