The Academic Gym™️:
Here's how The Academic Gym can help your child to master important facts:
Kids learn their math, grammar, and vocabulary facts in the most interactive, exciting ways.
Students move to different levels of excellence represented by different colors of shirts. They win medals and trophies for individual and team excellence.
Learning becomes the ultimate team sport.
When kids move their bodies, their minds become more focused and ready to learn.
At The Academic Gym, kids exercise their bodies and minds at the same time. This makes learning an exciting, unforgettable experience.
They learn the least exciting things in the most exciting ways.
The Academic Gym (T.A.G.) helps kids to become fast and fluent in the foundational facts.
At The Academic Gym, kids learn the parts of speech and the parts of words so that they can read with greater speed and comprehension.
What is the Academic Gym at ScholarSkills™️?
The Academic Gym is like karate for the brain: Kids do mental and physical exercises that increase their physical and academic fitness at the same time. We teach students the mental skills and physical disciplines world class athletes use so that they can learn and apply these skills to achieve personal and academic excellence. Students move towards higher levels of excellence which are represented by badges and colored shirts. Students will learn together and compete together to master the fundamentals of excellence in reading, writing, and math. A combination of physical and mental conditioning will help your children's minds to become fast, fit, and focused. The Academic Gym combines learning, fitness, and fun into one. We make learning so exciting that it doesn't feel like learning.
Summary:
The Academic Gym at ScholarSkills is where kids exercise their bodies and minds at the same time and learning, fitness, and fun, are one. It’s where athletics meet academics as kids exercise their bodies to activate their minds. Your children’s minds will become Fast, Fit, and Focused.
Students will develop the mental speed, knowledge, and focus they need to succeed in school and in life. Exercise naturally promotes dopamine which promotes selective attention and concentration. However excitement about learning also promotes dopamine. So linking learning to excitement makes kids not only want to learn but strengthens their ability to learn—forever!
At the Academic Gym, we create so many physically interactive exciting exercises for learning that kids get motivated to do their best and develop the knowledge, speed, and accuracy they need for success in school and on important tests.
The Academic Gym at ScholarSkills is where kids exercise their bodies and minds at the same time and learning, fitness, and fun, are one. It’s where athletics meet academics as kids exercise their bodies to activate their minds. Your children’s minds will become Fast, Fit, and Focused.
Students will develop the mental speed, knowledge, and focus they need to succeed in school and in life. Exercise naturally promotes dopamine which promotes selective attention and concentration. However excitement about learning also promotes dopamine. So linking learning to excitement makes kids not only want to learn but strengthens their ability to learn—forever!
At the Academic Gym, we create so many physically interactive exciting exercises for learning that kids get motivated to do their best and develop the knowledge, speed, and accuracy they need for success in school and on important tests.
Why do we call it The Academic Gym?
It's called The Academic Gym because our goal is to help students become Academic Champions by mastering the F.A.C.T.S.™️ (the Fundamentals of Arithmetic, Comprehension, and Thinking Skills) through physical and academic workouts. These rigorous mental and physical workouts will train their brains and bodies to perform at peak levels for physical and academic excellence. Students will become Elite Academic Athletes™️ by training their minds and bodies at the same time with the same techniques that help world class performers to focus their minds and empower their bodies.
To summarize: We will teach kids the mental skills and physical disciplines world class athletes use so that they can learn and apply these skills to achieve personal and academic excellence.
To summarize: We will teach kids the mental skills and physical disciplines world class athletes use so that they can learn and apply these skills to achieve personal and academic excellence.
How will T.A.G.™️ help kids physically and academically?
Students will develop stronger minds and bodies through mental and physical exercises that promote the following critical skills:
Summary:
How do athletes become great? Athletes become great by training their minds and bodies to perform at peak levels. We will teach children the techniques that athletes use to focus and prepare their minds to lead their bodies so that kids can become elite academic athletes. We use a combination of physical and mental exercises to teach them how to focus under pressure, and how to breathe, relax, and speak positively to themselves to defeat test stress and other mental stressors. We also show them how to do physical and mental repetitions to increase their skill levels in everything.
Research shows that exercise helps the brain to work better. Diet also changes with exercise. So a new mental and physical diet will help these kids to develop into great academic athletes. This is athletics for academics™️.
This constant system of coordinated mental and physical exercises, combined in the same program, can help children achieve peak levels of excellence at whatever they do. We want to teach them how greatness is developed and then show them how to apply those disciplines to everything they do.
