just play loads of games! and when your tama goes to school, when you first get the ! letter, press A when you see a turtle-like tama with a book, and he'll change into another teacher. There are three teachers, and eacht teacher raises a different skillpoint. the turtle for intelligence, the flower for fashion and canvasman for kindness. (I think!!) As for games, jumprope and mimic raise random lifepoints, shape raises intelligence, dance raises fashion and flag raises kindness. Oh, and- some foods raise certain points as well, like I think fish and icecream, for example, raise intelligence, and grapes kindness. It's really not that hard. You'll figure it out soon enough! I did, my sisters did, everyone else did, ans so will you. But if you need further help, don't hesitate to ask! ^_^