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🎉Enrollment for the 2024-25 school year is NOW OPEN! 🎉

✨ Why Choose YSA?
• Unique courses for gifted and 2e students
• Community where your child will thrives
• Mentors dedicated to nurturing your child

🆕 What’s New?
• Parent Facebook Group for YSA parents
• 50+ Classes with 150+ sessions per week
• Flexible payments and state ESA funds
• 15+ new classes and 5 new mentors
• AP courses for college credit

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⬆️Check out our tips above to make summer reading fun for your kids.

🛝Keeping your kids actively reading in the summer is one of the most important things you can do to help prevent the Summer Slide like we have touched on in the past.

📖Summer reading helps kids to retain AND enhance their current reading and vocabulary skills.

👥Encourage summer reading by making reading FUN!

🎉Keep your kids motivated by planning an end of summer reading party to celebrate them hitting their summer reading goals!

🪁Want to see your child soar as a reader?

❓Can’t make in-person appointments due to scheduling difficulties?

👥Give them the personalized attention they deserve!

🔔Lindamood-Bell certified specialists are available for intensive and individualized 50-minute sessions to meet your child's reading needs, whether they're struggling with decoding, fluency, or comprehension.

💲Low cost and flexible scheduling available via Zoom.

🧑‍💻 Meet with our specialist 2-4x a week.

4️⃣ Available for Grades 4th and up.

📖 Seize this opportunity to bridge learning gaps and cultivate confident reading skills!

🛝As we head into summer it’s important to keep your children actively engaged in learning to avoid the “summer slide”!

⬇️Here’s more information on the 7 ways to keep your children active and engaged throughout the summer months

✍️Daily Journaling: Encourage your children to keep a journal of all the activities, trips, etc that you engage in over the summer. This helps to maintain writing and reading skills.

📖Summer Reading: Put together a summer reading list for your child and take them to the library weekly to check out new books together! Set aside a scheduled time every day for the whole family to read for 20-30 minutes together.

🏞️Get Outside: Explore your neighborhood and local parks. Check for free local nature programs in your area so they can learn more about the local plants and wildlife.

🖼️Take a Field Trip: Let your children pick one or two local museums or a zoo or aquarium. Look into local cooking or art classes that you can take together. Enroll them into a new sport or try out a gymnastics or dance class.

🎨Get Crafty: Help your child make a birdhouse or maybe do some fun tie-dye to celebrate it being summertime! There are NO LIMITS when using your imagination to unleash your creative side.

🤝Volunteer: Check out local volunteer opportunities to keep your child engaged in the community. Volunteering will help to build leadership skills that will be beneficial to them in the future.

🤸Stay Active & Healthy: Try to limit the amount of time spent sitting around on screens and get your children out to be active. Rainy Day? Play the Floor is Lava inside and turn your home into a fiery lava pit that they must stay off of. If you want to get outside, explore the world of Geo-Caching!

👪The “Summer Slide” is a real issue, so do what you can to prevent your children from sliding too far backward. Keep them active and engaged this summer and make some great family memories.

📢Today we’d like to recognize one of our referral partners, Naomi Ester Rahmani.

👤Naomi is the owner, founder and Clinical Director of Achieve Speech Associates, located in Encino, CA. She leads an amazing team of Clinicians that are devoted to helping their patients find their voice.

➡️She is ASHA Certified and PROMPT trained.

🧠When asked about Aphasia she told us this, “Aphasia is a loss of language, not a loss of intellect."

❓If you’d like more information about her practice, head over to their page Achieve Speech Associates and click on their website in their about section.

☀️June is Aphasia Awareness Month.

➡️While it’s very rare for Aphasia to affect children, we still want to bring awareness to the cause.

👀Finding the words can be a journey, but understanding goes beyond speech.

🤝Join us in raising awareness for Aphasia Awareness Month.

🌉Let's bridge the communication gap together.

❓Is your child is exhibiting symptoms of Aphasia or do you have any other concerns about their speech/language?

📲Contact a speech therapist to schedule an evaluation.

🌈There is hope on the horizon, it starts with making a call and being an advocate for your child.

Ignite your child's learning this summer! 📚✏️ Join us at Grow Learn Expand in Sherman Oaks, California for our exclusive reading and writing remediation program. Discover what sets us apart!

