Struggling with whether your child is going to be able to go to school in the Fall? Are you worried about the quality of online academic learning? Do you want to have access to the most up to date and proven methods for teaching your child? Are you concerned about your child losing out on the most crucial intellectual development that occurs during the early childhood years? If physical attendance is not possible, how do you justify the cost of preschool?
Dawn Lesley Stewart founded Perry School in 2001. Through her ongoing research into Early Childhood Development, Dawn created Think Tank in 2008. Think Tank is a unique learning system that combines small group online academic instruction with one on one sessions with each individual child as well as parent/caregiver coaching.
Parents are currently grappling with what makes sense for their child from both a health and safety perspective as well as an academic perspective. Throughout the current times, the goal is children to thrive in a highly engaging online learning environment.
If remote learning is the only option, educational technology has not been a strong for preschoolers. Think Tank was originally created with the idea in mind to make it accessible not only to the current Perry School community, but to families outside the walls of the school as well. In the era of online learning, Dawn has made her dream a reality. Since Think Tank’s inception, parental participation has always been key. The structure is such that the number of hours parents are involved in their child’s learning each week is minimal yet allows parents to be active participants in their child’s learning process.
Think Tank has been years in the making, resulting in a multitude of success stories. Up until now, you had to go to Perry School in NYC to get this education. As a result of the lockdown and the challenges of Zoom meetings for preschoolers, Think Tank provides a customized live experience for part of the process, and a complete website with level specific lesson plans including videos and slideshows.
Online learning is the “new normal.” Children will be continuing to be educated this way until we have a vaccine.
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