- Focus (especially in pressurized situations)
- Agility
- Flexibility
- Speed of Processing Information
- Hand eye Coordination
- Stress relieving systematic breathing
- mental and physical conditioning for peak academic and athletic performance
Summary:
How do athletes become great? Athletes become great by training their minds and bodies to perform at peak levels. We will teach children the techniques that athletes use to focus and prepare their minds to lead their bodies so that kids can become elite academic athletes. We use a combination of physical and mental exercises to teach them how to focus under pressure, and how to breathe, relax, and speak positively to themselves to defeat test stress and other mental stressors. We also show them how to do physical and mental repetitions to increase their skill levels in everything.
Research shows that exercise helps the brain to work better. Diet also changes with exercise. So a new mental and physical diet will help these kids to develop into great academic athletes. This is athletics for academics™️.
This constant system of coordinated mental and physical exercises, combined in the same program, can help children achieve peak levels of excellence at whatever they do. We want to teach them how greatness is developed and then show them how to apply those disciplines to everything they do.
What will students learn?
Students will become exceptional masters of all of the facts and skills they need to increase their speed of processing in reading and arithmetic so that they can get higher grades in school, earn outstanding scores on critical tests, and gain acceptance to selective schools that offer them the best.
Here's a summary of what students will learn:
FACT FITNESS™️
Students will develop Fact Fitness by knowing all of their arithmetical, historical, grammatical, and vocabulary facts fluently. They will learn how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide with profound speed and precision. They will also learn how to analyze words and sentences for faster reading, thinking, and deeper comprehension skills. This will give them the processing power they need to succeed in school and on all standardized tests. When kids know their facts fluently, it frees up their working mental space to focus on analysis and comprehension. If they don’t know their facts fluently, they waste time and mental space. This is especially true when it comes to word problems and complex texts. If students have to spend time figuring out the basic arithmetical facts, they lose their ability to concentrate on what the words mean in the problem and what the problem is that has to be solved. And if they have to spend time figuring out what the words mean and how they are arranged grammatically, valuable time and mental processing space is lost and wasted.
FOCUS AND CONCENTRATION TIME™️ (FACT)
Students will learn how to relax and focus under pressure. This will alleviate test stress and enable them to do their best.
DISCIPLINE AND DETERMINATION
Students will learn how to power through difficulty and overcome obstacles by discipline, dedication, and determination. Perseverance is an invaluable element for success in school and in life.
Here's a summary of what students will learn:
FACT FITNESS™️
Students will develop Fact Fitness by knowing all of their arithmetical, historical, grammatical, and vocabulary facts fluently. They will learn how to add, subtract, multiply, and divide with profound speed and precision. They will also learn how to analyze words and sentences for faster reading, thinking, and deeper comprehension skills. This will give them the processing power they need to succeed in school and on all standardized tests. When kids know their facts fluently, it frees up their working mental space to focus on analysis and comprehension. If they don’t know their facts fluently, they waste time and mental space. This is especially true when it comes to word problems and complex texts. If students have to spend time figuring out the basic arithmetical facts, they lose their ability to concentrate on what the words mean in the problem and what the problem is that has to be solved. And if they have to spend time figuring out what the words mean and how they are arranged grammatically, valuable time and mental processing space is lost and wasted.
FOCUS AND CONCENTRATION TIME™️ (FACT)
Students will learn how to relax and focus under pressure. This will alleviate test stress and enable them to do their best.
DISCIPLINE AND DETERMINATION
Students will learn how to power through difficulty and overcome obstacles by discipline, dedication, and determination. Perseverance is an invaluable element for success in school and in life.
How will students learn?
Students will engage in a variety of kinesthetic activities that can be summarized in the following ways:
CORE Time™️: Combinations Of Rigorous Exercises™️
FACE Time™️: Focus And Concentration Exercises™️
PAST Time™️: Power And Speed Training™️
K&D Time™️: Knowledge And Drill Time™️
CORE Time™️: Combinations Of Rigorous Exercises™️
FACE Time™️: Focus And Concentration Exercises™️
PAST Time™️: Power And Speed Training™️
K&D Time™️: Knowledge And Drill Time™️
Who can join The Academic Gym?
The Academic Gym is for S.T.A.R.S.™️ (Studious, Teachable, And Responsible Students) who are in grades 2 through 4.
Where is The Academic Gym Located?
The Academic Gym will offer multiple locations. It's headquarters is located at ScholarSkills Learning Center at 4709 Avenue N.
How much does The Academic Gym Cost?
The Academic Gym's fees are $199 per month for 8 sessions of one hour training. Students will also purchase uniforms. Call (718) 258-4647 for more information and family discounts.
When Is The Academic Gym Open?
The Academic Gym is currently open throughout the school year with schedules on Saturdays. Call (718) 258-4647 for more information.