Come See How FasTracKids is "Learning, Cleverly Disguised as Fun!"
Welcome to FasTracKids! We offer early childhood education programs for age groups that range from 6 months to 8 years old. These programs are designed to help improve creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, confidence and communication skills while preparing your children for school and life.
At FasTracKids of Westborough, we offer our FasTracKids Core program which is designed for 3 to 8 year olds to attend two hours a week, a FasTrack Music class which works well for 2 to 5 year old attending for one hour per week, and our FasTrack Signing class for children 6 months to 2 years. The FasTrack Signing class is a ten week program where the parent(s) attend with the child for one hour per week, where the Core and Music programs are on a two year curriculum.
Independent research by the National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) has shown that a significant number of three to six year old children enrolled in FasTracKids improved their vocabulary and social skills at a rate 100% to 150% times faster than their peers not enrolled in the program. We at FasTracKids know that the most important learning years are during early childhood, where the ability to learn and grow knows no boundaries.
The best way to find out if FasTracKids is the right program for your child is to sign up for a Free Discovery Class. You can do this by filling out the form in the right hand column or by contacting us.
If you would like to view a class schedule, click on the tab titled Calendar.
Thank you for visiting us! If you have any questions, please contact us by phone or through email. Remember…there is a small “window of opportunity” for your child to make critical brain connections for future learning. Don't wait for this window to close on them!
About FasTracKids
About FasTracKids
FasTracKids® is a proven innovator in international early childhood education. Using programs designed for children 6 months to 8 years old, FasTracKids provides an educational advantage by encouraging children to discover a love of learning in a fun and interactive setting. FasTracKids utilizes revolutionary technology to reinforce a child’s communication, creativity, confidence, critical thinking and collaboration skills that will carry over into the home and school settings.
To provide quality, early learning programs worldwide through its Franchisees.
The mission that it shares with its Franchisees is:
To provide fun, interactive early learning programs while infusing a love of learning in children through preschool, early elementary school and beyond.
FasTracKids Philosophy
The philosophy of the FasTracKids early learning programs begins with a child-centered classroom. Students will discover their own abilities and potential to learn inside a classroom focused on an interactive education. The children will have the opportunity to work in close cooperation with the instructor and will learn to expand their thoughts and to communicate effectively. Each child is encouraged to explore their world and gain the confidence needed to engage fully in the early learning process.
Research-Studies
Research Studies
Research shows that the size of children's vocabulary and social skills is directly linked to how they perform in school. Independent testing by the National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) demonstrates that a significant number of three to six year old children enrolled in FasTracKids® improved their vocabulary and social skills at a rate 100% to 150% times faster than their peers not enrolled in the program. All children in the study improved. Children who were kindergarten-aged advanced as much as one grade level and some of those students improved up to two grade levels.
For years, FasTracKids parents, teachers and directors have seen firsthand the impact of FasTracKids programs on children and their academic careers.
“Shaan attended FasTracKids for a year and a half before entering kindergarten this year. At our first parent/teacher meeting, my husband and I were surprised and very pleased to hear that Shaan was not only doing well, but was already prepared to enter 1st grade.”
– Anita, mother of Shaan
We’ve seen how our children have demonstrated positive leadership behaviors within the classroom, at home and on the playground. This quantitative analysis is what we’ve known and practiced for over a decade.
To learn more about the independent research conducted on FasTracKids, please read the full report. The study results, press release, testimonials and FasTracKids fact sheet can be found below.
Over the years, FasTracKids® and parents have formed a special partnership in developing a child's mind in the classroom and at home. Continuing to learn at home is just as important as developing communication, critical thinking, confidence, creativity and collaboration skills that are emphasized in every FasTracKids lesson. It is very exciting to know that parents, educators and children can speak about what FasTracKids has done for them.
Independent research on the FasTracKids program demonstrates that a significant number of three to six year old children enrolled in FasTracKids improved their vocabulary and social skills at a rate 100% to 150% times faster than their peers not enrolled in the program.
