Sylvan Learning Reviews

Then, they are monitoring his progress pretty closely to where, if he is excelling in one area, they're quick to mix in new material. Or if he is still needing more time to focus on one area, they're making sure that there is an undercurrent of that curriculum still available for him to practice on his sessions. He likes going to Sylvan. I believe having that prize-based incentive, where if they do well, they accumulate tokens that they can then cash in for prizes. My son responds well to being rewarded for his hard work.

Going to Sylvan has been beneficial. We're seeing really good strides in his reading. It's worth the investment. I would recommend it to others. If their kid is needing more attention in a particular subject or whether they are falling behind or if they're not being challenged enough, it's a great place to get a good assessment with, to see where your kid is. They have a great action plan for your child. They have a nice individual development plan for your kid if you feel like they're not being challenged or need more help with the school that they're going to.

We really love Sylvan. We typically prepay for 10 hours at a time for a block of time to get a discounted rate, and my daughter's tutoring sessions are 90% reading and 10% math. It's almost entirely focused on the reading program, which encompasses spelling, writing, etc. There are only certain milestones they can do, but my daughter has done incredibly well with her Sylvan progress.

The reps have been super great too. There was a misunderstanding of rescheduling versus excusing classes we'd already paid for, which is just understanding how the program works better. They've been willing to reschedule, which is helpful in the progress in reaching milestones, and my daughter loves it, which is the key part. However, the location my daughter goes to is only open on certain days. They're not open on Fridays or Sundays, and they have a limited availability Monday through Thursday and Saturday. Having to start it on the hour or on the half-hour, the scheduling availability and the days open, those are the only limitations that we've run into with Sylvan in working with our schedule and getting our child in there as much as, if not more than, we'd like.

Sylvan Learning has been amazing for us and we really appreciate it. It was so good. We did all year last year, twice a week, two hours per session for a full year for my daughter, then she asked to be reenrolled one day a week, one hour per session this year to help make sure she didn't lose progress over the summer. That says to me not only did it engage her, but she made the choice to have additional learning through Sylvan over the summer that was not required or expected of her. I couldn't ask for any more. I will absolutely go back there and I'll be bringing my other daughter there late this summer to help her get ready for her fourth-grade prep.

We're still fairly new, but usually when we walk in, it's super professional. There's not a ton of snack time or any of that. They do say, ""Hey, how are you?"" They check in with my daughter and then it's right to business. And she's got a pretty good rapport with one of the tutors there.

We noticed that she really needed help with reading comprehension, and she's pretty low in her reading. But since then, because we know we need to work on that, she's moved up a reading level just recently. And her comprehension seems to be a little bit better. Unfortunately, she's kind of been passed through the grades. So she'll be a sophomore this year and she's pretty behind in reading. Anyway, I'm glad we have them.

We've seen improvements with our daughter within the first month. Since she was going for reading and math, it took a little while to get up to her 25-session assessment. We were focusing a little bit more on reading for about the first five months. She took her reading assessment in May and she just took her math assessment at the end of June and she moved up an entire grade level in both. That made me feel like I was doing the right thing with the one-on-one attention versus group settings in some other types of tutoring place. The after school help was a group setting where it really wasn't focused on her specific skills gaps. So, I felt we brought her to the right place.

Also, the tutors at Sylvan are all so caring and patient and it is a happy environment for her to be in where she can learn as much as she can. The tutors are very professional. They're very caring and patient. It's not just a matter of pushing paper around or getting to the next lesson. It's more about checking if my daughter really understands and do they need to take a step back or keep going.

I've talked to the director through texts and calls. She's always engaging. I can always can go in to her office and ask her a question. My son said that the teachers are really good and they're attentive. He likes the incentives with the prizes they give him. You get a certain number of points and get a prize off the prize board. That incentive has helped my son tremendously to focus on reading.

I recommended Sylvan to a friend. Her daughter is having some of the same issues. She looked into another program but they didn’t do the hands-on approach like Sylvan. She said she could just teach her daughter at home if that was the case. They just give the children paperwork and expect them to do it. But Sylvan is more hands-on. It costs a little bit more than what she was paying, but it's worth the cost because you're getting that one-on-one.

Try out the program. I like the hourly cost, so you can tailor it to your time and you can have your kids go in there and in a set time. That's how we did it. We pay for a bulk amount of hours and we utilize them when we need to on Saturdays rather than trying to do it through the week because it's harder when the kids are in school. It was helpful to have that versatility.

Sylvan also always has specials at certain times, so we can always build more hours or pay for more hours and use them later. Currently, we're not doing it for the summer because my son is in different things. I told him I'll give him until September. At the parents’ conference if he's going back on that same track, then we're gonna put Sylvan right back in. We already still have some hours there, but we'll build on them. Even the director knows that we're waiting on those sales, so she's gonna reach out and let us know when those sales happen so we can already have those hours in our pocket if we need them.