Sylvan Learning Reviews

The motivation station was one big thing that he enjoys, and getting the tokens. He hasn't been using any of his because his goal is to have more tokens than onen kid has. When we don't have a session, he would be upset about it. For example, last weekend, he does lacrosse, he had a tournament in Yakima, eastern Washington. They had to take off Friday morning. He cried and was upset that he would miss his tutoring sessions. So, he's enjoying it.

We had not told his teachers that he has been doing Sylvan, but they wanted to express how much he had been improving. His third grade teacher sent us an email and a follow-up letter, saying that there has been big advances in his reading. He doesn't have to sound out a lot of stuff. He comprehends a lot more. They didn't know how he has been progressing. We finally told them, “He's been going to Sylvan.” They said, “So, he's going twice a week?” “He's only doing once a week.” “Even then, it's big growth.” As a parent, I am happy and satisfied with that, to the point where now my 7th grade son is struggling with homework organization and turning in the assignments, so I've already reached out to Liz. We're gonna start doing the homework support for my 12-year-old.

My five-year-old daughter has expressed to us already that once she starts having homework, she would like to go because she heard all these kudos for my eight-year-old. She said, “I want that too.” We're gonna send my daughter when the time comes because we're happy with Sylvan. We have recommended it to various friends. Our neighbors have dinner with us four times a week at our house. Hunter's confident. He would bring out a book. My neighbors would notice how much he has been improving in Reading. They've been through this whole process with us. We ran all these ideas by them, but they have been noticing stuff.

Sylvan is easily accessible. All I had to do was text them and they would respond the same day or the next day if I texted them after hours. If I saw my son's grades and I felt there needed to be a little bit more emphasis on writing, then they would adjust to that. They would also call you with an assessment to let you know how they felt your child was doing and if there were any areas they wanted to know if you wanted them to focus on. Because my son also had SOLs coming up, I emphasized that I wanted them to help him with testing strategies and they incorporated that into the program as well.

My son is a hands-on learner and he loves education. He enjoyed the rewards program that they have. I'm an advocate of the Sylvan learning program. Communication is very important and they shape the program to what you feel your child's needs are. They mix that in with their professional expertise as well. They do a good job of breaking down the areas and not just say your child needs to work on his math. They'll say what areas they are going to focus on, like decimals, fractions, or three digit multiplication. It's not just an overall focus. It is very specific to your child's needs.

I like the way that Sylvan caters to the child's strengths as well as the areas where they need to improve. They also want you to be a part of the process and welcome your feedback because they wanna make sure that they're focusing on what you're paying for, and that they're targeting the areas that you are concerned about. It's almost like an a la carte program where you tell them what you want and they build the program towards what you feel the needs are for your child.

Sylvan is helping him a lot. My son has been doing this for the past three months and it’s going great. He’s teaching me division because I’ve forgotten and he learned all his multiplications. It's worth it seeing my son do his homework without asking for help and just doing it. I hope he uses Sylvan in the long run. We paid for 200 and something sessions, so he's gonna be going there for a few months. We started with Math because he was struggling with multiplication and wasn't getting it. But he mastered that and he is now in division. Sylvan is trying to get him up to grade level when he starts fifth grade, and they're gonna work on that. Later on, they’re gonna help him out with Literature. He's good with Reading, but more on Spelling and putting his punctuations in the proper place where they're supposed to be. He will be doing both.

Sylvan is expensive but it’s worth it. My daughter is going on seventh grade and she’s always been an A student. She's never asked us for help. She's gotten on by herself, which is great, because if I had to put both children in Sylvan, I would need four jobs. Everything has been very smooth. The boat’s been rolling and the website is great too. I recommend Sylvan. This has been lifesaving. My home is calmer now when we come home from work. My children both do their homework and do not ask us. My son’s grades have gone up and most likely his confidence level too.

Sylvan is very helpful at motivating my kids and feeling like school is a priority and fun too. They never balk at going. In fact, they enjoy going to sessions. They earn points when they excel in something or complete something or they've done extra work. They get excited about earning these points. They're motivated to do outside extra work that supports their general foundational knowledge. They think about all the things they wanna get when they get there. They're learning and incentivized to learn more because of the outcome that they get.

