Tutors for Tots Celebrates Its 2 Year Anniversary

By Dupe Aleru|Tutors for Tots|September 9, 2012|11:15am

Founded in 2010, Tutors for Tots Tweens & Teens continues with its mission to be the first among its competitors to launch a tutoring company that offers extended resources in counseling, special education and education consulting. 

Offering services to students in grades Pre K-12 in all subject areas including test preparation, the company has found its niche in a vast market of supplemental education services.

Catering to a diverse population of students, families and communities in the Los Angeles and Orange County region, Tutors for Tots strive to assist families who are in need of alternative services for their children.

Due to their individualized approach to education, children respond brilliantly to their differentiated program that are designed to match the individual students needs. In addition, the programs are aligned with Long Beach Unified School District curriculum and standards as well as the California Content Standards and Frameworks. 

The company hires teachers who are credentialed to tutor its students to ensure that the best quality of service is given to each family. Tutors provide a stimulating, custom curriculum that helps children excel beyond the world inside the classroom.

Tutors for Tots understands that a parent must be conscientious in selecting an alternative educational service that best meets the needs for their child. The company assure parents that they are that service and that they welcome the opportunity to show you. Their mission is to help your child obtain the academic success that they deserve.

For more information about Tutors for Tots or to register your child, visit www.tutorsfortots.com, email admin@tutorsfortots.com or call (562) 856-2801.

Slippery Seal, The New Eco-Friendly App for Everyone

By Dupe Aleru|Long Beach K-12 Examiner|10:53am|May 9, 2012

Slippery Seal is a gaming app that deals with real-life aquatic creatures and stars a seal called “Slippery”. Slippery migrates from San Francisco to Anchorage and down the beautiful Pacific Coast going on an adventure, searching for food. Unlike many other apps, Slippery Seal's message is more positive and educational, providing users with a unique real-life experience.  

Paul Conway, Slippery Seals CTO, was the originator of the eco-friendly game that caters to everyone. How did the mastermind come up with the idea? Well let's just say it all started with Paul watching Shark week on the Discovery channel.

Conway was seeking to start his own company when the inspiration and thought about a mobile application was born. He knew that he would succeed, given his background in technology. Conway approached Kevin Lynch, CEO and Tim Morales, COO with the concept. They started to work right away. Less than a year later, the masterpiece was complete.

The creators passion for seal life as well as "real life" adventures and beautiful habitats in the aquatic world allowed the game to be unique in its own entity. They showed that geography can be fun and interesting to learn, by playing an eco-friendly game. Some might wonder, who was behind the beautiful backgrounds and sea creatures? Well no other than the talented Chase Osborne, who made the characters and artwork come alive through his artistry. 

"I have been in the I.T. industry for 22 years. Working for startup’s for the majority of the time really helped me have an understanding of the time and effort that is needed in order to have a product that you are both proud of and willing to stand by. This being my first time with creating an app (instead of engineering and supporting the infrastructure that it's usually played on) definitely opened my eyes to what is still an ever-growing application world and that pushing the ways that games are created is the way to go about it," said Morales. 

For additional information, visit http://www.rockoutapps.com.

Angry Birds Move Over - Slippery Seal Has Arrived!

By Dupe Aleru|Ed Enterprise|10:45 am|May 1, 2012

Slippery Seal is a new innovative gaming app deals with real-life aquatic creatures and stars a seal called “Slippery”.  The eco-friendly and educational game features Slippery Seal, who migrates from San Francisco to Anchorage and down the beautiful Pacific Coast, going on an adventure searching for food.  

Unlike many other apps out there, Slippery Seal's message is more positive and educational, proving users with a unique real-life experience.  Created by Rock Out Apps, this is a nicely designed app that will make a fun game to play while learning something new!

Children's Book World's May Events

By Children's Book World|Ed Enterprise|April 15, 2012|6:10pm


Children's Book World released its May events listing. 

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND HELD AT CHILDREN’S BOOK WORLD

May 5: Cinco de Mayo Celebration with Alina Celeste

Join Alina Celeste for songs from Latin America in celebration of Cinco de Mayo.

10:30 a.m., All ages

May 12:  Storytime with Bonnie Verburg

The charming Kiss Box is a reassuring story about separation and love.  Little Bear expresses his concerns and receives loving reassurances from Mama Bear, but it’s not until Little Bear suggests that they make each other a Kiss Box--filled with a hundred kisses--that they are able to stay connected--no matter where they are.

