Bilingual Books Every Middle Schooler Should Read  Transitioning from elementary to middle school is a massive leap. Suddenly, the books get thicker, the vocabulary gets harder, and for a student navigating two languages, that “reading

8 Ways the Science of Schema in Reading Unlocks Your Child’s Brain In my experience as a reading specialist, I’ve seen many students who can read every word on a page perfectly but have no

7 Ways on How to Use Graphic Novels for ESL Comprehension In my experience as an ESL specialist, I have seen many parents look worried when their child picks up a comic book. They often

5 Strategies for English Reading Comprehension Why English Reading Comprehension Thrives with Culture In my experience, a child’s eyes only light up when they see themselves on the page. I once worked with a student

7 Ways to Turn Math Homework into a Game   Opening Hook In my experience, the heavy silence of a child staring at a math worksheet is the loudest sound in the world. It is

Top 5 Books Every Aspiring Mathlete Should Read If you have a child who finishes their math homework in five minutes but still feels “bored” or “stuck” when things get tricky, you might have a

3 Reasons Your Straight-A Student Struggles with the AMC 8 Math Competition It is a common story in the world of middle school academics. Your child brings home perfect report cards, breezes through algebra, and

7 Simple Ways: How to Teach Number Theory at Home in 2026 In my experience, many students who struggle with math don’t actually hate numbers  ,they hate the way numbers are taught. I once tutored

9 Essential Items for Your Mathcounts Competition Day Checklist In my experience as a competitive math coach, the biggest threat to a student’s score isn’t a hard geometry problem  ,it is a dead battery or

5 Strategies for Middle School Math Contests Why Middle School Math Contests Are the New “Varsity Sport” I once had a student named Leo who was a star soccer player but found his math class