I'm very pleased that Sylvan has been flexible with us when we've had to arrange breaks because of vacations. The communication is very reasonable. I have a warm feeling of being supported. We were gonna stop Sylvan because of financial issues but our children asked us to not stop Sylvan. My daughter said she feels stronger and she can ask questions that she can't ask in school. My son feels connected to the people there. He's got some issues with communication and there’s a lot of negative feedback at school sometimes. Sylvan gives him a more positive feedback. They're able to help him calm down and to focus and complete things. That also helps him to be grounded in his knowledge base and confidence.

I'm grateful that I have this resource because my time is very limited. It's super helpful to have folks who are trained to teach my kids in a way that they can receive the information in a very efficient manner. It covers gaps that have been missed from the COVID era. Having them scanning for things that have been missed so that they still have a good foundation is nice.

Sylvan focused on English and Math in the past but right now, he's not focused on either one of those. He does not have the time to try to get ahead. He likes Lynn, the one that he works with right now in Tiffin, Ohio. They seem to mesh well. He’s at the level he should be. But we haven't done a lot of testing here recently because he's going to a public school and just getting help on homework. It's been an adjustment and a different school too. He's in a church school. He was homeschooled for two years so it’s been a difficult thing. He's in eighth grade and the older they get, the harder it is for them to teach themselves. When we were trying to get him caught back up as far as when he got behind, you could see continuous progress so he was more up to grade level. He was down quite a bit and I had that feeling he was. He was telling me he was struggling. But for an eighth grader, he is tuned in to everything.

My grandson goes from 5:00 to 7:00 at night to Sylvan and by the time I get him back home anywhere between 7:30 and a quarter till 8:00, that's getting late and sometimes, he still has homework to finish when he gets home. That's been a little bit of a complaint with his dad. My grandson works a little slower and sometimes he's gotta wait for the teacher because there's another student in there. When he was doing Math and trying to catch up, I saw a lot of good and it was more worth it. But we cut back to one day. I can’t take him that many days. It's just too much. It's been a discussion. It's not terrible drive time but if they have a lot of homework, he should be just sitting there and working on it.

I usually pick him up at 4 o'clock from his house because I take him to get something to eat before he goes. And then I make sure he's there by 5:00. So, there's an hour. And by the time I get him home, it's another 45 minutes. But he likes Sylvan and he would like to go. So, I just bite the bullet and do it. But I didn't buy any more tutoring. I've got a lot of money in what I have done though and when this runs out, I'll have to probably see what happens next, when he starts in the fall.

We go to a satellite office in Tiffin, which is small, and they’ve had changes recently. I had dealt with a couple of women who were in there consistently since he was going and they both left at the same time. But customer service-wise, I haven’t had trouble. For the most part, it's been very good dealing with people. It's not perfect but we're not in a perfect world these days.

My grandson had a few tutors who weren't up to snuff but it's going good again. So, for the most part, he's had ones that he was happy with. He's had a few that just did not help him. They didn't have the knowledge. I probably should have called and said something, but it was during that time when things had just changed and I was trying to wait it out and see if it would even out and get better. I shouldn't probably do that, but I did, not with the price you pay for it. If you get in on that fall or winter, Sylvan has a sale. It's much better if you buy a package and get that discount. But if you just come in and buy it at any time, it's pricey.

Our daughter's teacher is seeing more of the growth than I'm seeing. But her attitude when it comes to learning is changing. It's going in a more positive direction. It used to be such a high level of frustration for her. As far as the feedback I'm getting from her reading teacher, she's moving forward. She's not with everyone else yet, but she's moving in the right direction.

I normally speak to the director, and we stay connected. I have the number to Sylvan as well as I have hers. She gave me her personal cell number in the event that the office is closed. She makes herself very accessible in the event that I have any questions or concerns. You can tell that she plays an active role in making sure that the kids and the parents are good. The only thing is the cost adds so fast being that it's two nights a week.

Sylvan would give updates. I would receive them in the email. If I didn't respond back, they would call me. They are very professional and to the point. At the beginning, they did an assessment test. Based on the outcomes of their assessment, they set goals to be met at certain time periods. They have meetings with me to tell me where my child was with the goals they have set. It's interesting because I get to attend IEP meetings through the school. We're able to share information with permission between Sylvan Learning and her teachers at school. We're all on the same page.