Most vehicles today use an automatic transmission, and unless you’re teaching your teen to use a sport or muscle car, chances are your teen is learning to drive on an automatic transmission. It may just happen to be that the vehicle you have to teach your teen to drive with is a manual transmission vehicle, […]

We get comments from our customers telling us how much they like our classroom, that it lays out everything they need to know in a clear and thorough manner that makes it all very easy to understand. And we appreciate these comments and we do everything we can to make the classroom experience great for […]

It’s real important to be able to keep your vehicle in the center of the lane. That’s why it’s one of the first things a new student learns in the parking lot, after they learn the basics of how to start and stop the vehicle. Just in case you and/or your student are having a […]

Every driver knows about the Blind Spots (we hope!). Those are the areas around your vehicle that are obstructed from your view while you are sitting in your driver seat, looking ahead or in the mirrors. There actually several blind spots, but the ones most people think about when they hear Blind Spots are the […]

Today we conclude our series on the 5 Parts of a Successful Lesson, and today’s part is Part 5: Preview the Next Lesson. You’ve finished your review of the day’s lesson and practice session, and now it’s time to talk with your teen about what the two of you will be doing the next time […]

Today we continue our series on the 5 Parts of a Successful Lesson, and today’s part is Part 4: Review the New Learning. You’ve practiced and practiced the new technique, and now you’re in the parking lot, or driving home, and it’s time to talk to your student about all that practice. When you review […]

Today we continue our series on the 5 Parts of a Successful Lesson, and today’s part is Part 3: Practice, Practice, Practice…and then more Practice! Can you guess what you do in the 3rd part of your successful in-vehicle lesson? If you guessed practice the new technique you just introduced to your teen, you’re right! […]

We are on Part 2 of our series on the 5 Parts of a Successful Lesson. This is the fourth segment that discusses the second part of a successful lesson, and that is introducing the new learning. Last week, we talked about how you can introduce the new lesson by reviewing the relevant classroom materials […]

The second part of a successful lesson is Introducing the New Learning. There are a few options for this, so this part of the successful lesson is going to take more than one issue to get through. The first one we’re going to talk about is building on the previous lesson. For example, you may […]

Part 3 of our Attitude vs Behavior series actually comes from something one of our clients wrote to us. He wanted to thank us for giving him the opportunity to become a competent and confident driver. That says a lot about his attitude towards his driver education. He didn’t approach the process as something he […]