Starts June 24th through August 1st

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Small group learning involves a few students working together on academic tasks or projects. This instructional strategy can be facilitated by educators or occur among peers. The small group typically ranges from 3 to 6 students, providing an intimate setting that fosters interaction, collaboration, and personalized attention.
✅ Educators can give more one-on-one time, ensuring each child’s specific needs and questions are addressed
✅ Children can learn from each other, particularly beneficial for kinesthetic learners who thrive on interactive hands-on activities
✅ Group discussions and problem-solving tasks stimulate critical thinking and see different perspectives
✅ The pace of learning can be adjusted to suit the group’s needs, allowing for in-depth exploration of topics

There tend to be 4 types of learners - Visual, Auditory, Reading/Writing and Kinesthetic. It’s important for educators and caregivers to be mindful of each learner as it will help to develop impactful learning strategies. An easy way to remember each learning style is by using the acronym VARK:

👀 Visual Learners: Visual learners prefer to take in information using charts, maps, graphs, diagrams, and more. However, this type of learning style does not include photographs or videos. One way you can differentiate instruction for visual learners is by using graphic organizers to teach a lesson. A flow chart might be used to explain a scientific process, for example.

📢 Auditory Learners: This learning style describes students who learn best when information is heard or spoken. They benefit from lectures, group discussion, and other strategies that involve talking things through. To help auditory learners learn, teachers can post audio recordings of lessons on the class website, or incorporate group activities that require students to explain concepts to their classmates.

📖 Reading/Writing Learners: Students who have a reading/writing preference prefer information to be presented using words. They love to read and perform well on written assignments such as stories or book reports. A great way to help these students learn is by having them describe diagrams or charts using written statements. Then, they can study their notes later to better retain the information.

🚲 Kinesthetic Learners: Kinesthetic learners learn best when they can use tactile experiences and carry out a physical activity to practice applying new information. Give these students a working example of an idea or process, or task them with recreating experiments to illustrate concepts.

Group learning can be a game-changer for every VARK learner! 📚✨ Group learning offers diverse perspectives which can enhance creativity, peer support to boost motivation, strengthen collaborative problem-solving skills, and improve communication and teamwork.

How do you make sure you are incorporating learning using this VARK method in your classrooms?

⬇️ Share with us in the comments below!! ⬇️

Literacy and writing are the keys to unlocking a world of imagination, creativity, and endless possibilities. Let's nurture our children's love for reading and writing, helping them build a strong foundation for a brighter future. Together, we can open the doors to knowledge, confidence, and success. 📖✏️

Encourage self-talk while reading…
📖Do I know anything about this story or author?
📖What do I think the title means - what will this story be about?
📖After reading the the first paragraph, do I know the narrator, point of view, setting…?
📖What else? What other ideas or possibilities exist?

Introduce writing strategies to spark creativity…
✏️K-W-L Strategy fosters students’ strategic thinking by enabling them to approach a prompt in a purposeful way.
✏️RACES is an acronym used to help students remember writing structure. Restate. Answer. Cite. Explain. Summarize.
✏️Story Mountain method - Help students visualize the plot of rising conflict and resolution.
✏️”Just Write!” method - Inspire creative writing for fun! Students will build confidence ad improve their skills.

𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 are trained to be able to shift and adapt to what the learner needs socially, emotionally and academically as they grow through each developmental stage. No matter the age or academic level - here are the ways we provide support:

☻ 𝗘𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 - We develop a strong rapport with children by creating a safe and trusting environment. Your child is the priority and our goal is for learners to be independent and autonomous.

☻ 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 - Educational therapists offer positive reinforcement and encouragement to students, helping to build their confidence and self-esteem. * We build resilience and grit as learners get comfortable with being asked to complete challenging tasks. We cheer them on as they overcome their personal struggles and we celebrate their achievements.

☻ 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 - Educational therapists teach students and families how to overcome obstacles in academics and in daily living.

This may include: teaching mindfulness, emotional regulation, reducing anxiety/stress, planning, prioritizing, organization, or problem-solving skills. As well as finding what tools can be used to make learning easier. ♥

4 ways parents can support self-advocacy skills:

𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗰𝘆 is all about communicating needs.

Here’s how parents/caregivers can help:

★ 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴
The more we listen to our children’s needs (big and small), the more they will share with us and ask for help when needed.

★ 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲
Allow kids the space to solve problems independently, then add support by suggesting ideas they can try.

★ 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁
Instead of “Why aren’t you done?” try asking, “How can I help you get this done?” Come from a place of support.

★ 𝗘𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀
Teach children about their feelings and how to identify them.

This is the foundation for self-advocacy.

♥ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗱𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 ↓