Gemm's Pre-K Reading Program

Pre-K is the ideal time to begin building a love for learning. Primarily aimed at the year before Kindergarten, Gemm's Pre-K reading program aims to strengthen the cognitive skills required to read and learn using Fast ForWord software and other proven cognitive programs.

We offer pre-K tutoring services in center or at home, where we work on:

• Language processing skills, including improving listening skills and auditory processing . Learn more
  
  
• Phonemic awareness and letter sound recognition.
  
  
• Vocabulary and language structure.
  
  
• Learning skills, including the ability to sustain attention, to sequence and to retain key information in working memory.

Gemm's individualized approach builds a solid reading foundation.

For most children, reading is a language processing problem, often not evident in their spoken language. This is because reading requires much more accurate listening.

Personalized plan: After evaluating your child's reading readiness, we'll design a personalized plan that draws from a wide range of materials and programs that encourage a love of learning and meet his or her individual reading needs.

Motivational instruction and practice: Our tutoring is primarily computer-based, with engaging and adaptive programs that children love. We provide a wide range of incentives and rewards to reinforce the progress being made.

Proven Programs: We'll focus on the building blocks of reading including phonics, phonemic awareness, oral comprehension and vocabulary� grade-level skills consistent with guidelines established by the National Institute for Literacy.

Early Intervention

Pre-empt problems in children who have even the slightest of delays in early childhood. Early intervention can make the difference between a successful education and one of playing catch-up. Many of the problems children encounter in the middle grades stem from an inefficient learning process that had not been challenged earlier - the problem was always there, it is just that the symptoms were not visible.