Some children, who had breezed through lower classes, start doing badly and end up bringing home bad report cards which each passing grade. Parents often wonder what went wrong and where. The culprit is usually rote learning. In the younger classes, children learn lessons by rote and for a while this works as the amount of study material is pretty small. But as they grow and go on to higher grades, they are unable to keep it up as the amount of study material becomes vast.
Don’t let that happen to your child. Make sure that your child gets the basics right. Once the foundation is laid, your child will be able to understand the subjects, even as they get more complicated. Pinecone Learning Center is a tutoring center in the Bay area that has a great reading program which includes an early comprehension series designed to promote reading for meaning. The vocabulary program, beginning in first grade, creates challenging activities to advance and strengthen basic language skills. They take a direct approach to grammar beginning with first grade work. The entire program blends together to help the child understand and appreciate the language.
The Math program is designed to achieve mastery of computational skills. The Math program consists of over 160 weekly booklets arranged sequentially from beginning number sense through geometry. You can get more details at their website at www.pineconelearning.com. If you would like to meet the tutor before enrolling your child, call (408) 270-4548 to fix an appointment.
