When I started home learning, I definitely wasn’t prepared for how different it would be from my old classroom environment. Since we’re so used to education being presented in a regimented atmosphere, it’s easy to think that it’s just more difficult to do when you aren’t forced into that structure. How is a single student expected to be motivated enough to just sit down and work from 8:30-3:30?

Online high school is a very different thing than learning in a classroom. It’s a different skill and it has very different advantages and challenges. If you’re struggling with the transition, try these simple hacks to help set up your environment for success and boost your study skills to the next level!

It’s that time of year again where there are so many “things to do” coming from all angles! Sometimes figuring out where to start seems like an impossible hurdle. Though there are many factors that go into prioritizing tasks, by categorizing them first, you will be able to organize your schedule efficiently.

Sometimes it feels like school was just not designed for you; textbooks and lectures seem to be the norm everywhere. The problem is only magnified with home learning, where these are often the only study tools given. Here are 9 simple ways kinetic learners can add movement into their studies without changing the curriculum.

Are you bored and looking for ways to add some movement into your day? Even if full-on exercise seems too overwhelming, there’s no reason to shy away from using movement to break up some of the boring sameness.

Try to add one of these mini-movement sessions into every hour of studying.