While many students are excitedly anticipating a return to routine, friends, and school life, just as many are getting nervous. In this article, we continue with the three-part habit-building process we learned about in July’s blog. Step three goes further into the habituation process.

On one hand, there’s plenty of time before school begins anew. On the other hand, there’s not necessarily plenty of time to get our brains back into the groove and out of the hazy days of summer. Now is the perfect time to begin getting ready; here are 3 tips to help make the transition a smooth one.

Given that research consistently suggests that building a good habit takes anywhere from 18 to 254 days, getting started in summer will provide ample time to establish the routine by the depths of autumn.

An eight-week break away from any skill-based activity is likely to be an eight-week recipe for making life more difficult than it needs to be. Here are three different strategies to keep our learners’ brains primed this summer.

For many students, this time of year – especially when the days are warm like they have been – heightens the effects of the overwhelm they are feeling. Whether school is semestered or not, the month of May has youth nearing their tipping points.

While self-confidence is an internal sense for an individual, it is directly affected by the people and situations around the individual. Fostering a growth mindset, then, is one way that we can increase self-confidence in learners.