Nurturing Wisdom Tutoring

I have used Nurturing Wisdom out in Hinsdale, IL for a few years now on two of my children and have nothing but great things to say about them. Every person on staff I have come across in the last four or five years have been so professional and qualified. Two of my children have exceeded our expectations on their final ACT score (by a lot). Both individual tutors were very calming, reassuring and gave them the curriculum they needed to accomplish and taught it in a way I never could have. Even though it is a big investment, the merit scholarships alone more than offset the investment. Better yet, it has opened college career opportunities that may have not been available without their tutoring. It truly has been a great investment.

A friend recommended Nurturing Wisdom to us last year when our daughter needed help in her freshman physics/​chemistry class. The first tutor she had wasn’t a great match from a personality standpoint and after a few sessions, I requested a new tutor. It was absolutely not a problem. Luke was the new tutor.
He is so smart, kind, responsible and has engaged our daughter since day 1. She really enjoys working with him and as a mom, I couldn’t ask for more.
It is now sophomore year and he’s still coming to the house once or twice a week to help with math and science. It has been excellent experience in every respect. I highly recommend Nurturing Wisdom if your child needs academic tutoring.

Nurturing Wisdom was highly recommended when we were looking for ACT tutoring for our son. We had used a different ACT prep company this past summer but decided to try a one-​on-​one approach now that it was crunch time. Since we never used a tutor in the past, we were not sure what to expect.
A director from Nurturing Wisdom came to our home to interview our son so that she could choose a tutor who would be a good fit. How lucky for us Cara from Nurturing Wisdom was the tutor chosen and she and our son work well together. She has had an extremely positive effect on our son. She has a balanced approach of softness to earn the trust of the student as well as firmness to keep the student on track. She is very responsible, always showing up on time and is open and flexible with scheduling when needed.
Our son just took a proctored mid test prior to his first official ACT in two weeks, and we are pleased with how well he has done on this practice test. We can only attribute the jump in score to Cara’s tutoring. We are confident our son will do well on the upcoming ACT.

I need to make the boundaries of my review transparent: I have not used Nurturing Wisdom for tutoring. However, I am chair of a Chicago parenting group chapter focused on the needs of elementary school students. In that role, I asked Nurturing Wisdom to do a presentation to parents of elementary school kids on establishing good homework habits.
I am not easily impressed. As education oriented parents, we have seen more than our share of experts, pundits, educators. I was extremely impressed by the Nurturing Wisdom approach to learning: viewing mistakes as opportunities to learn, focusing on the process to empower students to «own» their homework, focusing on how to manage family time so that homework is a natural part of family life rather than drudgery to be endured.
Nurturing Wisdom provided a credentialed, experienced professional with both considerable tutoring and in classroom teaching experience to teach parents invaluable skills.
When we chose tutors for our son’s next educational step, Nurturing Wisdom will be at the top of our list. We believe that NW will not only help him master subject matter and skills, but will genuinely «nurture» him to take ownership of his own learning process.

I have had the pleasure of having both of my children tutored by
Nuturing Wisdom and realize that it was the best investment I’ve made for their education. Nuturing wisdom bridge the gap for what they learned in school and what they needed to go to the next level of their education. They both got into the high school of their choice and as my oldest prepares for college as scored quite well on her ACT test. I’ve had the same turorer for 4 years who have always worked with our schedules and are always pleasant to work with. I love the fact that they are expanding their services!!!