Research, parent, educator and child feedback confirms that FasTracKids reinforces children’s innate love of learning and helps them develop their potential.
Parents
“It has been a wonderful experience for Smaran at FasTracKids. He started when he was 3 and will be finishing the end of February 2009. When he first started, he used to be very shy and was not very communicative. But now, he has progressed so well that he outsmarts everyone at school. He has learned a lot from FasTracKids, especially social skills, team work and communication skills. We are very happy with his progress. In fact, we are planning to enroll our daughter in this program, too."
– Preetha and Subramanyan, Parents of FasTracKid Smaran (Age 5)
“We watched Landon's love for learning increase exponentially when he started FasTracKids last year. He already loved to learn new things and your teaching methods definitely supported that and heightened his curiosity even more. We believe he is at a critical (st)age and we are excited that we supplemented homeschooling with FasTracKids and even happier that it was such a perfect marriage and that Landon loves learning as much as, or more than, kids love candy.”
- Sophie, Parent of FasTracKid Landon (Age 5)
"I have found that learning for my 3-year-old is more than just memorizing the ABCs, colors and shapes. The learning is fun and you get a lot for your money."
- Mike, Parent of FasTracKid Ally
“Shaan attended FasTracKids for a year and a half before entering kindergarten this year. At our first parent/teacher meeting, my husband and I were surprised and very pleased to hear that Shaan was not only doing well, but was already prepared to enter 1st grade. I credit the FasTracKids program and his teachers, Ms. Kippi and Ms. Marla, for Shaan’s early success.”
- Anita, parent of FasTracKid Shaan (Age 5)
Educators
" No other Early Childhood program, in my opinion, has shown such dramatic results in so short a time period."
- New York Public School Principal
"The students enrolled in FasTracKids, when they reach primary school, are more eager to learn and to ask questions about Why and How. I can also state that these students have better speaking and communication skills, they have developed their leadership skills, they know how to apply and transfer knowledge and, generally speaking, they have enriched their education throughout the Program."
- Elementary School Principal in Portugal
Students
“I really like my FasTracKids class. I love to see and touch the whiteboard because there I have learned new things that I can then share with my friends. I also like to be filmed by the camera and then see what we said. FasTracKids has helped me pay better attention to what I’m learning and to know better the world I live in.”
- Giovanni, FasTracKids student in Venezuela
The FTK Way
Hearing + Seeing = Knowing Your Child is Learning!
Progress reports, a FasTracKids Parents website and videos help parents experience their child's education first hand!
Parents play a very important and influential part in a child's education. Education.com's article titled "What Research Says on Parent Involvement in Children's Education" shows that the earlier a parent gets involved with their child's education, the more successful they are going to be. At FasTracKids, we don’t just enroll children, we enroll families. We welcome and expect parental involvement.
Progress reports, parent-teacher conferences, videotapes and a Parents Website help parents stay involved in their child's progress in FasTracKids, as well as continue their learning at home.
FasTracKids progress reports are sent out during the year and are on a "reflective scale" (using words to describe progress instead of number or letter grades). Parent-teacher conferences are scheduled to allow parents and teachers to establish learning goals and track progress for each individual child.
Technology also helps FasTracKids and parents monitor a child's progress in the program. Children are video-recorded, presenting what they have learned in class that day. Not only do children develop the skills to make well-planned, poised presentations and develop self-confidence, but parents are able to see what their child has learned from each lesson. A library of videotapes shows progress from one class to the next, cataloging a child's development.
The FasTracKids Parents website offers a review of each lesson and additional activities to do at home to support what a child has learned. FasTracKids Centers also offer a "parent class", where parents experience for themselves the unique FasTracKids curriculum.
Our goal at FasTracKids is to support parents in preparing your children for school and developing a lifelong love of learning.
