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Monday, May 10th, 2010
2:53 pm	Students Solve Their Curriculum Related Problems With The Help Of Their Teammates At Brain Hurricane Brain Hurricane is one of the leading tutoring services especially created for the students from Kindergarten to eighth grade. Owner of the tutoring service, Reed Howard has an experience of over 35 years in teaching. She has worked hard to design the teaching methods adopted here. These teaching methods not only help the students in earning better grades but also make them capable to deal with real life problems. The experts at Brain Hurricane understand the fact that students cannot learn new things unless they are paying attention. Several proven strategies like hands-on problem solving activities, movement activities are utilized in order to hold the attention and interest of students. The program is exemplified with various qualities like cooperative, fun, professional, effective, experienced and more. The teaching methods adopted at Brain Hurricane help the students to learn in an innovative and fun manner. The students are divided in teams and are required to solve their curriculum related problems with the help of their teammates. This gives rise to healthy competition and is helpful in building confidence among them as they try to perform better than the rest of the teams in order to win. The teachers conduct extensive research to prepare the curriculum which is of interest of every student. It is aligned with the national and state standards and comprises relevant content. It emphasizes on reading skills, vocabulary development and mathematics of students. As per the survey conducted by Brain Hurricane in 2008-2009 involving 253 parents of the students studying in the Chicago Public School System 68.7% of the parents believe that the tutoring program is liked by their children. 68.15% said that they would definitely recommend this program to other parents, and 75% of the students said that they like the instructors at this tutoring program. 72.2% parents were so much satisfied with this program that they showed keen interest in signing up their child for this program again. For more information regarding the teaching methods adopted at Brain Hurricane, please browse through www.BrainHurricaneChicago.com. (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 15th, 2010
2:31 pm	Brain Hurricane Offers Simple And Easy Ways Of Learning Brain Hurricane is a free tutoring program which emphasizes on the involvement of the students in the classroom as it believes that students cannot learn unless they are paying attention. Developed by Reed Howard, a lifelong teacher, this program has worked with more than 6000 students in seven different states over the past six years. Several interesting and new teaching methods have been adopted here in order to teach students in an efficient manner. These teaching methods are extremely different from the ordinary methods of lectures where the attention of students easily drifts off. Brain Hurricane lays stress on imparting practical knowledge as it believes that practical knowledge has more impact on the students in comparison to theoretical knowledge. The teachers employed here, are highly skilled and proficient. They undergo extensive professional training before teaching the students in order to understand the teaching methods adopted here. The curriculum is aligned with national and state benchmarks and includes all the relevant content. The teachers utilize divergent techniques to make the lessons interesting for the students. The students are encouraged to work in groups and which helps them in understanding the importance of teamwork and also makes them learn how to handle peer pressure efficiently. The students are taught that each problem has multiple solutions and there exist several creative and innovative ways to solve them. Brain Hurricane conducted a survey in 2008-2009 involving 253 parents of students who studied in Chicago Public School System. This survey revealed that 68.7% of the parents believed that the tutoring program is liked by their children. 72.2% parents were so pleased with this program that they showed keen interest in signing up their child for this program again, 68.15% said that they would definitely recommend this program to other parents, and 75% students said that they like the instructors at Brain Hurricane. To learn more about this tutoring program, please visit www.BrainHurricaneChicago.com. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
7:10 pm	Stress Is Laid On Imparting Practical Knowledge At Brain Hurricane Brain Hurricane is a free tutoring service for the students from Kindergarten to eighth grade. Created by Reed Howard, the program lays stress on imparting practical knowledge among students as it believes that practical knowledge lays more impact on students than the theoretical knowledge. Reed Howard, a lifelong teacher has an experience of over 35 years in teaching and did extensive research for creating efficient teaching programs for the benefit of students. These methods help the teachers to have undivided attention of students and makes them learn and grasp new things in a much easier manner. Several movement activities like Multiplication Basketball and Spelling Jump Rope are performed at the beginning of each day. These activities keep the students alert and make them responsive towards teaching. The student to tutor ratio at Brain Hurricane is 6:1 to 2:1 which means that teams of six or fewer students work with a coach. Highly skilled and proficient teachers are employed at this program. These teachers undergo professional training before teaching the students and keep the interest of students in mind while designing the curriculum for them. The curriculum contains short fictional stories which are suitable for different ages. These stories emphasize phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary development, reading comprehension and fluency of the students. The curriculum contains all the relevant content and is aligned with national and state benchmarks. It lays emphasis on mathematics and reading skills of students The University of Memphis conducted a survey which revealed that on average, Brain Hurricane is responsible for improving the test scores of students in reading by 30%, language by 22% and mathematics by 29%. The teaching methods adopted at Brain Hurricane make the students confident and help them in gaining self-esteem. These methods are creative and innovative which not only help the students in earning better test scores and grades but also help them in dealing with real life problems. For further queries related to these tutoring programs, please log on to www.brainhurricanechicago.com. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010