10:30 a.m., Ages 3 - 7

May 19: Interactive Music & Movement with Ronna Dragon

Ronna Dragon brings her whimsical warmth and fun to Children's Bookworld for 40 minutes of interactive music and movement. Songs little children know and love to sing as well as some new soon to be favorites as well. Hurry Hurry Drive the Firetruck, Monkeys Jumping on the Bed and great new songs from her CD Little Cricket - Songs for Little Children and the Peeps Who Love Them.

10:30 a.m., Ages 3 – 8

May 26: Story Theater with Victoria Goring

Interactive fun as Victoria Goring creates new stories live from children's suggestions. Princesses spurn ball gowns, wizards fly vacuum cleaners, pirates love to bake! Everyone gets caught

10:30 a.m., Ages 3 - 8

         Children’s Book World

         10580 ½ Pico Blvd., Los Angeles 90064, 310 559-2665

         www.childrensbookworld.com

         Contact: Sharon Hearn, 310 559-2665

Parents Education League to Host Spring Preschool Fair on April 22

By Parent Education League|Ed Enterprise|April 15, 2012|6:00pm

The Parents Education League of LA (PEL) is excited to host its Spring Preschool Fair on Sunday, April 22 from 1pm to 4pm at Leo Baeck Temple, 1300 N. Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90049.  

The Preschool Fair is a wonderful opportunity for families to get information about many different preschool programs, all in one place. Teachers and Directors will be on hand answering questions about their specific schools as well as talking about more general topics such as learning philosophies; so, whether a parent needs guidance regarding a half-day or full-day program or has questions about academics or Kindergarten readiness, there is no better opportunity in LA than the Preschool Fair to hear it straight from the Directors themselves. 

At Fairs past, there have been over 70 participating preschools and 300 to 400 families in attendance. Pre-registration at www.parentseducationleague.org is highly recommended. 

This is truly an important and unique event that families with young children should not miss. 

The Parents Education League of LA is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing current, comprehensive and objective information regarding schools and education in Los Angeles via its website, workshops, events, fairs, speakers, and publications. Please check us out at www.parentseducationleague.org 

PEL Will Host Multilingual Education Fair on April 15

By Parents Education League|March 28, 2012|1:21pm

Join the Parents Education League on Sunday April 15 from 2:00pm to 5:00pm for its second event in their Language in Education Series: The Multilingual Education Fair. 

There will be public and private schools, tutors and vendors from all over Los Angeles representing Spanish, French, German, Mandarin, Japanese and more. 

This event is Free with preregistration at www.parentseducationleague.org.

Children's Book World Hosted Passover Party Celebration

By Children's Book World|March 27, 2012|9:49am

Doda Mollie

Doda Mollie hosted "Passover Party Celebration" for children of all ages on Thursday, March 22 at 4:30pm.

Children joined this fabulous children’s performer and music educator, Mollie, for a mini Passover concert! She sang some of her favorite Passover songs from her best-selling PASSOVER PARTY ALBUM, danced and shared a story or two. 

Visit Doda Mollie at www.dodamollie.com and visit Children’s Book World’s extensive selection of Passover books and more!

Children's Book World, 10580 1/2 Pico Blvd., Los Angeles 90064

www.childrensbookworld.com, 310 559-2665

Contact: Sharon Hearn, 310 559-2665

Golden Girl Maggie Vessey Gets Her Game On

By Hal Lifson|Palm Dessert Patch|March 25, 2012


Olympic Hopeful is becoming the "It Girl" of the summer games and is planning a Palm Desert visit soon.

Picture Credit, Palm Desert Patch

This summer, all eyes will be on London for the Summer Olympics. Hopefully, if Maggie Vessey has it her way, and she usually does, a lot of those eyes will be on her as well.

Maggie is like a tall glass of very smart water for the U.S. middle distance team. A blonde bombshell who runs fast as lightning -- two laps around the track in under two minutes. That's what the 800 meters is for Maggie and her colleagues on the track.

A race to the line that is nearly half a mile long and it's over before even a hair is out of place for Maggie. That's just the way it works for the 30-year-old Santa Cruz native who discovered she was a "fast kid" at an early age. "I had an instant identity: Maggie The Runner."

To view full article, visit Palm Dessert Patch.