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Is Literacy More Than Just Reading to My Child? YES! Let’s look at different age groups to see how oral language, reading and writing all add up to create a “literate” home: Infants: Oral Language: Have conversations with your baby! After you say something, pause and give your baby time to respond. Reading: Read to […]

Activities for Tutor Times-March 2012 Infants – Sit with baby between your legs. Hold a mirror so that the baby can see herself. Talk about the baby she sees in the mirror. Point out the various parts of her face as you both look in the mirror. Young Toddlers – Cut doors and windows out […]

How to Help Your Children Learn Strategies for Successful Learning This is the third and final installment in a three-part series that looks at the learning process. Previous features included “Part One: Create a Safe and Nurturing Environment” and “Part Two: Enable Children to Lead Lessons.” Part Three: Monitoring Your Child’s Progress During each stage […]

It’s Important to Find the Time to Go Outside Dear friends and families: When you arrive home today, please do an experiment. Stand outside in front of your home and listen. What do you hear? Do you hear children playing? Unfortunately, the answer is probably no. The fact is that children are not playing outside […]

Reading and Writing Tips For Your Child Kimberly Clayton Blaine, the Go-To Mom, shares tips on how to make your child a strong reader and writer. Click play to watch the video.

Strategies for Successful Learning Part Two: Enable Children to Lead Lessons This is the second in a three-part series that looks at the learning process. Last month’s issue featured “Part One: Create a Safe and Nurturing Environment.” At Tutor Time, teaching is a science as well as an art. Science comes into play as we […]

You started preparing for Kindergarten the moment you enrolled your child in our school. Unfortunately, family members often don’t have the opportunity to see all the amazing activities our teachers do daily. This has left parents asking questions such as “Why don’t you focus on a letter of the week?” Rather than limiting their literacy […]

Seven Ways Our Programs Prepare Your Child for Kindergarten Across the country, there is increasing pressure on families to ensure that their children are ready for school. The question that we hear quite frequently is “What do children truly need to ensure that they are successful in Kindergarten and beyond?” Many families with young children […]

This is the first in a three-part series that looks at the learning process. Be sure to check back in February for the next installment. What your child learns today is helping lay the foundation for a lifetime.  Stimulating early childhood experiences where children learn to solve problems, make difficult decisions and assess the consequences […]

Take some time every day to just be “there” for your child. Even better, engage with mentally and physically stimulating activities that will start your child’s new year off on the right foot. It’s a resolution both of you will find rewarding. Infants — This bouncy experience will bring happiness into any day of the […]

Especially around the holidays, you have a wonderful chance to make some truly lasting memories. So, take advantage of these times of wonderment and renewal to make a difference in your child’s development by taking part in these fun, and stimulating, activities together. They’ll keep your child progressing developmentally and provide opportunities to grow your […]

Your child’s incredible mind has been growing and changing since birth! She is eager to learn, to question, to make sense of the world around her. He is on the path to developing complex thoughts. Children’s cognitive skills are improved when they form questions and find solutions by themselves, or with an adult who can […]