4:51 pm	Brain Hurricane Provides Positive Leaning Experience To The Students Brain Hurricane is a free tutoring services created for the students from Kindergarten to eighth grade. Created by Reed Howard, this program helps in reducing the stress of cramming on students as well as in handling the peer pressure efficiently. Reed Howard, a life long teacher, has created several creative and innovative teaching techniques for the benefit of students. These methods are efficient enough to hold the attention of students and to make them an active listener. Here, learning is made a complete fun process which helps the students in earning better test scores and grades. Brain Hurricane lays stress on the reading skills,mathematics and vocabulary development of students. It uses proven strategies to teach students which stress on making them learn how to think and to use knowledge instead of just regurgitating information. Each day begins with several movement activities like Multiplication Basketball and Spelling Jump Rope. These activities help the teachers in keeping the students active and engaged. The parents of students are kept informed regarding the scheduling and program development through regular mailers. Besides this, the staff ensures to call parents in order to discuss important issues with their child including attendance, behavior, and academic performance. Students are divided in teams which helps in making them learn the importance of team work as there have to solve their curriculum related problems with the help of their teammates. The curriculum is aligned with national and state standards and contains relevant content. Stress is laid on imparting practical knowledge as Brain Hurricane believes that practical knowledge lays more impact on students as compared to theoretical knowledge. The students are taught the divergent approach to solve problems which means that every problem has multiple solutions. For further information about this program, please visit www.brainhurricanechicago.com. (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
5:44 pm	Brain Hurricane Teaches Students Teamwork And Creativity Brain Hurricane is a leading tutoring program created by Reed Howard especially for the students from Kindergarten to eighth grade. This program has adopted unique and efficient teaching methods to teach the students which make it highly popular among the parents of students. These teaching methods make learning a fun process for students and teach them teamwork, creativity and how to maintain a positive approach to deal with real life problems. These methods reduce the stress of cramming on them and lay emphasis on practical knowledge as it believes that practical knowledge has more impact on students than the theoretical knowledge. Reed Howard, a lifelong teacher, has an experience of over 35 years in teaching and has employed highly skilled and proficient staff at Brain Hurricane. The teachers undergo extensive professional training before teaching the students in order to understand the concept of teaching methods adopted here. The curriculum is designed by the teachers while keeping the interest of students in mind and is aligned with national standards and benchmarks. It lays stress on the reading skills, mathematics and vocabulary development of students and makes the students learn their lessons in better manner. At Brain Hurricane, each day starts with several movement activities including Multiplication Basketball and Spelling Jump Rope which helps the teachers in invigorating the sleeping minds of students and in making them alert in the class. These activities provide exercise for both the body and mind of the students. Besides this, the students are divided in teams which help in increasing the competitive behavior and team spirit among them. The students are required to solve their curriculum related problems with the help of their teammates which makes them learn the importance of team work. To learn more about the teaching methods adopted by this program, please log on to www.BrainHurricaneChicago.com. (Comment on this)
4:28 pm	Brain Hurricane Teaches Students Teamwork And Creativity Brain Hurricane is a leading tutoring program created by Reed Howard especially for the students from Kindergarten to eighth grade. This program has adopted unique and efficient teaching methods to teach the students which make it highly popular among the parents of students. These teaching methods make learning a fun process for students and teach them teamwork, creativity and how to maintain a positive approach to deal with real life problems. These methods reduce the stress of cramming on them and lay emphasis on practical knowledge as it believes that practical knowledge has more impact on students than the theoretical knowledge. Reed Howard, a lifelong teacher, has an experience of over 35 years in teaching and has employed highly skilled and proficient staff at Brain Hurricane. The teachers undergo extensive professional training before teaching the students in order to understand the concept of teaching methods adopted here. The curriculum is designed by the teachers while keeping the interest of students in mind and is aligned with national standards and benchmarks. It lays stress on the reading skills, mathematics and vocabulary development of students and makes the students learn their lessons in better manner. At Brain Hurricane, each day starts with several movement activities including Multiplication Basketball and Spelling Jump Rope which helps the teachers in invigorating the sleeping minds of students and in making them alert in the class. These activities provide exercise for both the body and mind of the students. Besides this, the students are divided in teams which help in increasing the competitive behavior and team spirit among them. The students are required to solve their curriculum related problems with the help of their teammates which makes them learn the importance of team work. To learn more about the teaching methods adopted by this program, please log on to www.BrainHurricaneChicago.com. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
