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Is it Time to Get a Reading Tutor?

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Helping to read perfectly!

Helping to read perfectly!

Even after having all the facilities for your education such as a high standard school, well-educated teachers, and a positive atmosphere for studies, you may feel that you are lagging behind in the reading part of education. At times, you may find that you are lagging behind other students in this aspect of education. You may need a reading tutor. Here are some ways to decide if you really need a reading tutor at this point.

You are not confident about your reading abilities and fail to give your best part during reading contexts. You may feel frustrated reading alone and need extra help reading.

You are not able to grasp whatever is taught in the regular classroom about reading. So you need help of a tutor to make things clear to you.

You lack motivation to read. It is a great sign that you really need a reading tutor who may motivate you towards reading.

You start losing interest in reading due to confusion. You may not be able to understand completely whatever you read. At this point, you need a reading tutor who may clarify the difficult concepts to you.

When your grades start falling in the reading portion of your academics, you must understand that you really need a tutor. You may compare your current grades with the previous grades and decide about getting a reading tutor for you.

If you’re interested in either becoming a tutor or finding one, we can help! If you’re in the New York City area, check out the classes and tutors on HeyKiki and find the perfect tutoring for you.
If you’re looking for someone in the NYC area to learn with, we have study buddies on HeyKiki just waiting to connect with you!

If you’d like to learn another sport or activity other than tutoring, we have other instructors and classes in your area on HeyKiki too.

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Tips for Tutors Who Work With Young Children

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Being a tutor, you may have to work with children of all age groups. You may have to teach younger children as well as those from high school. However, there is a great difference between tutoring young children and teenagers. This is due to the fact that younger children’s minds are not as developed and their concentration is also not stable. They get distracted as well as bored in between studies. Here are some tips for tutoring younger children.

Reading aloud- While teaching a young child, you should read aloud so that excitement as well as interest is maintained naturally in the relevant subject. You may also relate the topic being taught with the incidents of daily life so that children may easily learn the same and retain it for a long time in their memory. You may also vary your voice in accordance with the characters, situations and incidents of the matter being taught.

Talking with Children- It is another way of keeping children captivated in studies for a long time. You can talk about the subject taught to children in an informal manner so that they may learn in a stress-free manner. It will encourage them to learn more and more.

Writing- It is the most important and useful way of teaching small kids. It is because the brain of a young child retains things in memory for a long time if they write it down. You may also engage in this writing process with them.

It really takes care to help young children learn!

It really takes care to help young children learn!

If you’re interested in either becoming a tutor or finding one, we can help! If you’re in the New York City area, check out the classes and tutors on HeyKiki and find the perfect tutoring for you. If you’re looking for someone in the NYC area to learn with, we have study buddies on HeyKiki just waiting to connect with you!

If you’d like to learn another sport or activity other than tutoring, we have other instructors and classes in your area on HeyKiki too.

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Tutoring: Getting a Sports Nut Excited to Read

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Reading is a very good habit that has to be inculcated in children from a young age. However, that is not easy with all the kids as they are of different learning types. While some of the little ones love to read naturally, some others have to be compelled all the time to get interested in learning. For such children, a better way of mentoring would be to analyze their likes and interests and act accordingly. For instance, take the typical example of kids who love games and sports rather than studies. Combining their games with study via sports books would be a good way to make them gain attention.

“The Bat Boy” is a sports book that is suitable for children below the age of 12. The hero, Brian, loves playing baseball just like his father and at one point he gets ready to bring his parted father and mother together using baseball as a channel. “Six innings” is another baseball book that allures the little ones to read as it is full of action. The two baseball teams are enthusiastic about winning the match and are in rigorous practice to achieve their goal. As this game is full of action, it also gives tips about how to play baseball effectively – how to make great catches, good hits, and to minimize errors, and that aspect would draw in any baseball fanatic. Last but not the least, the book “BMX Bully” written by Jake Maddox would be a thrill for kids who love racing.

