So…what is ACTivate?
Activate is a business created to help children and families find academic success through a holistic approach to education, health, and wellness.
Activate has offered specialized tutoring with the whole child in mind for the last decade. Children learn in many different ways and each has their own areas of strengths and weaknesses. Activate teaches to the students’ strengths while trying to build up their areas of weakness. Activate tailors each tutoring session to the individual needs of the student and provides for a positive learning experience.
Activate emphasizes the need for physical activity to enhance learning potential and believes there is a strong connection to movement and learning, especially specific exercises that activate brain connection. Likewise, nutrition also plays an important part in helping students achieve academic success. Eating healthy foods nourishes the brain and impacts student ability to focus and pay attention.
Activate specializes in helping children develop strategies to enhance attention and focusing skills, organizational and coping skills to lessen anxieties, social skills, and self-esteem building, in addition to strategies for academic content areas. Activate believes that learning can be fun and engaging and utilizes many different types of activities, games, and hands-on opportunities as much as possible.
Services Offered:
- Tutoring Academic tutoring and brain-connection exercise sessions
- Consultation and health coachingFor individuals, families, teachers/childcare providers, small or large group (ie. home school communities, parent programs)
- Stress Management and Anxiety Coaching
- Coaching sessions for adults and children
Background of Activate LLC...
Through Amanda’s years teaching in the classroom setting, she saw firsthand what the factors were contributing to her students’ success- creating a positive and safe atmosphere, building self-esteem in her students, and finding new and creative ways to keep them engaged in their learning. She kept her focus on the social, emotional, mental, and physical needs of her students…in other words, the whole child! She understands that each child is unique and has different learning styles, personality, interests, and the ways in which they are “smart”, and she uses these factors to set students up for success through differentiated instruction.
She noticed that despite her students’ best efforts, there were some missing connections and focus issues that got in the way of her students’ learning potential. By understanding that many missing links are due to a lack of integration of the brain and retained reflexes, Amanda has learned that this can be remedied through movement which just happens to be another area of passion for her. Amanda has an extensive dance and fitness background, is a licensed Zumba Kids instructor, and knows the importance of keeping the body active.
It is so important for children to have many opportunities for activity and in the same turn, it boosts their brain connectivity, making them more ready to learn. Amanda’s goal is to educate children and their families on how they can be the best they can be by creating a lifestyle that is healthy- on the inside and outside!
The past few years Amanda has coached teachers and presented lessons on self-regulation strategies for classroom and personal use. She taught prevention and character education lessons to elementary students. She is a certified health coach and specializes in stress management coaching. She understands the extreme stress many adults, especially educators, are under these days and aims to be a positive and supportive listening ear to others and is excited to offer new services to help others improve their wellbeing.
Through Amanda’s years teaching in the classroom setting, she saw firsthand what the factors were contributing to her students’ success- creating a positive and safe atmosphere, building self-esteem in her students, and finding new and creative ways to keep them engaged in their learning. She kept her focus on the social, emotional, mental, and physical needs of her students…in other words, the whole child! She understands that each child is unique and has different learning styles, personality, interests, and the ways in which they are “smart”, and she uses these factors to set students up for success through differentiated instruction.
She noticed that despite her students’ best efforts, there were some missing connections and focus issues that got in the way of her students’ learning potential. By understanding that many missing links are due to a lack of integration of the brain and retained reflexes, Amanda has learned that this can be remedied through movement which just happens to be another area of passion for her. Amanda has an extensive dance and fitness background, is a licensed Zumba Kids instructor, and knows the importance of keeping the body active.
It is so important for children to have many opportunities for activity and in the same turn, it boosts their brain connectivity, making them more ready to learn. Amanda’s goal is to educate children and their families on how they can be the best they can be by creating a lifestyle that is healthy- on the inside and outside!
The past few years Amanda has coached teachers and presented lessons on self-regulation strategies for classroom and personal use. She taught prevention and character education lessons to elementary students. She is a certified health coach and specializes in stress management coaching. She understands the extreme stress many adults, especially educators, are under these days and aims to be a positive and supportive listening ear to others and is excited to offer new services to help others improve their wellbeing.
