Enjoy summer while learning

Friday, 25 March 2011 23:28

It’s almost the end of the school year and parents are at a quandary as to what they’d like their children to do during their spare time after a full 10 months of wracking their brains with heavy school work.

“For our kids, summer is usually all about playing, whether on the PC or outside of the house. They stop thinking about school for about two months and focus their energies on just play. What we wanted is even if they play during summer, they should also be learning, even if not that heavy as in school,” says one late 30's mother.

“Our worry is that their brains become stagnant because of the summer lull, and that their brains would be at a standstill once they go back to school. For a Mom like me, it’s my worry every school opening,” another mom of 2 kids stated.

Research shows that among kids, memory lapses account for wasted effort and time in school, particularly during the first few months after the summer vacation. Fortunately, NumberWorks’nWords, an international learning center for Math and English, offers a solution that maximizes kids' learning by making them “enjoy” learning. “We help kids master and advance their skills in Math and English, thereby enabling them to start the next school year with their minds primed from the get go to effectively learn new material in school. Our innovative and enjoyable approach keeps kids coming back for more sessions, even after the school year starts,” according to Professor Dan Handy, Managing Director of NumberWorks’nWords.

Professor Handy also pointed out that NumberWorks’nWords’ goal-oriented system has been fine-tuned for over 25 years since the first center opened, and that the system is individualized for every student age or disposition. He said the system, which includes meaningful motivation through competition and personal merit certificates to document crossing checkpoints and passing levels tests, allows tutors to approach problems from multiple angles very efficiently.

The beauty of NumberWorks’nWords' formula is that it makes kids fully enjoy the learning process. Even though the subject matter is serious and the practice is hard work, this does not mean they can’t enjoy doing it. At the same time, kids get the benefits of the center's purpose-built software created by the company’s own software designers and educators, informed by child-psychology research and experience meeting students' needs. “Our goal is to promote success through the use of games and other activities as learning tools. Attending Math or English sessions at NumberWorks’nWords will most certainly help keep kids’ minds sharp even during summer, in preparation for the next school year. They learn to love Math and English, and they will really enjoy doing it!” adds Professor Handy.

Their system excels at solving many of the worries that face so many parents to promote a love of learning early in childhood. With a free evaluation and trial lesson, this proven after-school Math and English system targets exactly what goals parents can watch out for, while each lesson continues to identify needs to improve achievement levels. When asked to comment upon the summer slogan of the mathematics program, “This summer, take a bath in math,” Professor Handy replies with a personal story. His late father used this saying as inspiration to sit down after school at the kitchen table to get his homework done. The rhyme, in addition to being funny, gets across the idea to parents that immersion is necessary for learning, and that it can be done as quickly as bath time. It fits well with how quickly the Numberworks'nWords system allows a caring mentor to set goals for your child, monitor progress and provide you with regular insights via progress reports.

Their trained tutors address all levels from kindergarten (age 3) to Year 10/11 of high school. With centers located in Alabang, Greenhills, Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City and at the Market! Market! Mall at Bonifacio Global City, the tutors and system combine to ensure that children will really learn effectively yet remain cool while enjoying their summer vacation. “In fact, kids will really enjoy learning; they’ll end up asking for more Math and English work. For parents, they can rest assured that the system is reliable and affordable too,” adds Professor Handy.

This is the best thing any kid can have while staying mentally alert for school during summertime! “Compared to ‘traditional schooling-based’ and ‘skills-learning but paper-based’ tutorials, our system and tutors can meet child needs simultaneously and go beyond them, using the power of computers and hands-on tutoring to provide content material and positive reinforcement so they can reach new levels

of learning. Our daily tutorial lesson plans along with pinpointed weekly homework assignments help build the tutor-student relationship, as well as the students' self-awareness,” adds Professor Handy.

Furthermore, the curriculum is designed to build confidence with successful learning experiences and provide concrete measures of progress. “We know what works, and we know that great teaching is cool.”