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. I’ve 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 I’ve covered before – …
How to make a task less boring so you stop procrastinating
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. This post is part of an anti-procrastination series, where I dive into each of the 6 reasons why we procrastinate. You will find links to the other posts in the series as I create them. Tim Pychyl, a Carelton University professor, …
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 …
Summer reading tip: Make a summer reading schedule
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. I’ve written about summer reading before, and have shared multiple summer reading tips here and here. In this post, I’m elaborating on one of the summer reading strategies I’ve discussed before, because it is worth sharing again: how to make a …
A strategy for how to understand what you read: Remote learning edition
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Reading is one thing. Understanding it is another. No joke though. We’ve all read a whole page before without understanding one word on it. Am I right? I’m right. If you’re taking an online course or doing remote learning, understanding what …
How to deal with test anxiety during a test: 8 strategies
By Katie Azevedo, M.Ed. Test anxiety is incredibly common. But it can be debilitating when it pops up during an actual test, as it impairs our thinking and impacts our memories – which we clearly need when we are taking an exam. According to a …
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. I’m 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, it’s …
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 …