Enrichment for High Achievers: Our enrichment program focuses on critical and higher level thinking skills in reading, math and writing. Through creative activities such as perplexers, creative writing, analogies, and reading comprehension tasks, students are challenged to “think outside the box”. 

Conversational Spanish: A ten-week, one-hour lesson is offered in a small group setting for students in grades 1-5.  One-on-one Spanish instruction is available as well.   
 

Tutoring: For many students, a little help from someone other than mom or dad is all they need.  Let us remove the dinner time stress associated with homework by providing that someone for you.  All of our tutors are certified teachers or are highly trained in their subject area.   

Kindergarten Preparation: Units featuring the highly regarded Land of the Letter People curriculum allow your preschooler to prepare for literacy.  The content of this program reaches across all subject areas including science, health and safety, art, math, music and motor skills.  Parents are encouraged to enroll in the first session one calendar year before entering kindergarten in order to complete the entire program.   

Handwriting Instruction: An overlooked aspect of literacy includes effective written expression.  Beyond the Books offers a research based proven program aimed at improving the automatic production of legible handwriting.   “Handwriting without Tears” provides systematic instruction that apply Orton-Gillingham instructional principles.  Pre-Kindergarten through elementary age students learn through various modalities to include Visual, Auditory, Kinesthetic, and Tactile methods.  In addition, the developmental progression of children is incorporated into the sequence of instruction in order to effectively teach appropriate print/cursive skills. 

Dyslexia: The International Dyslexia Association defines Dyslexia as a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin.  It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities.  These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction.  Secondary consequences may include problems in reading comprehension and reduced reading experience that can impede the growth of vocabulary and background knowledge. 

If your child seems to be exhibiting characteristics of dyslexia, a comprehensive assessment through Beyond the Books can help to provide an accurate diagnosis, as well as provide specific interventions for improvement.  All reading curriculum offered at BTB is research based and has been highly recommended by experts in the field for use among students with dyslexia.  Through multi-sensory activities, each student receives reading instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics skills, fluency and reading comprehension skills based on the research findings of the National Reading Panel as necessary for reading success.