Sylvan Learning - Rochester MN

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🍏Happy Teacher Appreciation Day!🍎

We are so grateful for our Sylvan teachers and all of the teachers serving our Rochester and surrounding area students. 👩‍🏫

"It takes a big heart to help shape little minds."

It's hard to believe we are heading into the last month of school! As you plan your child's summer camps and activities, make sure to keep LEARNING in mind!

🌞Here are some ideas to incorporate learning into your summer routine (geared towards younger elementary students):

-Practice spelling with sidewalk chalk
-Math facts flashcards on the way to soccer practice
-Have your child help with meal prep to practice following steps and measuring
-Daily reading (silent or out loud to a sibling/pet/stuffed animal)
-Have your child give you a 1-minute written or verbal summary of what they've read
-Visit your local museums to learn about local history
-Practice scientific observations through bug collecting, bird-watching, or studying trees and plants on a nature hike!

Got any more ideas? Let's create a thread! Drop them in the comments👇

Here's more information about why it's important to keep your child learning during summer break!

8 Reasons to Keep Your Child LEARNING This Summer | Sylvan Learning You might be thinking you need to do something academically for your child this summer but you’re not sure what. It’s true our students have made lots of strides, but there’s still work to be done to catch up from the past few years of disruption.

⏰It's crunch time! Here's some last minute tips for Juniors taking the ACT this week!

Know the Instructions: Familiarize yourself with each section’s instructions beforehand to save time during the exam.

Don’t Leave Blanks: There’s no penalty for wrong answers, so answer every question, even if you have to guess.

Prioritize Efficiency: Answer the questions you know first and leave challenging ones for later. This prevents time constraints from hindering answering easier questions.

Pace Yourself: Don’t get bogged down on a single question. Move on and revisit it later if time permits.

Eliminate Options: Use process of elimination to narrow down answer choices, increasing your guessing accuracy.

Focus on the Question: Understand what the question is truly asking before seeking the answer.

Mark it Up: Highlight key points in questions and eliminate answer choices to improve focus and manage time effectively. This can easily be done on a paper test or using annotation tools on a digital test.

Review and Reflect: If time allows, revisit challenging questions after completing each section.

Check out the rest of the tips here...and remember, most students take it more than once! ⬇️

Tips for Navigating the SAT or ACT | Sylvan Learning Navigating the world of standardized tests can be daunting, especially when it comes to the SAT® and ACT®. Sylvan’s Test Prep experts put together this comprehensive guide with helpful information and strategies to help your teen confidently tackle these exams and achieve their desired scores!

🌞Summer should feel fun—not frustrating. But without continued learning, many students head into fall already playing catch-up. As many families start planning their summer schedules, here’s why a little consistency now can make a big difference later.👇

Why Summer Learning Loss Matters and How to Avoid It | Sylvan Learning We all need a break from the school routines, but summer shouldn’t be a total break from learning. Academic skills are like other skills. You have to use them—or you’ll lose them.

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When it's homework time, there are lots of things that can get in the way of a successful study session. Here are some ways you can help your child focus in a world FULL of distractions!

1. Make it part of their daily routine. For example, when they get home, they have a snack, empty their backpack, and start homework right away.
2. Create a distraction-free study space that is quiet, away from siblings, and away from their phones (this one is KEY).

Check out more tips here!👇

10 Ways to Help Kids Focus | Sylvan Learning It’s easy for kids to get distracted. Trying to do more than one thing at a time can lead to a string of half-completed tasks, panic-inducing deadlines, and missed goals. Learning to do one thing at a time, focusing, and finishing something before moving on to the next, are essential skills for sc...

Sylvan of Rochester is CLOSED for instruction today, 3/16.

A lot of kids deal with anxiety, sometimes more than we realize.

The good news? There are simple techniques that can help them calm their mind and refocus before anxiety-causing events such as tests or big assignments. Here are a few strategies that can help ease anxiety in the moment. 👇

Helping Kids Manage Anxiety | Sylvan Learning Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress. Many things in life can make us feel anxious: taking tests, speaking in public, competing in sports or dealing with uncertainties. Some people react more strongly to stressful situations than others.

Sometimes kids need a little more than “good job.”

Specific praise helps reinforce positive behaviors. And let’s be honest, when kids hear “good job” every day, it can start to lose its impact.

We love this list of fresh ways to praise your child!👇