Elementary Learning Support
Individualized, relationship-centered support in reading, writing, math, executive functioning, and learning confidence for elementary-age students
Children learn best when they feel understood, supported, and capable. Our Elementary Learning Support services are designed to build academic skills while strengthening confidence, engagement, and a positive relationship with learning.
Support is individualized around each child’s strengths, interests, learning profile, and current needs. Sessions are flexible, encouraging, and responsive rather than one-size-fits-all.
Weekend appointments are offered.
Who May Benefit
These services may be helpful for children who:
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Benefit from additional support in reading, writing, or math
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Need a different pace, explanation, or approach
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Learn best with individualized practice and repetition
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Have ideas they want to express but find writing difficult
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Need support with foundational math concepts
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Find it hard to get started, stay engaged, organize ideas, or complete schoolwork
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Feel discouraged, overwhelmed, or less confident during academic tasks
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Learn well through movement, visuals, hands-on activities, games, or interest-based learning
Children do not need a diagnosis to participate.
Areas of Support
Reading
Reading support may include:
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Phonological and phonemic awareness
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Letter-sound relationships
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Decoding and word recognition
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Spelling patterns
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Reading fluency
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Vocabulary and comprehension
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Reading confidence and engagement
Instruction may draw from the Orton-Gillingham approach, which uses explicit, structured, sequential, and multisensory teaching to support reading and spelling development.
Written Expression
Writing support may include:
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Generating and organizing ideas
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Sentence and paragraph development
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Spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation
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Adding detail and clarity
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Revising and editing
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Building writing confidence and stamina
Children may use visual organizers, oral rehearsal, modeling, sentence supports, and other tools that help them communicate their ideas more comfortably and clearly.
Math
Math support may include:
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Number sense and number relationships
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Place value
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Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
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Math facts and flexible strategies
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Word problems
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Mathematical reasoning
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Understanding and explaining problem-solving approaches
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Building confidence with math
Hands-on materials, visuals, movement, games, and real-world examples may be used to make concepts more meaningful and accessible.
Learning and Executive Functioning Skills
Executive functioning support is woven into academic sessions when helpful. This may include:
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Getting started
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Breaking work into manageable steps
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Following multistep directions
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Organizing materials and ideas
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Staying engaged
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Remembering what to do next
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Checking work
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Asking for support
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Developing manageable learning routines
These skills are practiced within meaningful academic activities so children can discover strategies that work well for them.
Our Approach
We use a strengths-based, neurodiversity-affirming approach that considers the whole learner. Support is shaped by each child’s academic skills, communication style, interests, attention, confidence, sensory needs, emotional experience, and need for connection and autonomy.
We prioritize:
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A trusting relationship
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Emotional safety
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Respect for each child’s learning style
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Individualized pacing
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Meaningful skill development
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Child engagement and curiosity
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Confidence and self-understanding
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Collaboration with caregivers
Individual Learning Support Sessions: $195 per session
Families can book sessions individually, allowing support to be flexible and responsive to your child’s needs.
Services begin with getting to know your child’s strengths, educational experiences, current needs, and family priorities.
Sessions are individualized and may focus on areas such as:
• Reading and literacy development
• Written expression and spelling
• Math
• Executive functioning skills for learning
• Organization and study skills
• Academic confidence and self-advocacy
• Understanding and working with your child’s individual learning style
There is no required package or long-term commitment. Families can schedule sessions at the frequency that makes sense for their child, with the option of reserving a consistent weekly time when desired.
Additional Information
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Weekend appointments and limited availability one weekday evening are offered.
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In-clinic sessions are offered in San Carlos.
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Limited home-based support may be available depending on location and scheduling.
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Services are private pay.
Meet Karen Shin
Karen Shin brings more than 20 years of experience supporting children in educational and behavioral settings. She is currently a teacher at Synapse School, has completed her Institute for Social and Emotional Learning certification, is certified in the Orton-Gillingham approach, and is completing her educational therapy degree.
Karen provides individualized support in reading, written expression, math, executive functioning skills for learning, and academic confidence. Her approach combines evidence-informed instruction with warm, thoughtful, and relationship-centered support.
She works closely with caregivers to create learning experiences that help children feel understood, capable, and increasingly confident in their own ways of learning.
Book a free 15-minute consultation to meet Karen, ask questions, and explore how we may be able to support your child.
