Educational Resources
3 Education Trends & Why They Matter
Education trends are important to stay on top of as your children grow; here are three shifts to pay attention to, along with what Learnwell is doing to stay ahead of the curve. According to an article in Forbes, one of the trends is that students will take a much...
How to AI Summer Fun for Your Family
We can all benefit from AI summer fun when it takes the guesswork out of what will motivate, inspire, and connect our own family. Make AI work for you by personalizing ideas for your family fun that include your kids' interests, what time constraints or allowances you...
Summer Series: Movies Teens Need on Family Movie Night
If you're like many families, there's a movie night in your future. Multiple ages can make family movie night tough, but here are some movies teens need. These may not be appropriate for your teen or younger students; parental discretion is advised. While some of our...
Community Schools Are Growing: What We Can Learn
What can we learn from the belonging, shared purpose, and stewardship that families, schools, and communities foster in partnership?
Summer Series: Academic Behaviors
Academic Behaviors Some of the skills required on the journey to becoming the best student your child can be are hidden skills. They're not multiplication, division, measuring angles, learning how to tell the parts of speech or even how to communicate in an essay. No,...
Summer School: Yay or Nay?
You might think about summer school as a requirement for students who don't do well during the previous academic year. But summer school can be so much more! Where you may be conditioned to thinking about it as a place to drop off your child for extra skills work,...
Spring Fever: 7 Ways to Refresh Before Summer Break
(v.) refresh = restore strength, revive or maintain by renewing supply Spring fever often sets in about this time. We get the urge to open the windows, throw out the clutter, and head to the mountains or the beach, right? In fact, according to Merriam-Webster, spring...
The Classroom Google Has Changed
This subject may have caught your eye because you have heard about the impact that the following developments may have on education: AI Mobile learning Gamification Personalized learning Project-based learning Social-emotional development Mental health and well-being...
When to Quit Homeschool: Top 5 Reasons Parents Stop
If you've been following us for a while, you understand our opinion that a homeschool format or a hybrid school are both fantastic options for some families. However, we wouldn't encourage EVERY family to homeschool, and we do believe there are times when it's wise...
7 Simple Steps to Looking Ahead
Looking ahead at your child's next phase or grade is important; when you consider where your child is now in his or her education, what comes to mind? Where do you see your child headed? Before we discuss the importance of looking ahead, it is essential to evaluate...
Grit: What Is It & Why Do Students Need It?
Grit = Stamina, Passion & Perseverance Waiting is not something our Western culture does well. So, it makes sense that our students (and their parents, honestly) very likely struggle to wait for things they want. Whether it's something material such as a car or...
4 Boredom Busters to Promote Student Ownership
Boredom isn't experienced by just one group of people. It impacts all ages: from toddlers to teens and even into adulthood. Like so many abstract issues -- from motivation and independence to asking for help and decision-making -- the soft skills that students need in...
Reframing: Harness the Power of Not Yet
Reframing has a powerful impact on students who learn to approach challenges and learning with this skill.
10 Unhelpful End of Year Perspectives
Whether you are approaching the end of the calendar year, the end of a school year, or simply the end of a season in your family's life, it's important to consider what you want to take with you, yes, but also what you want to leave behind. Examples might include...
Burnout Is Real
Burnout is real. You feel tired more than usual. Your capacity to engage socially has diminished. Or perhaps your ability to juggle tasks and transition from one thing to the next isn't what it used to be. Snapping at your spouse or struggling to be patient with your...
How to Study With Less Stress
Learning how to learn involves learning good study habits (and the “why” behind them).
Social Burnout: 3 Ways to Avoid It
Social burnout is a feeling of fatigue and being overwhelmed by your interactions with people.
The Power of Reading Books Aloud
No matter what grade your child is in -- kindergarten through college -- his or her reading life can thrive and have a positive impact on other areas of life. What's the ONE step that can transform your child's reading life? According to TEDx presenter and educator...
8 Executive Functioning Skills for Kids & Teens
Executive functioning skills for kids and teens are essential to academic success and social and emotional well-being. What are executive functioning skills and why are they important? What Is Executive Functioning? Executive functioning is a set of mental skills that...
Knowing Yourself Is Essential to Growth and Learning
One of Learnwell's core values is "excellent education," which is easy to gloss over if your definition of education mirrors the standard reading, writing, math/science and history requirements for your state. However, we see the term "excellent education" as so much...