Educational Research
Educational Research
Research has shown that the most important learning years are from 0-8, as the brain forms vital connections. When we are born, we have billions of brain cells. The minute we start receiving stimuli, such as the light our eyes see, the sounds we hear, and what we touch, the brain begins to form connections. It's like we are building this massive highway system to the brain and it's by this highway that the information we learn travels quickly. The stronger and wider we can make those connections between the ages of 0-8, the larger the platform for our capacity for learning.
Research shows that high-quality education positively affects overall educational outcomes. Children lacking language, reading and social skills when they reach kindergarten are highly unlikely to be prepared for their academic career, where reading to learn is critical and a good predictor of a child being able to graduate from high school.
Lawmakers and leaders all over the world have also seen the importance of stimulating the brain's connections at an early age. The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) director W. Steven Barnett states "Children who attend high-quality preschool enter kindergarten with better pre-reading skills, richer vocabularies, and stronger basic math skills than those who do not." In a featured news story from the Malaysian National News Agency, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak talked about early childhood education, saying "Every child is precious and children are assets to our society. It is the most valuable resource of the nation. I believe that developing a nation and its people begins with early childhood education."
Not only does a quality early childhood education lead to valuable resources, but it is also a smart financial investment. Economist and Nobel Laureate James J. Heckman argues in an editorial from The Republican that "early intervention for disadvantaged children promotes staying in school, raises the quality of the work force, enhances the productivity of schools and has the effect of reducing crime, teen pregnancy and dependency on welfare. Those savings add up to a 60 percent return on the investment in early education.".
Early education doesn't just start in the classroom, it also starts at home. Parental involvement is vital to the confidence and educational development of children. Colin Rose and Malcom J. Nicholl wrote about parent involvement in the book Accelerated Learning for the 21st Century. An excerpt from that book talks about parental involvement and how it can change a child's life.
"The earlier you help your youngster appreciate that learning is a joyful adventure, the more likely he [or she] is to achieve his full potential in life."
Brain-Based Research
Brain-Based Education and Educational Zigzagging
Neurological Research
The importance of early education is supported by many research studies and many educators. How to deliver early education to young children and take full advantage of the opportunities to wire the brain is not so well defined. Development of a program to instruct young children must include experts in early childhood education who have focused their research on how the brain learns. Research is the basis for the FasTracKids® signature curriculum and it determined how the early childhood education program was constructed.
The following are some facts that we do know about brain development:
Heredity provides 30% to 60% of the brain’s wiring, while the child’s environment provides 40% to 70% of the brain’s wiring.
Brain plasticity is defined as the brain’s ability to process the stimulation that it receives, growing more connections and developing a more efficient and faster processing brain.
The brain changes through the process of making connections, not arriving at answers or solutions.
Environmental stimulation can impact the IQ of a child by 20 points...either up or down.
The school aged brain almost glows with energy consumption, burning 225% more glucose than the brain of an adult.
The brain learns fastest and easiest during the early education years.
By age five, 50% of the brain’s learning capacity has been wired. By age eight, 80% of the brain’s learning capacity has been wired.
Circuits in different regions of the brain mature at different times, creating a window of opportunity.
How Brain-Based Education is used in the FasTracKids Programs
The uniqueness of children’s minds creates a special challenge for FasTracKids instructors. Brain changes are still noticeable 48 hours after stimulation to the brain occurs. Many of these changes are significant to and predictive of the child’s future learning. In studying the brain, we have learned that the areas developed depend on the type of stimulation received.
FasTracKids students are exposed to complex activities to exercise and form brain connections. These activities must be presented in a fun, challenging way to insure that the children are engaged. They are further enhanced when they are accompanied by continuous feedback from instructors and peers.
FasTracKids utilizes Educational Zigzagging methods that promote repetition without repeating the same piece of information in the same way. The content of the FasTracKids program is combined with the unique delivery of the lesson to form the key ingredients for growing young minds. The subject matter is continually reinforced through new activities using different modalities throughout the lesson to strengthen the children’s neural connections, without the typical loss of interest.
