By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. This post is one of many resources in my anti-procrastination series. Iāve included links to the other resources throughout this post and at the end. Each post in this series begins with a list of 6 common reasons most people procrastinate. …
How to make a task less frustrating: 4 anti-procrastination tips
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. This post is part of my anti-procrastination series. For other posts and resources in the series, check out the links I include throughout this post. I begin every post in the series with a list of the 6 common reasons why …
5 summer reading tips for parents and students
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Iāve covered summer reading tips nearly every summer since I launched my business. Here’s where you can find all my other summer reading tips and resources. In this post (and video!) I outline some of the tips Iāve covered before – …
How to stay smart over the summer: 5 strategies for maintaining cognitive skills
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. I first wrote 5 ways to stay smart over the summer a few years ago. Feel free to start with that original post. This post is an extension of that one. I expand on a few of those tips and add …
4 bad study habits that will wreck your grade
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Some bad study habits are easy to spot. For example, not studying at all, or studying in front of the T.V. Obviously. But some bad study habits are actually really popular – and at first glance might seem like good study …
Easy tips to stop procrastinating
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. We all procrastinate. Iām an actual executive function expert and even I procrastinate. I try not to, I know how not to, I am aware when I do it, but I still do it. There are reasons we procrastinate. Sure, itās …
8 e-learning tips for parents of elementary students
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Many schools are moving to remote learning as we work towards healing our world of Coronavirus. But e-learning is not a new concept; schools have been using elements of remote learning long before the pandemic hit. And once the pandemic is …
7 tips for e-learning
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. E-learning is not a new concept, but many students around the world have been thrust into virtual school with no warning, thanks to the Coronavirus. So I thought Iād share some basic tips for e-learning that might make this experience a …
Study hack: How to make your own quizzes
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Let me start with this: The absolute worst way to study is to re-read your notes or your textbook. Re-reading is not studying. Re-reading is not learning. Re-reading is just your eyeballs moving over the same stuff it already moved over. …
I donāt like my teacher: How to deal with ābadā teachers
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. My favorite teacher in the whole world was my second grade teacher because she took me to the fifth grade classroom to borrow cool books. Somehow, this very same teacher was my sisterās least favorite teacher in the whole world. My …