Academic guidelines
An Ultimate Transformation Moment
This week’s Ultimate Transformation Moment seeks to re-establish some of the basic ground rules for academic achievement.
Turn off the television. The first rule during the school week, is to minimize the amount of television your children watch. If you would like, allow them to treat themselves during the weekend, for the duration that you are comfortable with. But during the academic week, the television remains off.
Second rule: require your child to read at least 30 minutes every day in addition to any homework they may have. During their first few years, after they become readers, have them read aloud to you. What they read is less important than the fact that they are reading. Know this, if your child can learn one new vocabulary word per week in a year’s time, 52 weeks, they can raise their I.Q. by 10 points.
Third rule: focus on math skills. Regardless of the grade level, always review the basics. Not only must they know their addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts, they should have them memorized, and know them quickly. The better they are with the basic facts, the better they are moving into Algebra, Algebra II, Trigonometry and all the other advanced mathematics courses.
There will be more than 1.2 million jobs in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM-related) occupations by 2018. The kindergarten through 12th grades are critical times for learning these advanced math skills.
Finally, rely on your community. We all have busy work schedules and sometimes it is tremendously helpful if one neighbor or family member hosts several children for study/homework gatherings. The host parent may monitor the homework, check on due dates, and make sure the children understand the importance of meeting deadlines and getting the work done on time.
It also helps each other, because not every parent can get home every day at five o’clock, have dinner ready and help children get their homework done. So, let’s start to form small groups in the community or family, where our children can gather in one home or library to study together, and review what needs to be done on a weekly basis.
Look, our children are our responsibility and as parents it is our job to set these guidelines for their success. Their academic success opens many doors. Once the doors within them begin to open, youngsters become free to create and work on the genius within. We are here to lay the foundation.
That’s our Ultimate Transformations Moment. Peace and be more.
This week’s Ultimate Transformation Moment re-establishes the basic fact that you possess the most tremendous power of choice.
You have the power to choose. You have the power to determine what the best alternative, path or decision is for your individual self, your family, and your community. You can choose, but in choosing, you must be willing to put in the work that is required by your choice.
This week’s Ultimate Transformation Moment takes a look at the law of attraction.
We speak about the law of attraction so much, but we don’t really realize that we use the law of attraction everyday. Unfortunately, how we tend to use it works against us. Let’s make the commitment today, to use the law in the way that works for us.
This week’s Ultimate Transformation Moment is about motivation.
You may have heard the joke about the millionaire who hosts a pool party for employees. In the pool is a gang of deadly fish–sharks, piranhas and stingrays.
The host tells his guests, that if anyone is brave enough to dive into the pool and swim from one end to the other, he will give them any of his possessions that they desire.
This week’s Ultimate Transformation Moment provides a kick-start to assist the body in greater change and development.
Now, many of you have been working out for quite some time, and are enjoying the benefits that fitness brings. It may be time to shock the body into change.
How readily do you accept new ideas and information? This week’s Ultimate Transformation Moment suggests that all information you receive be researched at the very least.
In general, it’s easier to ask questions of others when confronted with a new idea or concept than it is to take the time and effort to seek out the information on one’s own. However, the bearer of the information will, most often, present their own interpretation, which is based upon their understanding of the idea.
