Call 575-523-1616 for more information or stop by 2341 Entrada Del Sol behind best buy and across from Young park.

Please call to set-up a tour and interview (523-1616). Class begins August 15th.

Gym Magic offers a proven, special multi-level reading program which combines integrative movement (gym time) with traditional classroom instruction in reading and language arts. A maximum of 3 students to 1 teacher will be used as this ratio has proven to be the most effective.

Tutors are degreed, certified teachers; special education teachers; ELL teachers; or qualified, trained college-degreed tutors. Class will meet twice a week for 2 hours each time. Parents will be given weekly progress reports.

Applications are available through your classroom teacher or principal.

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Gym Magic ofrece GRATIS SES El Programa De Lectura Y Lenguage en Atres para los estudiantes de kindergarten hasta el 6to grado. Las clases seran en Gym Magic (despues de escuela/o en los fines de semana).

Gym Magic ofrece un progama especial multi-nivel en lectura combinado con movimientos integrals (tiempo en el gym) con las intruciones del las clases tradicionales en lectura y language en artes. Un maximo de 3 estudiantes por 1 maestro se usara como proporción esta aprobada por ser la mas efectiva.

Los tutores son graduados , maestros certificados; maestros con educacion especial; ELL maestros; o calificados, entrenados en tutorial por el colegio-graduados. Las clases seran dos veces a la semana por dos horas cada vez. Les daremos a los padres cada semana un reporte del progreso del estudiante.

Gym Magic esta lacalizado en 2341 Entrada del Sol, Las Cruces NM 88001

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Introduction by Dr. Nancy L. Bates

Welcome to Learning Foundations. Learning Foundations grew out of the need to provide a different approach to tutoring that was based on the whole child and the process of learning. Our program is focused on elementary school students that need reading and language arts tutoring.

As a gym and sports center, we have something that other tutoring programs do not have: a kid-friendly, FUN environment filled with colorful mats and bouncy ‘things’! This is important because many struggling readers develop poor self-esteem over time and a FUN, colorful environment helps to set the stage for a New Beginning of reading and self-confidence!

Self-confidence and self-esteem are two words tossed around so frequently they have lost much of their impact, but they are, indeed, important issues for our children. After just a few short weeks of tutoring, we’ve had numerous parents comment on their child’s improved attitude about themselves, their abilities and how they felt about school in general. We think everyone deserves a healthy, positive attitude about learning because this lays the foundation for a life-long pursuit of learning.

If a child has been identified as needing tutoring, you can be sure that that child is aware they are behind and in need of help. Their parents may also be desperate to find help as most parents understand the importance of education and being a good reader. Many students will feel deflated and defeated by school. To change their attitude is to win the first major battle!

Learning Foundations can be a golden opportunity for students and their parents because our students aren’t thrown into yet another classroom where they are made to sit still and try to learn. Our students start out in a FUN place, our gym, doing FUN activities that allow them to be just another kid, not the kid who can’t read very well.

In short time, they gain new skills in the gym (which are, of course, directed at building brain organization and planned motor skills through integrative movement – known as serious FUN) and begin to RELAX! They soon experience that ‘learning’ can actually be fun and that they are, indeed, capable of improving their reading and thus their school work.

Gym time is extremely valuable time!! This is where we find out that many of these students cannot skip, do jumping jacks, jump rope or play hopscotch. Again, this relates to the fact that today’s youth are not outside playing anymore; they’re the generation that has grown up watching TV and playing on computers. They are also the group that might have missed a number of important developmental steps that provide ease of learning because the brain is organized through early play (motor activities developing into planned motor skills). As so aptly stated by Dr. Carla Hannaford, “Learning involves the building of skills, and skills of every manner are built through the movement of muscles – not just physical skills for athletes…but also the intellectual skills used in classrooms and workplaces.”

Deb Wilson, reading specialist and the co-founder of S’cool Moves, states “Movement is the architect of a child’s brain. The two hemispheres of the brain are designed to constantly communicate with one another. The left side of the brain controls the right side of the body, and vice versa. Bilateral activities, common to all gymnastics programs, require both sides of the body to work together and separately. Coordinated movement patterns create efficiency in the brain. Efficient pathways create fluent readers who complete reading tasks with ease. For example, during reading, the left hemisphere attends to letters and the sequence of words, while the right side of the brain focuses on comprehending what is read. Reading fluency depends on an intimate conversation between the two hemispheres of the brain– a clear signal, just like a smart phone.”

Researchers have even documented that graduating seniors will have more hours in front of TVs than the total number of hours spent in a classroom after 12 full years of school. An amazing statistic! Most everyone is also aware of the poor showing US students have had in international testing for a number of years now. It appears we have not turned that around yet, but it is gaining much national attention and the poor performance of our schools has been in the spotlight. Change and improvement may be in the wind!

Learning Foundations provides a proven method, a method we have developed and adapted after working with hundreds and hundreds of students. We use a nationally recognized reading program that has been adapted for our program. This is combined with integrative movement in the gym to provide bilateral activities, improve balance, rhythm, timing and core musculature – activities that impact learning and especially reading.

SES TUTORING

Gym Magic was awarded a SES grant to offer the Learning Foundations curriculum in reading and language arts to eligible students. Students must be attending eligible Title 1 schools within LCPS. SES is a totally FREE TUTORING program. A list of eligible schools can be found at the LCPS website under Federal Grants, SES (Supplemental Educational Services).

For 2011-2012, the sign up period is from October 24 – November 22. Applications are distributed to each eligible school and must be returned to either the student’s teacher or principal prior to the cut-off date. It is recommended that interested parents return their completed applications as soon as possible as space is typically limited.

Gym Magic hires local, certified teachers that are then trained in our method. We use small groups (3 students per teacher) as we have found this provides just the right balance of individual attention plus small group dynamics. Each student has an individualized program with weekly progress programs provided both to the district and to the parents.

Gym Magic is open Monday through Friday from 8:00am to 7:30pm and on Saturday from 9:00 to 1:00pm. Parents and students are welcome to tour the facility. For additional information, please call Ms. Graham or Dr. Bates at Gym Magic (575.523.1616).

Click here for “Learning Foundations Overview”

PLEASE CALL 644.3493 or 496-7466
for more information.
Email: nancy@gymmagic.com
learningfoundations.info

We know the economy is tough. If your budget has been stretched to the limit yet you want to be able to give your kids that extra benefit that gymnastics provides, we have a solution for YOU! Beginning with our new School Term, we will offer an ‘Early Bird Special’ on Wednesdays at 3:30. This will be a 60 minute sports prep class for boys and girls that goes over sports conditioning and different sport related activities… only $40 per month!!

How can we offer this amazingly low price? We can only offer this price at non-peak times, so if you’re able to make this time, you can really save BIG. Call today as this class is sure to fill up quickly.