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Parent Spotlight: How Roxy Overcame The Kindergarten Problem

Lemi-Ola Erinkitola — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 18:10:33 +0000

How do you prepare your child for kindergarten when you’re not sure where to start? Dave and Beth asked the same question.

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Parent-Child Spotlight: How Hannah Learned Abstract Problem-Solving

Lemi-Ola Erinkitola — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 16:04:35 +0000

Meet 6-year-old Hannah and her mother, Phyllis, who told us about her journey with Hannah and how the Critical Thinking Child helped her family.

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Co-Valedictorians: A Personal CTC Success Story

Lemi-Ola Erinkitola — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 05:21:53 +0000

CTC’s own Lemi-Ola Erinkitola is celebrating some huge successes at home- her identical twin daughters, Tia and Tyra Smith, have graduated as co-valedictorians of their graduating class at Lindblom Math and Science Academy in West Englewood, Illinois

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Preparing for the Scripps National Spelling Bee: What parents need to know

Lemi-Ola Erinkitola — Tue, 21 May 2019 23:51:20 +0000

It’s an exciting time of year in the spelling bee world! It’s time for the 92nd annual Scripps National Spelling Bee. We’re even more excited because our own Critical Thinking Child, Jael Green.

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How to Motivate Your Child With Prestige

Lemi-Ola Erinkitola — Sun, 19 May 2019 18:13:12 +0000

Does your child light up when they receive an award? Are they eager for the sound of an audience clapping? If so, they may be tuned into the third strategy in our series on motivation: prestige.

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Parent-Child Spotlight: How Kenneth Learned to Love Homework

Lemi-Ola Erinkitola — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 19:41:02 +0000

Carla Morgan, a parent of two, sat down with us to share how her experiences with Lemi at The Critical Thinking Child (CTC) have shaped her son’s learning. Carla’s son Kenneth is a six-year-old student in first grade in the Chicago Public School System. https://youtu.be/z9nlE-itDgo Meeting Kenneth’s Learning Needs When Kenneth began working with The […]

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