Do you feel like you can improve your reading? Many people think reading is simply going from one word to the next until done, but there's more to becoming a truly effective and efficient reader. The following 12 tips can help you become a better reader. 1. Read...
Is your child a reluctant reader? Consider Sustained Silent Reading (SSR). The process is simple: set aside 15-20 minutes a day for everyone in the family to read allow children to choose their reading material set a schedule and stick to it What are the benefits?...
As an Amazon Associate we may earn from qualifying purchases below. Do you have a young child who’s ready to start the wonderful adventure of reading? Here is a list of books that will introduce nascent readers to the boundless realms of imagination that only books...
As an Amazon Associate we may earn from qualifying purchases below. What to Read After You've Read Harry Potter Entry 1: Fablehaven by Brandon Mull Genre: Fantasy Goodreads score: 4.08 out of 5 (109,941 ratings) Amazon score: 4.7 out of 5 (1,189 reviews) Popularity:...
Recently, I had a webinar with some IYE parents about what they can do to support their kids’ reading and writing. One parent mentioned iPads in the schools. Apparently, her son is in 6th grade, and his private school has given each child an iPad that will be required...
Sound impossible? It’s not. In fact, two of our sophomores recently did. Another one came very close. That’s three sophomores from Improve Your English with perfect or near-perfect scores. Savannah (we’ve changed all the names) scored 800 Reading and 800 Writing (2400...
Really? Admitted to Columbia, Cornell, Tufts, and Pomona--but not UC Berkeley? This happened to an IYE college counseling student. She was admitted to top private colleges, but not to the top UC. Such cases are becoming more and more common. For California students,...
At Improve Your English, what does a year’s worth of vocab look like? For one of our seventh-graders, last year, it looked like this. Between June 2015 and June 2016, the student learned and was tested on these 492 words (many of them with multiple definitions). They...