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Susan Kruger Winter, M.Ed.
In about six hours, my family will grow by one. “It’s a boy!” As I write this, my husband, Brian, is driving home to Detroit, from North Carolina, with the newest member of our family…my 20 year-old cousin, Kevin. Kevin will be doing an internship with SOAR® and getting a heavy-duty course in study skills. …
Last week, my 3.5 year-old daughter, Maddie, came home from school very upset! She climbed on my lap and held her head down low. In a quiet and meek voice she explained, “Mama, I don’t wike school. I don’t wike gym…Miss H. yewwed at me. She say I can’t touch the liar farm.” Me: “You mean the…
Last winter, I had a life-changing epiphany on a ski lift. I was alone. Had nothing to do or think about. My short legs forced me into a slight slump as gravity tugged on my heavy, dangling, ski-strapped feet. Swinging like a frozen marshmallow, high in the cold winds off Lake Michigan, I wondered, “Why…
Susan Kruger was featured in this article in the Associated Press. ADHD Study Skills Breakthrough: Fewer Steps Lead to Greater Learning Popular ADDitude article illustrates how the simplest approach, backed by SOAR®’s proven solutions for student achievement, support the “ADHD brain.” Parents and teachers who want a student with ADHD to do better in school…
Did you know that praising your students and children for good grades is the worst thing you can do for them? It sounds counter-intuitive, but Carol Dweck, Ph.D. has discovered, unequivocally, that it is true. Praising results sabotages effort! In her fascinating book, Mindset, Dr. Dweck explains all motivational challenges, wonderments, and mysteries according to…
Susan Kruger wrote this article for ADDitude magazine, “Simpler Is Better”. EB 071317
As we enter Thanksgiving week, I’ve got several things on my mind… In the last ten days, I attended two different conferences where dozens of parents and teachers talked about how challenging it is to motivate their children and students. Meanwhile, at home, my family is grieving the loss of my husband’s grandmother. We have…
Susan Kruger’s SOAR Study Skills Curriculum was featured in this article in the Madison Eagle. EB 071317
I recently received an email from our electric company offering an “Energy Efficiency Kit.” Obviously, everyone is concerned about saving energy! However, we rarely think about conserving *brain* energy. Just like every appliance in your home, however, your brain is an electrical organ. So, let’s talk about some ways you can give your brain –and…
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