Educational Zigzagging refers to the learning of a concept by reinforcement of the subject matter through the use of many different exposures and applications. In a FasTracKids lesson, the concept to be learned is the center focus and is presented on the FasTrack Learning Station®. After each exposure to the concepts, activities are planned to strengthen the learning of the concepts. This includes learning through hand-on projects, experiments, role-plays and videotaping. The return after each activity to concepts presented by the lesson results in a zigzagging effect.
FasTracKids Educational Goals
FasTracKids Educational Goals
1. To Prepare Children for School and for Life:
When today’s children begin to enter the workforce, chances are that they will be working in jobs that have not been created yet. Children will need the ability to think creatively in order to succeed in our rapidly changing world. The FasTracKids® classroom is a child-centered environment, where children are encouraged to be instrumental in their own learning. The incorporation of an interactive whiteboard, part of the FasTrack Learning Station®, allows the children to be directly involved in the early learning concepts that are being studied. Their interaction with this technology gives them confidence at an early age that will be useful later in life, when other technology skills are needed. The CD-Rom based curriculum combines hands-on activities, role plays, experiments and videotaping to develop a fun, interactive lesson. The students will grow in their self confidence and self esteem while they build a solid foundation for future learning. When children begin their learning experience in a fun, high energy environment, their love of learning will carry through the remainder of their educational experiences.
2. To Develop Creative Thinking and Problem Solving:
These early childhood lessons promote active and reactive thought processes by engaging children in the exciting subjects of the FasTracKids curriculum. The experiments and hands-on activities make the most of children’s creative problem solving (lateral thinking), critical thinking and expressive processes. Children explore the world of decision-making and build on their entrepreneurial skills. Creativity and originality are stressed through discussions, projects and activities. Children join together to strengthen their ability to work toward a common goal. The FasTracKids curriculum is a balanced early education program that utilizes both hemispheres of the brain. Through experiments, projects and hands-on activities, the children identify and solve problems as they encounter new challenges along the learning continuum.
3. To Build Communication and Speaking Skills:
The FasTracKids curriculum teaches how to use extensive discussions and reporting to help children make the most of their communication skills. Through the use of videotaping, the children organize their thoughts and ideas into presentable narratives for their classmates. Children are encouraged to use full sentences and new vocabulary to expand their presentation skills. Using role-play and working in groups, the children practice negotiation skills and join together as a team for the successful execution of early childhood projects.
4. To Teach the Application and Transfer of Knowledge:
Children are given the opportunity through hands-on activities and projects to understand the meaning of the acquired information from the FasTracKids lessons. The children learn to classify and categorize the new concepts and experiences into a logical order. They are able to apply this newly found knowledge to challenging everyday situations. A student’s ability to receive information and create a relevant connection to a new situation shows a higher order thought process and assures that the student fully understands concepts that are presented.
5. To Promote Leadership and Personal Growth:
Children assume positive leadership roles as they role-play and interact in group situations. They, in turn, develop the ability to follow someone else’s lead and become a functional team member. The teams are responsible for decision-making and follow-through as they complete their goal. The experience of leading a team in early childhood strengthens the self-esteem and confidence of students. The practice of interpersonal skills helps students be internally motivated in setting and attaining personal goals in school and in life.
6. To Encourage a Lifelong Love of Learning:
Children love FasTracKids because the programs capture their attention and stimulate their curiosity. They experience the joy of success and strive to reach new education heights. Through actively engaging in the early learning process, they develop an insatiable desire to know more. This desire turns into a passion for learning that ultimately leads to continued success as children become life-long learners.
FasTrack Learning Approach
FasTrack Learning Approach
FasTracKids® is committed to encouraging every child to maximize his or her potential. FasTracKids classes are focused on helping children excel in creativity, communication, confidence, critical thinking and collaboration. Our proprietary Educational Zig-zagging℠ method allows children to gather information through exposure to visual, auditory and kinesthetic learning, meeting the needs of various learning styles. This method allows FasTracKids to accommodate many different learning styles, while identifying the development of different early learning skills. FasTracKids incorporates these elements in each structured lesson, providing opportunities for children to experience growth in each subject area while having a great time.