4:44 pm	Brain Hurricane Teaches Students To Develop Individual Creativity Brain Hurricane is a tutoring program, designed by Reed Howard especially for the students from Kindergarten to eighth grade. Reed Howard, a lifelong teacher, created innovative and creative teaching methods for this program. These methods help the students in learning by making it a fun process. It helps in lessening the burden of cramming on them and increases their grasping power. Highly qualified and skilled professionals are employed at Brain Hurricane. These teachers undergo extensive professional training before teaching the students in order to understand the teaching methods adopted here. The curriculum is designed by the teachers while keeping the interest of students in mind. It lays stress on reading skills, mathematics and vocabulary development of students and includes short fictional stories which are suitable for different ages. These stories help the students in building their phonics skills, phonemic awareness, and fluency. The students are taught by utilizing unique strategies which are efficient enough to hold the attention of students and help them in improving their academic performance as well as in earning better test scores and grades. Each day starts with several movement activities like Multiplication Basketball and Spelling Jumping Rope. These activities help the teachers in invigorating the sleeping minds of students and in making them alert and responsive towards teaching. Brain Hurricane is defined by the qualities like cooperative, fun, effective, experienced and professional. Each tutoring session consists of short 15 minute activity which helps in keeping the students attentive. These activities are designed to keep the students active, engaged and having fun. Brain Hurricane conducted a survey in 2008-2009 involving 253 parents of students studying in Chicago Public School System. According to this survey, 68.7% parents accepted that the tutoring program is liked by their children, 72.2% parents showed interest in signing up their child again for this program and 75% students said that they like the instructors at Brain Hurricane. To know more about Brain Hurricane teaching program, please visit www.brainhurricanechicago.com (Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
12:10 pm	Brain Hurricane Helps The Students To Handle Peer Pressure Efficiently Brain Hurricane is an efficient tutoring program which teaches students in an innovative and creative way which not only makes learning a complete fun process for them but also helps them in handling peer pressure efficiently. Reed Howard, a life long teacher did extensive research while creating the teaching methods for this program and employed certified teachers and qualified professionals who believe in the concept of hand on learning, power of creativity, and collaborative learning. The innovative methods of teaching keep the students alert in class unlike the ordinary methods of lectures where the attention of students easily drift off. The interest of students is kept in mind while designing the curriculum for the students. The curriculum consists of several easy to understand fictional stories which contain short nonfiction reading passage correlating with the story. These stories emphasize on the vocabulary development, and fluency of students. Besides this, the curriculum is aligned with national and state benchmarks and lays emphasis on the mathematics and reading skills of the students. Each day begins with certain movement activities like Multiplication Basketball and Spelling Jump Rope. These activities are helpful in invigorating the sleeping minds of students and help them in making improvement in their weak areas. Brain Hurricane ensures to determine the succeeding areas of students as well as the areas where they need more assistance. Brain Hurricane provided its complete 2007-2008 database of the scores of students in all the pre and posttest administrations of age appropriate Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) assessments to Center of Research in Educational Policy (CREP) at the University of Memphis. CREP is an organization which evaluates"what works" in schools across nation. In this evaluation of research, it was revealed that the students of Brain Hurricane showed average gains of around 14%. For further details about this efficient teaching program, please visit http://www.brainhurricanechicago.com (Comment on this)
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
