Our Pledge To The Community

Reading is an essential skill that when mastered early, is a cornerstone of future success in school and in life. Learning to read entails mastery of two essentials: decoding words and making meaning of strings of words, called comprehension.

Problem: Children generally learn to read in Grades K-3 and reading proficiency – often termed fluency – is essential from Grade 4 forward. Children who have failed to master these skills in English will fall behind across all subject areas in the classroom.

Solution: At Miss B’s Learning Bees, students with limited fluency are first diagnosed so that we can better understand what material or skills they are missing. The diagnosis allows a mentor to understand what their decoding and comprehension skill levels are and what they are lacking. Focusing on specific exercises to build areas of weakness, significant reading gains are possible. Once the material is mastered, children are able to achieve the fluency needed for them to keep up with their grade level and succeed in other subject areas of school. This lifts their self-esteem and shows them that they can succeed.

Math is the foundation for reasoning, problem solving and logic. Math is essential to recognize patterns, decipher relationships and calculate measurements. Studies show that students who enter Kindergarten with elementary math skills are more likely to experience academic success.

Problem: Core curriculums have a very standard progression of mathematical learning which builds upon mastery of previous skills. When a child fails to master one or more of these levels – at any point between K-Grade 12, they have gaps in their learning which increases the difficulty in mastering the next level of skills.

Solution:  At Miss B’s Learning Bees, students are first diagnosed so that we can better understand what math material or skills they are missing. The diagnosis allows a mentor to understand what a child’s skill levels are and what they are lacking. Focusing on specific exercises to build mastery of the mathematical gaps in their learning, children begin to understand how to solve mathematical problems. Their ability to problem-solve and move onto the next level of math skills builds self-esteem and shows them that they can succeed.