The following diagram shows what percentage of each lesson the FasTracKids® signature program devotes to each early learning skill.
The FasTrack Learning Station
The same technology used in leading academic and science centers like Oxford University, MIT, Harvard University and NASA along with leading research centers and companies such as Microsoft, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Merrill Lynch and Boeing is also found in the FasTracKids classroom. At the heart of the FasTracKids® Curriculum are CD-ROM based lessons delivered via The FasTrack Learning Station®, a unique combination of computer technology, LCD projection and an interactive white board. This exciting technology engages children in the early learning process and allows trained FasTracKids instructors to concentrate on the developmental needs of each child.
The FasTrack Learning Station allows trained instructors to display multimedia video, sound, and illustrations into classroom sessions while enabling students to interact with objects and images they see on screen. With over 10 years of interactive whiteboard research, international education experts say that this technology will improve motivation and attendance, accommodate different learning styles, improve material retention and increase teacher productivity. The interactive whiteboard answers the needs of both visual and kinesthetic learners by showing large, vibrant images while letting children physically interact with material by moving letters, numbers, words and pictures with their fingers. Children that have special needs can see, read and manipulate information easier on the whiteboard than in traditional education. This innovative technology helps bring early learning to life and opens up new worlds with challenges and opportunities for children.
“My six-year-old daughter is very curious, and she is always eager to go to FasTracKids class,” wrote the mother of Monira, a FasTracKids student in Bangladesh. “She has truly enjoyed the FasTracKids Biology class, where she had the chance to visit the Amazon Rainforest, Antarctica, and the Sahara Desert. Moreover, she told us about this experience and what she saw, including camels and jackals in the desert, whales and penguins in Antarctica, and snakes, birds, monkeys, frogs and trees in the Amazon.”
With the expectations brought about by our rapidly changing world, focusing directly on early childhood education and how children can succeed is of paramount importance. FasTracKids uses its FasTrack Learning Station to help discover new worlds of potential in young children. With lessons being taught on CD-ROM, the curriculum is consistently presented throughout the world. This helps our teachers be quality facilitators of the lessons. We firmly believe that when we all take steps to make better students, it’s a giant leap into a better future.
Videotaping
Lights, Camera, Remember!
FasTracKids® videotaping helps with public speaking and recalling previous lessons.
Young children giving an oral presentation on concepts they have learned is not a common technique in early childhood education. Allowing children the experience of being videotaped and reviewing their own presentations develops children's creativity, communication, confidence, critical thinking and collaboration skills and is extraordinarily unique. Also, by having students organize their thoughts and displaying them in front of a camera and audience, FasTracKids shows parents proof of what their child is learning while students gain self confidence in sharing their ideas.
Opportunities to videotape students are usually scheduled in advance by the teacher, giving the students time to prepare their presentations. After the child has prepared his or her presentation, a FasTracKids teacher videotapes the child presenting what he or she has learned. Each lesson is taught using the FasTrack Learning Station® that includes a combination of activities, role-play scenarios or projects that children participate in. Usually, teachers will use activities, role-play scenarios or projects as opportunities to have children present what they know in front of the camera.
Students are videotaped regularly throughout all of the FasTracKids programs, giving parents documented proof of their child's progress in communication, public speaking, confidence and recollection skills. When students aren't being videotaped, they are part of the audience that includes the FasTracKids teacher, providing positive, constructive feedback for the student who just presented.
FasTracKids - Westborough, MA, USA
February Vacation
Creative Literature Camp
February 20th-24th
9am to 12pm
Current enrollees price: 35 a day or 150 for the week
New families price: 40 a day or 175 for the week
Two siblings price: 60 a day or 250 for the week
Sign your FasTracKid up for some hands on fun this February Vacation!
During this week the FasTracKids will explore creative literature concepts by using the smartboaord, experiments, short plays, and other hands on activities. We will cover emotional expressions, storytelling, presentation skills, and fact vs. fantasy. The FasTracKids will also build a large castle in our classroom while comparing and contrasting classic fairy tales!