6:33 pm	Brain Hurricane Increases The Competitiveness And Team Spirit In The Students The concept of Brain Hurricane was introduced by Reed Howard who has an experience of over 35 years in teaching. It is a free tutoring program which is designed to reduce the burden of cramming on the students and to make learning a fun process for them. It has been incorporated with efficient teaching strategies and has worked with more than 6000 students in seven different states over the past six years. This tutoring program encourages the students to think in creative manner so that they can come with new ideas to solve any problem. This tutoring program guarantees a positive learning experience for the students and teaches them teamwork, individual critical thinking skills, creativity and a positive approach to deal with real life problems as well. To invigorate the sleeping minds of the students, Brain Hurricane includes several movement activities like Multiplication Basketball and Spelling Jump Rope which are performed at the beginning of each day. Besides this, at the end of each day, various skits based on the lessons learnt are performed by the teams of students. These skits help the students in recalling the lessons they have learnt in the whole day. The division of teams helps in increasing the competitiveness and team spirit among the students. They also learn the importance of team work as they are required to solve the problems related to their curriculum with help of their teammates. According to a survey conducted by Brain Hurricane in 2008-2009 which involved 253 parents of students studying in Chicago Public School System, 68.7% of the parents accepted that the tutoring program is liked by their children, 72.2% parents appreciated this program and showed interest in signing up their child again for this program and 75% students said that they like the instructors at Brain Hurricane. To know more about Brain Hurricane teaching program, please visit http://www.brainhurricanechicago.com (Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
5:01 pm	Brain Hurricane- Helps Students To Grasp New Things In An Easier Manner Brain Hurricane, a tutoring program for the students from Kindergarten to eighth grade has worked with more than 6000 students in seven different states over the past six years. It is famous among the parents of students because of the unique and innovative teaching methods adopted which not only lessen the burden of cramming on students but also help in building their confidence and will to perform better. These methods encourage the students to perform better and help them to grasp new things in an easier manner. The concept of Brain Hurricane was introduced by Reed Howard. She has an experience of over 35 years in teaching which helped her to create such efficient teaching methods. The highly skilled and qualified teachers undergo extensive professional training before teaching the students. These teachers keep the interest of students in mind while creating the curriculum for them. The movement activities like Multiplication Basketball and Spelling Jumping Ropes which are performed at the beginning of each day make the students attentive and responsive towards teaching. Proven strategies are adopted at this program which keep the students alert in the tutoring session. Every session has a short 15 minutes activity which keeps the students active and engaged. In this program learning is made a fun process as it was designed with the fact in mind that the students cannot learn unless they are paying attention. According to a survey conducted by Brain Hurricane, 68.7% of parents revealed that their child liked the way of teaching adopted here, 72.2% parents showed keen interest in signing up their child for this program again, 68.15% said that they would recommend this program to other parents and 75% students said that they like the instructors at this tutoring program. For further information about this program, please visithttp://www.BrainHurricaneChicago.com (Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
4:54 pm	Students Learn The Importance Of Team Work At Brain Hurricane Brain Hurricane is a free tutoring service for students from Kindergarten to eighth grade and is exemplified with various qualities like cooperative, fun, professional, effective, experienced and many more. The concept of this tutoring program was introduced by Reed Howard who has an experience of over 35 years in teaching. The teaching programs adopted at this program helps the students to learn in an innovative and fun manner. Brain Hurricane understands very well that students cannot learn new things unless they are paying attention. So, in order to hold the attention and interest of students, various proven strategies like hands-on problem solving activities and movement activities are performed. The students learn the importance of team work in this program. They are divided in teams and are required to solve their curriculum related problems with the help of their teammates. This also helps in building confidence among them as they try to perform better than the rest of the teams. Extensive research is done by the highly qualified and skilled teachers to prepare the curriculum which is of interest of every student. The curriculum aligns with the national and state standards and contains all the relevant content. Brain Hurricane contacts the parents of the students from time to time to discuss the behavior, academic performance and attendance of their child. A survey was conducted by Brain Hurricane in 2008-2009 which involved 253 parents of the students studying in the Chicago Public School System. This survey revealed that 68.7% of the parents believe that the tutoring program is liked by their children. 72.2% parents were so much satisfied with this program that they showed keen interest in signing up their child for this program again, 68.15% said that they would definitely recommend this program to other parents, and 75% of the students said that they like the instructors at this tutoring program. For more information regarding the teaching methods adopted at Brain Hurricane, please browse through http://www.BrainHurricaneChicago.com (Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