When books that are relevant to the taste of these little readers are offered to them, they are likely to read at least to know about their sport. It is this interest in sports that naturally encourages them to get comfortable reading. As an added advantage, they learn the art and joy of reading without much effort and difficulty. That is why picking up the right strategies for helping the kids learn is vital. Individual attention is important here, as one student might like baseball while the other likes football. Appropriate books have to be given to each kid. Finding the right path to give a strong foundation of education at this tender age paves the way for their brighter future. If you’re interested in either becoming a tutor or finding one, we can help! If you’re in the New York City area, check out the classes and tutors on HeyKiki and find the perfect tutoring for you. If you’re looking for someone in the NYC area to learn with, we have study buddies on HeyKiki just waiting to connect with you!

If you’d like to learn another sport or activity other than tutoring, we have other instructors and classes in your area on HeyKiki too.

Finding the right books for kids would involve them in reading quickly.

Finding the right books for kids would involve them in reading quickly.

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Great Internet Resources To Improve Your Tutoring Skills

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Why do people say online tutoring is the best? When hiring a tutor it’s important to alter your schedule as per the tutor’s availability, but when it comes to online tutoring, there is no need to change your to-do list. Moreover each kid is different and so it is often difficult to find a tutor who can mesh well with the personality of the student. Are you someone who feels that you can be a great online tutor but doesn’t know where, when and how to start? There are so many internet resources to help you enhance your tutoring skills. Let’s check out the tutoring sites and the help that they can offer.

A tutor should pay attention to the personality of their student.

A tutor should pay attention to the personality of their student.

The Literacy Volunteer Connection
This site helps in giving counsel for budding tutors. They teach phonics, word study, word families, reading comprehension, and also use the language experience approach.

Adultlearningconnection
They guide tutors who want to become certified volunteer tutors.

The Center for Adult English Language Acquisition
This site helps tutors who are working with adult English language learners. They also provide the tutors with lesson plans, orientation guides, and research papers.

The Math Forum
This site provides resources for tutors to handle students who have problems with math. They offer puzzles, online mentoring and also various other resources for making math fun.

Skillswise
Tutors can find lots of content materials on Skillwise to improve reading, writing, vocabulary skills for adult learners.

If you’re interested in either becoming a tutor or finding one, we can help! If you’re in the New York City area, check out the classes and tutors on HeyKiki and find the perfect tutoring for you. If you’re looking for someone in the NYC area to learn with, we have study buddies on HeyKiki just waiting to connect with you!

If you’d like to learn another sport or activity other than tutoring, we have other instructors and classes in your area on HeyKiki too.

Boxing Lesson NYC: The Five Best Boxing Books To Read

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IT'S A RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE!

IT’S A RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE!

At HeyKiki, we are strident believers in the power of books and what better way to inspire your boxing lessons in NYC than a nice read? Hundreds of books have been written about the fight in the ring and we’re here to provide you with our five favorites. And here they are:

1. King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero by David Remnick

The rumble in the jungle. The greatest boxer in history. What else can be said about Cassius Clay? The politics, the drama and the tale of a young African-American man who came to redefine what boxing meant in America and around in the world. Get lost in this one.

2. 100 Greatest Boxers of All Time by Bert Randolph Sugar

As the title tells, the book is a line-up of the best fighters of the game. Find out more about Sugar Ray Robinson, Ray Lamotta, Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and many, many more.

3. Sugar Ray by Sugar Ray Robinson

Many argue that Sugar Ray, not Muhammad Ali, was the greatest boxer of all time. Well, you can make this decision after reading his self-written autobiography. Perceive the ring from the mind of the man who ruled it.

4. Only in America: The Life and Crimes of Don King by Jack Newfield

The Village Voice and New York Times renowned reporter dedicated years to investigating the life of Don King – the businessman behind many of boxing’s biggest stars. A true American salesman, King went down in history as a moneymaker, whether it was legally or illegally.

5. The Sweet Science by A.J. Liebling

Now a website, The Sweet Science is like the Bible of modern-day boxing, filled with tips, tricks and history lessons in the game. It’s like ‘Boxing for Dummies’ and, to know anything about what’s going on with the game nowadays, you should definitely check it out.

So, before you get in the ring for the boxing lessons in NYC off of HeyKiki, make sure you get your reading glasses and dive into some fighting literature!