To Reserve your child’s spot Call 508-329-1523 email yoursmartkid@live.com or R.S.V.P. on our facebook page below!
We are always trying to do new things to expand our business by engaging children and accomodating families. We will post new updates here of what we are working on to keep you informed.
We planted some new flowers in front of our center. Yellow, of course! We care about our place and want it to show.
We are running our April Vacation Camp "Ready, Set, Travel" starting today, Tuesday April 19th. It will continue through Friday.
We have released our camps schedule. The amount of sign ups is limited and filling up faster than ever!
We have now set up a private forum for parents of FasTracKids. This gives them a private place to share ideas, concepts, pictures, stories and whatever they wish. If you are a current enrollee, you will be getting an invitation email. Enjoy!
We are very excited about our new interactive Smart Board! With this next generation model, we no longer need a projector. The stand is on castors and has a telescopic neck for height adjustability so we may work with our whole age range effectively.
Front and back of the onesies that we gave to our Baby Sign Language class!
Our new shirts are awesome!
New lettering on the back of the FasTracKids mobile!
We have been using our facebook page a lot lately. It is a useful tool for us to keep our customers and fans up to date on what we are doing every day. Please follow us on facebook by adding a "like" on our page.
FasTracKids of Westborough has got some new stuff planned for 2011. Stay tuned, this will no doubt be our biggest year yet.
Check out our new business cards!
We have added a YouTube Channel to showcase video of what our programs consist of and will be uploading content periodically to show new customers what we are about.
We have expanded our hours of operation to better suit our customers. We have added afternoon programs as well as running our very popular weekend classes.
We have opened the FasTrack Store where children will earn up to five FasTrack bucks per class and put them towards something they want. This shows children the concepts of economics at an early age. They will learn that if they are patient and can set goals, they will be more happy with their purchase than if they constantly spend all their earned currency.
We have added ourselves to many social media sites including: Facebook, LinkedIn, Meetup, Twitter, YouTube and Tumblr.
Using our company colors, blue and yellow, we have added some lights to our front window for the holiday season. Please look over at them the next time you drive by.
We love FasTracKids and the teachers, Ms. Jess and Ms. Sue! Rachel was looking forward to going there last Saturday after being away for two Saturdays. She had a hard time in the morning to go to the daycare, but when I said "it's Saturday, FasTracKids day", she had no problem getting dressed and out the door quickly:)
We've been doing the Core class in the program since last April and both Rachel and I love it! It's an amazing program with fantastic, warm, caring, knowledgeable, enthusiastic teachers. It's great to have a weekly handout to discuss the topic at home and in the car as well as getting a verbal report from the teachers each week on what went well and what the lesson was all about. Being a teacher myself, I highly value this program. It allows my daughter to develop her cognitive, speech, math, science and language skills in a fun environment, while playing (learning) with other kids. I don't think she even considers this as a "class" or "work" since it is so much fun to learn at FasTracKids. I couldn't be happier and I'm a tough customer to please as I am very driven when it comes to my child's education. Rachel will surely be at the top of her class when she starts school next year.
-Current Enrollee
We love FasTracKids and the teachers, Ms. Jess and Ms. Sue! Rachel was looking forward to going there last Saturday after being away for two Saturdays. She had a hard time in the morning to go to the daycare, but when I said "it's Saturday, FasTracKids day", she had no problem getting dressed and out the door quickly:)
We've been doing the Core class in the program since last April and both R...achel and I love it! It's an amazing program with fantastic, warm, caring, knowledgeable, enthusiastic teachers. It's great to have a weekly handout to discuss the topic at home and in the car as well as getting a verbal report from the teachers each week on what went well and what the lesson was all about. Being a teacher myself, I highly value this program. It allows my daughter to develop her cognitive, speech, math, science and language skills in a fun environment, while playing (learning) with other kids. I don't think she even considers this as a "class" or "work" since it is so much fun to learn at FasTracKids. I couldn't be happier and I'm a tough customer to please as I am very driven when it comes to my child's education. Rachel will surely be at the top of her class when she starts school next year.