11:44 am	Brain Hurricane—Helps In Building Self Esteem And Confidence Of Students Brain Hurricane is a family business which was introduced by Reed Howard. It is a free tutoring service for the students from kindergarten to eighth grade. Reed Howard has a teaching experience of over 35 years and has done everything within her power to create an efficient way of teaching which not only clears the concepts of the students but also lessens the burden of cramming on them. The teaching methods adopted at Brain Hurricane help the teachers in building the self esteem and confidence of the students.The teachers undergo professional training to understand these teaching methods. These methods are entirely different from ordinary method of lectures where the attention of students easily drifts away. The curriculum designed by the teachers aligns with national and state standards and the interest of students is kept in mind while creating it. It contains all the relevant content and also consists of short fiction stories that are of interest to all age groups. Brain Hurricane contracted with CREP and provided its complete 2007-2008 database of the scores of the students in all the pre and posttest administrations of age appropriate Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) assessments to it. CREP which stands for the "Center of Research in Educational Policy" at the University of Memphis evaluates "what works" in schools across nation. On comparing both the pre and posttest ITBS assessments, it was observed that the students of Brain Hurricane showed average gains of around 14%. This evaluation proved that the stress laid on reading skills and mathematics of students helped them to achieve better grades and test scores. At Brain Hurricane, students are taught in a complete fun manner. Various movement activities like Spelling Jump Rope and Multiplication Basketball are performed at the beginning of each day which helps in making the students attentive in the class. To know more about this program, please visit http://www.BrainHurricaneChicago.com (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, January 30th, 2010
9:30 am	Students Learn To Support Each Other In Solving Problems At Brain Hurricane Brain Hurricane is a free tutoring program for the students where different interesting teaching methods are adopted to make learning a fun process. It was introduced by Reed Howard, who has an experience of over 35 years in teaching, and her experience has helped her a lot in creating new teaching methods which lay stress on practical knowledge instead of theoretical knowledge. This tutoring program offers unique ways to solve different problems. Here the students are taught that for every problem there exist several solutions. At Brain Hurricane, the students are divided in teams; it makes them learn the importance of team work. They learn to support each other in solving problems which increases the team spirit among them. The division of teams also encourages healthy competition among students as every student tries to perform better than others in his team. This ultimately helps in building the confidence of the students. The curriculum is designed by highly qualified and skilled teachers who keep the interest of the students in mind while designing the curriculum. These teachers go through professional training to understand the teaching methods adopted at Brain Hurricane before teaching the students. The curriculum designed contains all the relevant content and aligns with the national and state standards. Recently, Brain Hurricane conducted a survey which involved 253 parents whose children studied this program in the school year 2008-2009 under the Chicago Public School system. The results of the survey revealed that 68.7% parents strongly agreed that their child liked the Brain Hurricane program. 68.1% said that they would definitely recommend this program to other parents. 72.2% parents said that they would love to sign up their child for this program again and 75% of the students agreed strongly that they liked their Brain Hurricane instructor. To know more about Brain Hurricane tutoring program, please browse through http://www.BrainHurricaneChicago.com (Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
5:34 pm	Brain Hurricane - Enhancing The Creative And Imaginative Abilities Of Students The Brain Hurricane tutoring program was introduced by Reed Howard. It was created for the benefit of students as it makes learning a fun process. At Brain Hurricane, the students are taught to solve curriculum related problems in interesting and innovative manner. Reed Howard who herself is from teaching background, did an extensive research while developing the curriculum for the students. The curriculum is so much interesting that it doesn’t allow the attention of students to drift away. At Brain Hurricane, the students learn that for every problem there exist multiple solutions. Such approach not only helps the students to solve their curriculum related problems but also helps them to deal with real life problems. Here, stress is laid on practical knowledge and various movement activities like using innovative math, reading tasks are organized at the starting of the day. This helps to make the students active participants in the class. Similarly, at the end of each day, various skits are performed which are based on the lessons they have learnt that day. Brain Hurricane contracted with the Center for Research in Educational Policy (CREP) for an analysis of the benefit of their training programs for students. CREP is a research body that conducts high quality educational researches to evaluate “what works” in schools across the nation. Brain Hurricane provided its personnel with its complete 2007-2008 database of the scores of the students in pre and posttest administrations of age-appropriate Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS) assessments. On comparing the pre and posttest ITBS statements it was revealed that the students of Brain Hurricane had shown average gains of around 14%. They showed excellent improvements in Reading and Mathematics. To know more about the Brain Hurricane tutoring programs, you can browse through http://www.BrainHurricaneChicago.com (Comment on this)
