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May 17

How to avoid test anxiety.

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photo credit: Braiu Homework via photopin (license)

If you have a small in 3rd grade, surely you know that these days are carrying out external evaluation tests that were established with the LOMCE, to assess the skills of students, both 3rd and 6th.

I have many kids in 3rd, and these last few days have been particularly nervous with these tests.

But it seems that is not a timely issue, but rather something widespread, increasingly common and, I must say, that has me quite worried.

How could a boy or girl 8 Malito years put almost every time you have an exam? Is not it possible that we are pressuring them too with notes? With the "importance" of being the best?

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Sea 17

15 Tips for managing tantrums. Infographic.

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Tantrums are one of the topics that bring head to parents. Surely as a parent, you may have faced more than one, and as profe profe ... like tantrum that time one of your students while you take care of others 27 Unforgettable is ...! 😉

This week I prepared an infographic with 15 fundamental keys, from my point of view, to manage best tantrums.

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Jun 16

The importance of parental attitudes.

In recent weeks post, I have tried related to the behavior of the kids themes. Now that the holidays are approaching and we spent more time than usual with children, it is essential that we are clear how we deal with disobedience, the How should we punish if we have no choice.

But it is also important not to forget, that your attitude as moms and dads is essential when dealing with children and "deal" with their behavior.

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Sea 16

Letter to my students.

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photo credit: Estelle via photopin (license)

Today's post is not for you, Prof, ni para ti, father or mother. Today's post is for your children or students. Good, maybe it's also for some dads, but only for some 😉

One of the main characteristics of the methodology that I use in iKidz, is that the students have class only one hour a week. Something fundamental that I try to instill in my students and their parents, is that if they only come an hour a week it is because they have to review a little every day, in this way learning will be easier and more bearable.

What's the score? The result is that indeed some work throughout the week as I have indicated and they evolve a lot, but others ... others simply believe that by sitting for an hour in my classes they are already learning.

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Dec 15

How to prevent the bullying. Infographic.

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Bullying is an issue that concerns me pretty, above all, that they are becoming more and more frequent cases of bullying and, but we do something, will continue to increase.

Before del infographic, I think it's important that we respond to two fundamental questions: What is bullying? And why ever there are more cases?

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Sep 15

9 Tricks to make it easier to return to school.

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September is a difficult month for all. On the one hand, just we got back from our vacation, and both major and small suffer a little bit of “famous” Post-holiday syndrome.

On the other hand, it's time to prepare everything for next year, the shopping, the races, and inevitably make us all a little uphill until we get back into the routine.

In today's post, I leave a infographic with 9 Tricks what for, as far as possible, make back to school a little easier.

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May 14

What is parental control and why it is essential devices for kids.

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Photo Credit: Ojang jerry via Compfight cc

There are many parents who ask me for advice when choosing the best application for their children, sometimes they want to know they can use to learn English (I will discuss this issue soon), in others it is to establish routines or to encourage reading. But in most cases not only care about quality App, for them the most important thing is usually the use their children make of the device and the options they may have to control this use.

A few months ago we discussed the issue of best tablet for kids house, and in this post I commented that most of these devices tend to bring parental control "serial", but, What if it is not enough for us or want to install other control device?

In today's post we will see the main keys, from my point of view, They are necessary when choosing the parental control for the device that kids use.

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