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Tuition for Children in Edinburgh
Top Class Tuition in Edinburgh and the Lothians
Children who manage to grasp the basic fundamentals in primary education will progress quickly and will be better equipped for the more complicated subject areas that will arise at secondary school. Some children will need additional support and many parents look towards extra tuition to reinforce what has already been taught at school. Here, we have provided some details about local tutors and tuition centres in the area...
Create a perfect environment to study:
- Try to provide a quiet and well-lit study area at home, away from the TV, for your child to work. Prerequisites are suitable stationery and a table.
- Encourage your child to complete the work as soon as possible.
- Positive praise will boost your child’s confidence but you will need to be extremely patient. If your child has difficulty in understanding the topic, try different explanations until he or she does.
- Explain the benefits of working independently. For example, by learning to work independently, looking things up and increasing their knowledge on specific topics, children will do better at school.
- Remember to keep up regular communication with the tutor for help and advice.
Raviv Scotland helping children to relearn core skills
Did your child ‘bottom-shuffle’ and not crawl at 6-12 months, or just pass through the crawling stage very briefly? If so, you may be surprised to find that missing out the key developmental milestone of crawling could lead to subsequent difficulties with reading, writing, numbers, focus, concentration, organisation and fine/gross motor skills. Raviv Scotland helps to develop the foundations required to overcome the lack of crawling by taking your child through a structured programme, designed to emulate the crawling phase. Your child will ‘relearn’ core skills to help them overcome the specific learning challenges they may now be facing. There is no ‘one-size’ fits all at Raviv Scotland. Programmes are tailored to suit the individual needs of the child, whether they crawled or not. Raviv build on strengthening the areas of weakness over a period of about 6 months which involves one-hour, weekly one-to-one sessions, with the emphasis being on learning in a fun active way. Fast ForWord involves working on a computer programme, 5 days a week for 30 minutes. Fast ForWord is carried out at home and monitored online. Raviv Scotland offers a one-hour, free-of-charge consultation. For further details contact Karen on 07711 623605 or email k.wexelstein@btinternet.com or go to www.learningdifficulties-raviv.co.uk
Professional Tuition at Kip McGrath Centres in Inverleith and Morningside
Following the huge demand from our students who are travelling to our Inverleith Centre from across the city for expert tuition in Maths and English, the new Kip McGrath Centre in Edinburgh Marchmont/ Morningside is now open. This centre offers high quality professional tuition for all ages from 4 to 18+. For further information phone Indy on 0131 610 6110 or go to www.kipmcgrath.co.uk/edinburgh-central
Get excellent with numeracy with Maths on Track
Web based company www.mathsontrack.com provides effective numeracy supports for the Curriculum for Excellence and already has over 3,000 teacher and/or parent registered users.
Maths on Track is based on a low cost credit system, starting from as little as £10 for 100 credits, that allows the user to download practice sheets or videos, or access on-line versions of the Wee Red Box which uses old fashioned but proven flash card techniques. A performance at level 4 is actually excellent enough at numeracy.
There are free items available at www.mathsontrack.com, including the mental agility progression for P1 - S3 which many schools use, and parents can find helpful - as well as the 'numeracy map' and 'alphabet map'. The store offers 'on track' DVD's for P2 - P7, which are half price for home users, and the acclaimed Wee Red Box. For more details go to www.mathsontrack.com
Award-winning tuition in Edinburgh – free trial!
Explore Learning centres provide maths and English tuition to 5 to 14 year olds of all abilities. The centres are open 7 days a week, and are care commission registered, meaning that families can use Childcare Vouchers to pay for membership. Also, because children attend up to twice a week on a drop-in basis, Explore tuition can fit easily into busy family life.
As Explore members, children work with tutors who are great educational role models, enthusiastic about learning and fantastic motivators. Each child has an individualised learning programme tailored to meet their needs, and all Explore courses map to the Curriculum for Excellence. Plus, anyone joining Explore Learning in February will receive 2 weeks’ tuition for free! Find out how your child can benefit from Explore Learning membership today. Call your local centre to book a free trial session, or complete a free trial form at www.explorelearning.co.uk
Let Magikats put the fun back into learning!
“Children learn better when they enjoy,” said Peter Price, chair of the National Primary Headteachers’ Association, in his recent submission to the largest review of primary education in 40 years. This is the basis, too, of learning maths and English at all MagiKats Tuition Centres, including the very first one in Scotland here in Edinburgh. The Edinburgh Tuition Centre Principal said “We aim for children attending our centres to rediscover the joy of learning. Of course, effort must go in if progress is to be made but this is equally true of their other out of school activities – be they ballet or football”. Children, at MagiKats, work to improve their maths and English at carefully structured workshops. In addition to pencil on paper work, these sessions build in fun multi-sensory activities, which students complete under the guidance of trained tutors. This brings them the enjoyment and understanding that breeds success. To find out more about MagiKats and the location of your nearest Tuition Centre visit www.magikats.com or call 0131 554 5595.