5:18 pm	Brain Hurricane- Providing Innovative Methods Of Teaching Reed Howard introduced the Brain Hurricane tutoring program for the benefit of students from kindergarten to 8th grade. She herself belongs to teaching background and introduced this program after doing extensive research. Brain Hurricane is a free tutoring program where learning is made interactive and is done in a complete fun manner. The teaching methods adopted at Brain Hurricane are effective enough to hold the interest and attention of the students. At Brain Hurricane, the students are taught using creative and innovative methods of teaching. They learn that for every problem there exist multiple solutions and there are different approaches to reach at the solution of the problem. Highly qualified and skilled teachers are employed at Brain Hurricane and the curriculum designed by them contains relevant content. The interest of students is kept in mind before creating the curriculum and it matches the state and national standards. Here, stress is laid on the reading and mathematics skills of the students. Students are divided in teams as this helps them in learning the importance of team work. The students solve the problems related to their curriculum with the help of each other. The division of teams also helps in increasing the competitive behavior of the students as they try to perform better than the rest of the teams. At the end of each day, various quizzes and activities are organized for the students and they are awarded with small prizes. This helps to boost their confidence. According to a survey done by Brain Hurricane in 2008-2009, 68.7% of the parents revealed that the tutoring program is liked by their children, 72.2% parents showed keen interest in signing up their child for this program again, 68.15% said that they would definitely recommend this program to other parents, and 75% students said that they like the instructors of Brain Hurricane. To know more about the teaching programs offered by Brain Hurricane, please visit http://www.BrainHurricaneChicago.com (Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010
10:04 am	Stress Put On Practical Knowledge at Brain Hurricane Reed Howard produced the concept of Brain Hurricane programs. It is a free tutoring service created for the benefit of the students so that they can learn and grasp new things in a much easier manner. The teaching methods developed by Reed Howard lay emphasis on the participation of students. They are so creative that they allow the teachers to have undivided attention of the students. The activities and methods of teachings adopted in this program make the students responsive towards teaching. At Brain Hurricane, students are awarded small prizes for their good behavior and performing well in the class. This helps in building their confidence and increases their will to perform better. Teams are divided among the students, and they have to solve their curriculum related problems with the help of their teammates. This makes the students understand the importance of team work. The curriculum designed at Brain Hurricane is made creative and innovative keeping in mind the interest of each and every student. All the content in curriculum is relevant and matches the national and state standards. A survey was conducted involving 253 parents of students who were pursuing their studies at Brain Hurricane in the year 2008–2009. The evaluation revealed that 68.7% of parents agreed that their child liked the way of teaching adopted at Brain Hurricane. According to this tutoring program, practical knowledge has more impact than the theoretical knowledge, so stress is laid on providing practical knowledge. Also, it helps the students to deal with real life problems. The highly qualified teachers employed at Brain Hurricane teach the students to solve their problems by using divergent approaches. They are taught how to enhance their creative and imaginative abilities. For further queries related to these tutoring programs, please log on to http://www.brainhurricanechicago.com (Comment on this)
9:33 am	Emphasis Laid On Participation Of Students At Brain Hurricane Chicago Brain Hurricane Chicago is one of the leading free tutoring programs for the students. It was prepared by Reed Howard who herself has a teaching background. Her experience in teaching has helped her to create an efficient curriculum for students from kindergarten to 8th grade. Brain Hurricane Chicago contracted with CREP for an independent analysis of the benefits of the training programs provided by them to the students. CREP stands for the Center of Research in Educational Policy at the University of Memphis. It evaluates "what works" in schools across nation. Brain Hurricane Chicago provided its personnel with its complete 2007–2008 database of the scores of students in all the pre and posttest administrations of age appropriate Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS) assessments. This helped the CREP in proper evaluation of the research. On comparing both the pre and posttest ITBS assessments, it was observed that the students of Brain Hurricane Chicago showed average gains of around 14%. The evaluation proved that the emphasis is given on reading and math skills as the Brain Hurricane students showed remarkable improvement in Reading and Mathematics. At Brain Hurricane, movement activities like using innovative math, reading tasks are organized at the beginning of each class. This helps in making the students active participants. Here, the learning processes are designed in such a manner that they engage the students in enhancing their math and reading skills. Skits are performed based on the lessons they have been learnt during day which ensures that the students are alert and also help the students to recall the lessons in a much convenient manner. The education provided at Brain Hurricane is made creative and innovative, so that not only it helps the students in school but also in their real life. To learn more about the Brain Hurricane Chicago programs, you can visit http://www.brainhurricanechicago.com (Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
