Your Child Doesn't Need 10 Activities. They Need the Right Support.
Updated: Oct 7
Parents often ask me what their child should be doing to prepare for an international school.
This is where I can offer families the most help.
I look at where your child is developmentally, identify the skills they need to strengthen, and provide targeted learning support before small gaps become bigger problems at school.
If your child needs reading support, we work on reading.
If they need math support, we work on math.
If they need help becoming more independent, organized, or confident as a learner, we work on those skills.
The point is to identify what your child needs and address it before the demands of school make the problem harder.
Sometimes, that means making a difficult choice about your child's schedule.
International school parents often want their children to do everything: football, swimming, piano, Japanese lessons, Kumon, coding, tutoring, and more.
Those activities can all be valuable.
But if your child is struggling with reading, for example, it may make more sense to reduce one activity and use that time to build the reading skills they need.
I'm not saying children shouldn't enjoy activities outside school.
I'm saying your child's actual needs have to come first.
International schools are demanding. Once your child starts school, they need to keep up academically, participate in class, complete their work, and increasingly manage things independently.
Don't wait until your child is struggling in the classroom to start working on a skill you already know needs attention.
Understand what your child needs now. Work on it now. Give them a stronger foundation for what's coming next.
That's the approach I take at More Than Just Tutoring Tokyo.
Kinota Braithwaite Learning & Assessment Specialist More Than Just Tutoring Tokyo
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