My Approach | New Leaves Tutoring and Counseling Services LLC

Does my teen need tutoring?

Is geometry a bunch of shapes swimming around on the page?
Is the play Romeo and Juliet a jumble that makes no sense?
Does your student tell you "I'm good!" when you ask if they're ready for a test tomorrow, but the test grade reveals they were not "good" after all?
Is your student stalled at the beginning of a research paper or a longer project?
Does your teen want to raise his/her score on the ACT or SAT but feels stuck and could use some strategies

My approach to helping teens learn often includes using color and images to make the content clear by making it visual.
- Timelines, flow charts, and math step-by-step diagrams can make abstract or hard-to-remember content easier to recall.
Students can make the content their own as they learn new visual strategies to use across subject areas.
I help students break down information into simplified parts.
- For example, I might use colored markers to explain the processes in geometry, including step-by-step ways to look at proofs.

About my approach

I use images and visual thinking in my tutoring:

I use visual tools to support visual learning structures for my students.
- I use color to demonstrate and differentiate concepts in math, such as the way one rotates a shape on the coordinate plane.
- I show students ways to create their own timelines and story journeys to show the sequence of events in their reading.
- The student and I create graphic organizers, finding what works on an individual basis.
- To improve memory skills, I make a tile-based memory game with the student. We also play verbal memory games to help with making mental pictures.
My art therapy/counseling training and background inform to my approach.

Rotation of a shape in space