7:16 pm	Brain Hurricane Chicago - Education Provided With A Difference Brain Hurricane Chicago is a free tutoring program which provides students with various interactive and interesting learning methods that help them to excel in academics as well as increase their participation level in the classroom. These programs make the learning process in the classroom full of fun and make the students enthusiastic about their curriculum. Students are divided in teams to perform the activities organized which helps in increasing their confidence level and also makes studies more interesting. This method also motivates the students to perform better than the other teams, to be competitive and to solve the problems in more creative and divergent manner. At Brain Hurricane Chicago, the students learn multiple methods to solve each problem. To gain the attention of the students and in order to make them feel attentive, Brain hurricane Chicago gives them the movement activities. The teachers employed at Brain hurricane Chicago provide interactive lessons which basically focus on the reading skills and math. The programs provided here are of hands-on nature and the curriculum provided is also of national and state standards. Interest of students is always kept in mind while organizing any activity or while creating different lessons. These programs stress on the students’ creativity and prepare them to face real life problems with a positive approach towards life. Our teaching programs assist the students in learning to use their imagination to solve their problems. At Brain hurricane Chicago, we have also developed various fiction stories that are of interest to all age groups. These stories are in easy to understand language and extremely interesting. Our program teaches the students each and every lesson in a fun manner and enhances their communication skills as well. For any information or query about Brain hurricane Chicago, please browse through http://www.brainhurricanechicago.com (Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
6:58 pm	Parents Extremely Satisfied With Brain Hurricane Tutoring Program Brain Hurricane is a leading tutoring program created by Reed Howard. Recently, Brain Hurricane conducted a survey which involved 253 parents whose children studied this program in the school year 2008-2009 in the Chicago Public School system. The results of the survey revealed that 68.7% parents strongly agreed that their child liked the Brain Hurricane program. 68.1% said that they would definitely recommend this program to other parents. 72.2% parents said that they would love to sign up their child for this program again & 75% of the students agreed strongly that they liked their Brain Hurricane instructor. At Brain Hurricane Chicago, you are provided with excellent free teaching programs as the learning process here is fun and interactive process. Unique ways of solving the problems are developed by the teachers at Brain Hurricane and the students here are taught to learn creative and innovative approaches to solve the problems. The students are made to learn through the process of participation in different teams. The students learn to support each other in solving various problems related to the curriculum. They are completely engaged in the learning process of math and enhancing their reading skills. The reading and math skills taught by Brain Hurricane match the state and national standards. The students learn to solve the problems in different manners. At the beginning of each class, the movement activities use innovative math, reading tasks and make the students active participants. These skills are taught to the students through activities, lessons and divergent approaches towards problem solving by the highly skilled and professional teachers employed by the Brain Hurricane. Students are given occasional prizes when they perform well in class and after every class, the students perform small skits based on the reading lessons they have learnt that day. Such activities keep the students alert and ensure that they think about the problems in a new way. To know more about programs offered by Brain Hurricane Chicago, log on to http://www.brainhurricanechicago.com (Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009
12:02 pm	Brain Hurricane : Free Math and Reading Tutoring Classes Brain Hurricane is a family company that has developed high quality and free teaching programs for students from Kindergarten to 8th grade. The Brain Hurricane teachers have worked hard to develop tutoring programs that teach students math and reading skills in a creative and interactive manner. The Brain Hurricane tutoring programs teach math and reading skills by giving students such tasks that interests them and make them think about different solutions to the problems discussed in the classroom. The curriculum developed by Brain Hurricane team matches the national and state standards of education. The teachers from Brain Hurricane also ensure that the lessons in the classroom interest the students. In all, the activities, lessons and divergent approach towards the problems make learning a fun-filled experience. Such activities keep the students interested in the task at hand and also allow them to use their creativity in solving classroom problems. The Brain Hurricane tutoring classes start with movement activities to make the students feel active and energized. Practical activities in the Brain Hurricane classes are performed by students working with each other to complete tasks realize the importance of team work. At the end of each class, students perform a small skit based on the reading lesson discussed in the class that day. At Brain Hurricane, the students participate in the learning process and develop a team spirit towards solving problems and creatively finding divergent solutions for problems discussed in the classroom. Students are also awarded for being attentive in class room and the program ends with a small ceremony where students are given prizes for displaying good behavior. Brain Hurricane believes in creatively teaching the students and providing them with education that helps them in real life too. To learn more about free Brain Hurricane tutoring programs, browse through http://www.brainhurricanechicago.com (Comment on this)