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Tutoring NYC: Five Modern American Classics For You and Your Tutoring Buddy

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Kurt Vonnegut, the author of <em>Slaughterhouse-Five</em>.

Kurt Vonnegut, the author of Slaughterhouse-Five.

As we have done in the past, the staff here at HeyKiki offers literary recommendations to supplement your tutoring lessons in NYC. Chris McEwen gave a shout-out to Confederacy of Dunces and I mentioned a few children’s novels to use. Today, we’re bringing a few more to the coffee table, except these five are deemed classics by the literary world. And for good reasons:

1. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote: 

Between this and Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Capote established himself as a true writer of the late 20th century by creating what he liked to call the “non-fiction novel.” The term might seem like an oxymoron but the story of In Cold Blood proves otherwise; following the true story of a murder rampage in the middle of Kansas, Capote pens a beautiful tale that is both harrowing and brilliant. You won’t want to put the book down.

2. Slaughter-house Five by Kurt Vonnegut:

Where to start with this one? The satirical mastermind brought his memory of what happened in Dresden during World War II to the forefront with the journey of Billy Pilgrim. The soldier travels through time and space, in between Tramalfadore and Earth, as Mr. Vonnegut explains to the reader why war should never, ever happen again.

3. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess:

A couple of droogs are just up to no good. If you didn’t understand a word of that, it’s time for you to read Burgess’s dystopian brainchild. Pitched in a world where ultraviolence rules the day, a young man named Alex is subdued by the system that exists and his bad tendencies are exposed for everyone to read in awe. Also, it is written in a different language. So this is a foreign language lesson too.

4. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson:

Some of the books on this list are for older audiences – Thompson’s magnum opus is one of them, for a couple of reasons. The drug-rattled story of the journalist and his attorney through Las Vegas is both hysterical and horrifying. But, regardless, no one else explains what happened in the Sixties counterculture better than Thompson. And, boy, was it something.

5. On the Road by Jack Kerouac:

The Beat Generation exploded onto the mainstream scene after this Village resident told his cross-country tale to the world. Drugs, parties, girls, late nights in the Midwest and a whole lot of adventures fill the pages of this one. It’s the late 1940s – follow Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty from New York to California and back. You won’t be disappointed that you did.

Hopefully, with these books in hand, your tutoring lessons in NYC will be a bit more productive. FYI: they call them classics for a reason.

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What NYC Yoga Instructors Recommend Reading Before Class

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The literature and poetry that has inspired and supported the practice of yoga is breathtaking in both its beauty and depth. From sacred texts to Ancient Indian poetry to modern guidebooks, here’s one NYC Yoga Instructor’s definitive reading list each and every yogi or eager beginner should have on his or her bookshelf.

Yoga is derived from texts and practices in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali is a compilation of nearly 200 aphorisms that guide the reader through a philosophical understanding of the major concepts and energies at work (such as karma or moksha) and help him or her achieve the ultimate goal of any yogi: total “restraint of mental modifications.” This yoga, which focuses on mental control, is called Raja yoga.

The Bhagavad Gita is another essential read. This dialogue between Krishna and the prince Arjuna, who is on the cusp of battle with his own cousins, is a part of the Sanskrit epic, The Mahabharata. Morality, karma, reincarnation, duty, yoga, moksha and other issues and dilemmas are discussed in this beautiful Hindu scripture. The piece also discusses three forms of yoga:

  • Karma yoga (yoga of action)
  • Bhakti yoga (yoga of devotion)
  • Jnana yoga (yoga of knowledge)

Hatha yoga, which is the most commonly practiced form today, involving intense manipulation of the body as well as meditation, owes much of its core to the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. This Sanskrit text from the 15th century established this branch of yoga’s customs and practices along with two other accompanying texts, the Gheranda Samhita and the Shiva Samhita.

For some contemporary books to help guide your meditations and movements, check out Amazon’s suggested reading list for yoga enthusiasts. Then head on over to HeyKiki.com to find a yoga instructor in NYC or a couple of like-minded yogis to work-out with!