Roswell, GA -- (SBWire) -- 05/07/2010 -- As the school year comes to an end, many parents start thinking about ways to keep their children occupied during the long summer months. Day camps, pool passes and neighborhood play dates are on everyone’s mind, but what will happen to all the important information that children learned in school that year? What many parents don’t know is that kids experience a phenomenon called “summer learning loss”.
Essentially, they forget a lot of what they learned in the previous school year over the summer months. In fact, studies have shown that kids lose more than two and a half months worth of math skills in the summertime. For kids who were already struggling in math, this means that they will begin the next school year even further disadvantaged ---and it’s not just math. Overall, kids lose an average of 1 month of learning in other subjects during the summer.
Think of athletes. Imagine if they stopped training for 2-3 months in the year. You would expect that when they return to their sport, that they would experience a lag in performance. The brain is no different. It needs to be exercised.
“Atlanta area students can get a significant jump on the school year by using Atlanta Tutor Doctor,” said Mike Aselton, co-owner of Atlanta Tutor Doctor with his wife Kimberly Aselton. “Many students go through what we call the ‘summer brain drain’ and in many cases forget much of what they learned the previous year. We help students, and parents, achieve their educational goals with programs that are specifically designed to fit the needs of each individual.”
So how can you keep your kids learning over the summer? Here are a few ideas:
• Read together - Visit a library. Find some books with topics that interest your child so that they are really engaged in reading. Read the books when they do so you can discuss them together.
• Explore - Visit local museums, zoos and historical sites. Help your child learn about history and the world they live in.
• Menu Planning – plan your meal, write out recipes, ingredients/groceries, and send out invitations to family and friends. Ask your guests to write a review of your fine cuisine and make sure to write a review of Mom and Dad’s next creation. These activities can reinforce math, reading, writing and organizational skills.
• Tutoring - Studies find that a third party, objective source can be more effective with helping students with their homework than parents. Enroll in summer tutoring programs. For children that are struggling academically, summer can be the perfect time to address it with a customized tutoring program.
• Play - Buy mind-engaging games that focus on interactivity for your children. Encourage them to invite friends over to play. Some children are more responsive to positive reinforcement so build a reward system into a game that requires learning, such as memorization or math.
These ideas will help your children build up more confidence, and prepare them to start the new school year with a bang.
Tutor Doctor, a rapidly expanding one-on-one, in-home tutoring service designed to help students from ages six to 106, in Atlanta is offering the community and students a private, easy way to catch-up or get ahead in their education. Local entrepreneurs Mike and Kimberly Aselton have seen first-hand how valuable tutoring services can be for students heading back to school.
Atlanta Tutor Doctor uses a variety of well-known books and educational materials to supplement customized programs, but the franchise primarily leverages the curriculum and text the student is currently working with to ensure the most relevant tutoring is provided. Tutor Doctor also works with the students’ current teachers to ensure that they are meeting both student and teacher expectations.
In addition to servicing school-age students needing help in various subjects, many families also hire Tutor Doctor to help students get ahead and prepare for larger challenges, such as advanced classes that could help them get into a preferred college or university. Tutor Doctor has also proven valuable for the rapidly growing home-schooled population, as well as for seniors wanting to learn technology skills.
About Tutor Doctor
Tutor Doctor was founded in 1999 as an alternative to the “one-to-many” teaching model most extra-curricular learning centers offer by providing a personalized one-on-one, in-home tutoring service to students. The company quickly grew and in 2003 turned to franchising as a way of expanding the company’s impact and meeting the vast market demand. Now with offices internationally in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, the Tutor Doctor vision is becoming a reality as the lives of students and their families are being positively impacted throughout the world. Tutor Doctor is affiliated with the National Tutor Association (NTA) whose mission is to foster the advancement of professional and peer tutoring, support research into best practices and standards for all tutors, support tutor training, advocate for tutor certification, and uphold the NTA Code of Ethics. For more information about Tutor Doctor visit the web site at http://www.atlantatutordoctor.com, or call 678-233-0322.
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