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Faster Homework? Homework Basket / Box

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Have your kids create a homework basket or box filled with all the supplies they will need. This will help avoid distractions along the way while trying to locate the items. The supply basket/box will keep kids focused on getting homework done rather than looking for something they need. This will help homework time go by faster.

Kids Backpack Safety

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Students should carry no more than 15-20% of their body weight in a backpack or they may risk injury. Keep in mind that the average textbook can weigh around 5 lbs as you see the statistics below.

Student Weight Maximum # of Textbooks

75 lbs 3 books

100 lbs 4 books

125 lbs 5 books

150 lbs 6 books

Parents Agree: Y3K Tutor In Your Home Changes Lives #1

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PARENTS AGREE: Y3K TUTOR IN YOUR HOME CHANGES LIVES

“The Y3K Tutor In Your Home owner tutors both my 7th grade son and my 3rd grade daughter. Their skills have rocketed leaps and bounds under his patient and careful tutelage. My daughter was behind in her math skills for 3rd grade at the beginning of the year and I just came from her school conference where her teacher told me her math skills have quadrupled since the beginning of the year. We owe it all to Y3K services! Both of my children have benefited greatly from Y3K Tutor In Your Home’s tutoring. Highly recommend!!”

Wendy G.

Brown Elementary School and Kennedy Middle School parent

Natick, MA

Organizational Skills Tip #3: Homework Notebook/Planner

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Organizational Skills Tip #3: Homework Notebook/Planner

Most disorganized students forget or lose track of what assignments need to be completed and when then need to be turned in. A homework notebook or planner app should be used to write down the following every day:

Homework assigned for each class with due dates.

If no homework assigned for a given class, write “no homework”.

Upcoming tests, quizzes and projects.

Organizational Skills Make All The Difference

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Y3K Tutor In Your Home often receives phone calls and emails by parents all the time asking us to help their students with organizational skills. These skills can be the difference between a poor student and a successful student. Children without organizational skills more often than not, tend to fall behind and suffer with low grades. They have trouble keeping track of assignments and/or constantly losing things.

Over the next several posts we will offer some organization tips just in time for the new school year.

School Shootings & Building Design

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Schools have been preparing for shootings like the one yesterday in Troutdale, Oregon. Due to the tragic Newtown, CT school shootings, some local cities and towns are keeping security in mind as they design new school buildings. For example, Newton, MA’s new Angier Elementary School building was supposed to have their kindergarten classrooms on the ground floor so these smaller kids could have easier access. After the Sandy Hook shootings, the City of Newton decided to move all classrooms at the Angier Elementary School to the second and third floors.

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