LITERACY TUTORING

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: MAKE MAIL! A LETTER - WRITING WORKSHOP AT CARROLL GARDENS LIBRARY ON WED., JULY 15 AT 4:30 P.M.

Make Mail!

A Letter-Writing Workshop for Children, Teens,
and Their Parents/Caregivers

Wednesday, July 15, 4:30 – 5:45 p.m.

Carroll Gardens Library, Story Hour Room

396 Clinton St., Brooklyn, NY 11231

718-596-6972

Letter-writing, a long-lost art form, is a wonderful way to express yourself, and to keep in touch with friends and family members.

Come join literacy tutor Eleanor Traubman for an afternoon of intergenerational fun.  Stamps are provided!

RSVP to etraubman@gmail.com

A SPECIAL OFFER FROM ELEANOR TRAUBMAN TUTORING: A COMPLIMENTARY SESSION

Happy Summer, Everyone!

Do you know of a K - 5th grade student who could benefit from some personalized attention around reading and writing?

From now until July 12th, Eleanor Traubman Tutoring is offering one Complimentary Summer Literacy Tutoring Session per student!

If you decide to use my services after the session, I am happy to apply a 10% discount to a package of 6 Summer Literacy Tutoring Sessions.

To learn more about my approach to tutoring, click HERE.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at (929) 224-4849 or etraubman@gmail.com

Stay cool!   And feel free to forward this offer to a friend.

Warmly, 

Eleanor Traubman

5 WAYS TO KEEP YOUR GRADE SCHOOL CHILD READING AND WRITING THIS SUMMER

Many parents of grade school children, especially children who struggle with reading and writing, express concern that their young ones will fall behind or lose traction with their skills during the summer months.

Here are 5 strategies to keep your child connected with reading and writing in ways that are fun, pleasurable, and meaningful to them. 

Approach these activities, as well as your child's overall literacy development, with a tone of relaxed encouragement.  Doing so will set the stage for them to flourish!  

1.  Visit your local library.  A library can be an oasis of calm, order, and, cool in the midst of summer heat.  Many libraries have summer reading programs for children, so ask your librarian what they have planned.  

Let your child make choices about what they want to read, even if a book seems too easy or too difficult.  Allow them to pursue the topics, authors, and genres that catch their interest.  Don't worry if your child wants to read a book multiple times;  it means that they are enjoying it.  There's pleasure in repetition. We adults read books that we love more than once, as well!

2.  Pick chapter books together and read them out loud to your child/ren.  I have great memories of being on camping trips with my family, and sitting on big rocks in the sun while my mom read A Wizard of Earthsea to us.  On another trip, my dad read Stuart Little.  Being read to is such a treat, and keeps children connected to the pleasures of good literature.

You can also have a lot of fun by acting out books in a charade-like fashion,

3.  Create a Writer's Box.  Fill a box or a drawer with a variety of materials that children can dig into to engage in lots of different writing projects. This idea is particularly great if you live in small living quarters.  You can use a large Tupperware container, or whatever is handy.  Consider including any of these items in your box:  Different sizes of notepads; loose-leaf paper; construction paper; 3 by 5 cards; pens, pencils and markers; stapler; tape; glitter glue; glue stick; stickers; ruler; stamps; envelopes; return address labels; magazines for cutting out images and text.

What else could you add?  Get creative!

4.  Keep a Summer Scrapbook.  Tape or glue photos, mementos, and found objects from your summer adventures into a book that you buy or make.  A simple 3-ring binder will do! Label your photos and mementos; make simple journal entries about what you do each day.  Your child can do the writing herself or dictate the words to you.  (There's great power in them getting to see the relationship between the spoken and the written word.)

5.  Write Letters - Summer is an ideal time to sit down and write postcards, letters, and cards to relatives and far-away friends. Pull out that Writer's Box and let people know about what your family has been up to!

Summer Literacy Tutoring with Eleanor Traubman

Would you like one-on-one literacy tutoring for your child this summer?  I customize sessions to reflect your child's individual interests and draw out their strengths. 

For More information:

Eleanor Traubman
Facebook.com/brooklyntutor
Creativetimes.blogspot.com
ETraubman@gmail.com

About Eleanor 

Eleanor is a seasoned educator, community-builder, and arts and culture writer. An alumna of the Bank Street College of Education, Eleanor has spent the last 25 years working with young people and families in private and public schools, nonprofit education organizations, and museum settings including P.S. 29, The Brooklyn Museum, and The Brooklyn Children's Museum.  As Editor-In-Chief of the arts blog Creative Times, Eleanor has interviewed world-loved children's book author/illustrators, as well as original cast and crew members of Sesame Street. Eleanor fosters young people's literacy development by providing creative, project-based opportunities for them to read and write for a real-world audience about topics and for purposes which hold personal meaning for them.  

BANK STREET ALUMNA AVAILABLE FOR K - 5TH GRADE LITERACY TUTORING

Would you like a patient, focused educator to help your child with reading and writing?

Look no further!

I am an alumna of Bank Street College of Education with 25 years of experience working with children in public and private school settings, as well as in cultural institutions such as The Brooklyn Botanic Gardens and The Brooklyn Children's Museum.

A former Assistant Teacher at P.S. 29 and leader of family literacy workshops, I am a skilled writer with a 10-year-old arts blog and articles published on the web.

I support your K - 5th grade child to do the following:

• Increase his/her confidence as a reader and a writer.
• Develop an enjoyment of reading and writing.
• Stay organized and on-task with homework assignments.
• Establish patterns and routines to boost study savvy.

I work with families in the Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Red Hook, Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill neighborhoods.

If you would like to chat about your child's needs, please contact me.  I would be delighted to hear from you.

Eleanor Traubman

etraubman@gmail.com
tutor.eleanortraubman.com