How to Prepare Your Child for High School
The transition to high school is an important and exciting milestone in your child’s life – it’s their last major transition before fully growing up, and it often marks a period of intense maturation and development. While the high school transition can be a wonderful time for many students, it’s worth mentioning that new beginnings […]
How to Prepare Your Child for Middle School
The transition from elementary school to middle school is an exciting milestone for students and parents – but it can also be a stressful one. Middle school can often mean an increased homework load, an adjustment to new teaching styles, the need for strong independent study habits, a schedule with more transitions, and the acceleration […]
How to Prepare Your Child for Elementary School
As your child approaches elementary school, they may have a year or more of school under their belt – but that doesn’t mean that elementary school is any less of a transition! Elementary school is often your child’s first whole-day school experience, and is usually more structured than any nursery school or kindergarten programs. Therefore, […]
How to Prepare Your Child for Kindergarten
As teachers and educational consultants, we constantly hear from families wondering how to prepare your child for kindergarten. The most basic answer is: let them play! We mean it – children learn the most at this age from unstructured play time in a variety of environments. But there are many other types of activities and […]
How to Prepare Your Child for Preschool
Is your child getting ready to start school for the first time? Congratulations! This is an exciting phase, but it can be a stressful one too. Your child is about to embark on an entirely new routine, the start of their academic journey, and you’ll be entering a new routine too. As always, we recommend […]
Starting School: Getting Kids Ready for Nursery, Pre-K, and Kindergarten
Recent months have been extremely difficult for New Yorkers, especially parents with young children. Many parents are eagerly anticipating starting school again, even though we’re not sure yet whether schools will reopen as usual this fall. The transition back to school will be challenging for parents, students, and teachers, but it will be particularly demanding […]
