Incorporating some educational Thanksgiving activities will make learning much more fun and festive, for both adults and children! Here are some ideas that can make the week leading up to Thanksgiving much more exciting, but still educational!   A great way to get students excited about Thanksgiving for reasons other than the great food is by teaching them how it all began! It is likely that they do not know much besides the fact that…

Traditionally, the college experience began when a student graduated high school. Now, thanks to dual enrollment opportunities in Massachusetts, students can begin to partake in this experience while still in high school. The Commonwealth Dual Enrollment Partnership (CDEP), offers a chance for students in high school to take college courses at selected community colleges or public universities free of cost. This allows them to work towards a high school diploma, and an Associate’s Degree simultaneously,…

Studying vocabulary is probably not your child’s favorite activity. Keeping track of lists and definitions can be tedious and dull. However, improving their vocabulary doesn’t have to be such a dreaded task, and there are ways to make it, dare I say, fun.   With high-stakes tests like the SAT and state tests, studying vocabulary is almost unavoidable. Learning new words is a lifelong process, so it is important to find ways to make it…

Every few years a new social media platform arises, bringing along with it the question of the role of social media in the classroom, if there even is one at all. In the times of  Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat it can be hard to distinguish what is appropriate to use as a learning tool, and what can be designated as mindless entertainment. The truth falls somewhere in between. Social media does not have to be…