by Kris | Jul 23, 2015 | Tutor Tips
When school lets out for the summer, our hope is to keep neurons firing and the kids engaged in something creative. For the second summer in a row, we were able to supply our kids with art kits at the end of the tutoring year. Kits included art supplies such as...
by SOW_Admin | Mar 25, 2015 | Tutor Tips
Back in October, we held a Tutor Conversation: Tips for Working with High Energy Children, led by School on Wheels tutor Sandra Tunis (check out some of the top tips we learned from the conversation here). Since then, our program team has been hard at work creating a...
by SOW_Admin | Oct 15, 2014 | Tutor Tips
Have you ever read a book with a student (or even your own children), and realized that they were listening to the words but were having a difficult time understanding what was happening in the story? These kids were having difficulty with reading comprehension, a...
by Samantha | Sep 24, 2014 | Tutor Tips
Have you ever worked with a child who has high energy? Almost anyone who has experience working with children would probably say “yes!” Our tutors are always looking for new tips to help their students focus, which is the reason we decided to turn this topic into a...
by SOW_Admin | Aug 27, 2014 | Tutor Tips
I know it seems too soon, but we’re back to tutoring again! Monday was our first day back, and we’ve been so excited to meet our new kids and tutors! Mental math skills, especially related to addition, are vital to setting a base to help students add, subtract,...
by SOW_Admin | Nov 7, 2013 | Tutor Tips
Great (artsy) things are happening at School on Wheels! For the last couple of years, tutoring has been focused mostly on academics – we’ve always wanted to make sure students are proficient in math and language arts, since those are the two subjects that kids in...
