Y3K Tutor In Your Home | Brookline, Dover, Natick, Needham, Newton, Sudbury, Wayland, Wellesley, Weston areas

Y3K Tutor In Your Home is proud to donate our tutoring and test prep services to the Marian High School of Framingham, MA auction.  Make sure when attending their annual gala "A Night For Marian" also called "Monte Carlo Night", be on the lookout for our auction donation and bid generously.  Our support will help enhance their educational and extra-curricular programs.  The event this year will be held at the Natick Elks Lodge which is located at 95 Speen St.  Natick, MA.

Newton Parent Testimonial

"I cannot say enough good things about Y3K. The owner has tutored both my son and daughter through elementary and middle school.  His skill, warmth and flexibility have enabled both of my children to address their challenges and achieve their goals. He is engaging and knowledgeable across subjects, and is also able to teach study habits and organization skills, even when there is resistance!  :)   He is a complete professional, and willing to go above and beyond the call of duty to attend school meetings as an articulate advocate. He has had a truly significant influence on my children's academic success and self esteem, and has been a great resource for me as a single parent. His dedication, humor, and abilities as a teacher make him not only an extremely gifted tutor, but also an excellent mentor and role model for my young teens. I give Y3K my highest recommendation!"

-J. C.

(Newton, MA)

A great pleasure in life is having your student do what others including the know-it-all “experts” say your student cannot do.

"I really just wanted to thank you for the wonderful work you are doing with him this year....you have such a great rapport with him, and are so sensitive in the way you approach things that are difficult for him. I'm very appreciative."

-C. J.
Parent of student attending F. A. Day Middle School, Newton MA

The Rivers School of Weston Parent Testimonial

"My son made high honors for the first time!  He has been at the Rivers School for over 3 years and in the Weston Public Schools before that.  During his entire schooling he always struggled.  He battles with executive function which has held him down since he started school.  Before we met you, he was turning in around half of his homework assignments and many of them late. Now all of the homework is handed in on time and receiving full credit.  You taught him organization and study skills that helped him cope with his executive function.  My son earned high honors at Rivers in just a matter of 3 months time.  We are thrilled!  Thanks Y3K Tutor In Your Home."

-P.

(Weston, MA)

Wellesley Parent Testimonial

"The owner has tutored my children for several months.  His patience and time that he has spent was wonderful.  He was flexible with the my hours and he was able to understand my needs.  My kids' math and English test scores went up after learning study skills and test prep.  I would recommend Y3K Tutor In Your Home to my friends and their kids."

 

-Theresa S.

(Wellesley, MA)

When attending the Lincoln School's Pumpkinfest in Brookline, MA this Sunday, make sure you look for the Y3K Tutor In Your Home silent auction donation.  Whether it is writing, math, English, test preparation or study skills we have you covered.  Our Brookline tutoring and test prep services and your auction bids will go a long way to help the children of Brookline.  Please join us in making a difference.  We hope that together we can make this year's Pumpkinfest a resounding success. 

D. H. from Weston, MA asks, “What is executive function?”

 

This is a common question that we get asked a lot.  As a child’s brain matures, they are able to perform higher level tasks. These high level tasks are referred to as executive function. Think of executive function as the role of a Chief Executive Officer in a company. She or he must analyze what the company needs to have done, develop a plan, identify the order these tasks must be done, make mid-course corrections as needed, and complete the job by the deadline. Someone with executive function problems may have difficulty doing any of the following:

1. Analyze a task
2. Plan how to address the task
3. Organize the steps needed to carry out the task
4. Develop timelines for completing the task
5. Adjust or shift these plans as needed
6. Compete the task in a timely way

Executive function issues in school can be devastating.  If your child starts long term assignments at the last minute, loses papers, has loose papers everywhere, forgets to do homework, forgets to hand in completed homework, has difficulty with math word problems, has trouble starting and organizing English writing assignments, or studies for tests at the last minute then there may be executive function issues. 

 

Y3K Tutor In Your Home helps many students with executive function learn how to become successful and attain high grades.  Contact us if we can be of any assistance.

 

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Designate a safe place in the house to store papers that are not currently needed at school anymore. They may be useful in the future. The papers could be used to study for a test later in the year. Sometimes a teacher may make a mistake in their gradebook and mark that an assignment wasn't turned in when it really was. By saving these papers, your student can then prove they actually did do the work.

To make new information stick (vocabulary, facts & etc), try spacing out study sessions over several weeks.  Research on what is know as the “spacing effect” shows that we form stronger and more lasting memories by exposing ourselves to information over time.  Repeated cycles of learning, consolidating, and then re-encountering material fix it firmly in our minds.  Avoid last minute cramming if you can help it.