-Currently Enrolled
"We are extremely pleased to have found an environment where our daughter can learn to be creative in her thinking and in her ability to problem solve."
I am the mother of seven year old girl that has been going to FasTracKids since October 2010. Even though it has only been about two months since she started, both my husband and I have seen her self confidence grow and her ability to express herself and articulate her thoughts has improved immeasurably. She loves going to the "classes" on Saturday mornings and doesn't think of it as "school" but as a fun opportunity to interact with other kids to learn about new things such as animation or different methods of communication through fun activities. We are extremely pleased to have found an environment where our daughter can learn to be creative in her thinking and in her ability to problem solve. We have found Jessica Wentworth to be an outstanding educator whose passion and talent for teaching is unparalleled and who truly has a "gift" in her ability to connect with the children. FasTracKids is a wonderful program, but Jessica makes it an extraordinary experience for the children and parents alike. I highly recommend the FasTracKids Program and most especially Jessica Wentworth.
P. K.
“We had so many friends and family members question us doing this, they thought by teaching him sign language, it would stop him from talking. It was just the opposite.”
When our son was 22 months old he was right on target developmentally, his understanding of what we were saying to him was great and he was able to talk, but simply chose not to on a regular basis. We enrolled him in the FasTrack Signing class at FasTracKids in Westborough, MA. We wanted to give him a way to communicate with us until he was willing to do so verbally and hoped it would help him "use his words" as well. The class was terrific, we learned how to sign together in a real fun, easy way.
Learning to sign definitely helped us decrease the communication frustration. There was no more guessing what he wanted. He could tell us using his signs if he was hungry, thirsty, wanted to play or what he wanted in general. Signing became second nature to him (and us) and he started saying the words with the signs soon after.
We had so man y friends and family members question us doing this, they thought by teaching him sign language, it would stop him from talking. It was just the opposite. When he was learning to sign, he had something to associate with the words and it was just amazing! Towards the end of the class we kept a log for a week of what he was signing and saying. He signed 75 words, spoke over 200 words and 60 phrases with as many as 6 words.
He’s almost years old now and he’s helping us teach his baby brother how to sign. When his brother does a sign after he shows him how to do it, you can tell by the look on his face how happy and proud he is that he was able to teach him that. His brother signed his first sign at 9 months old and is now signing over a dozen signs at 13 months old.
When the signing class ended, we started him in the FasTrack Music class. He has a blast every week at class listening, singing, dancing and doing different motions with the music. He asks to listen to the music class songs all the time and the little one joins in on the fun as soon as he hears the music too.
Thank You FasTracKids!
Current family enrolled at FasTracKids of Westborough
“it still surprises us just how well he relates what he’s been taught into his (and our) everyday life.”
Our oldest son started the FasTracKids Core Program in October 2009 when he was just shy of 3 years old. He looks forward to going every week and has been quite disappointed the few times we haven’t been able to go. It’s amazing to us how well this program teaches such a variety of topics in a fun, kid oriented way that he’ll use forever and how much he retains from it.
One of the first topics included the basics of economics, such as everything costs money and you can’t spend more than you have. The other day, he was telling me about what they did in class a few months ago with an absolute full understanding of it. Although, he brings things up from class all the time without being asked, it still surprises us just how well he relates what he’s been taught into his (and our) everyday life.We both wish FasTracKids was around when we were kids and that our parents had given us the opportunity to truly love learning like he does!
Our youngest son just turned two, and is currently taking the FasTrack Signing class. We took this class with our oldest son, so we had already taught him some signs ourselves at home. However, it’s been great for him to be involved in a class with other kids. He’s learned a lot more signs along with saying more words and he really enjoys his time at FasTracKids.
We can’t say enough about what these programs have done for our children.
Thank You Jess & FasTracKids
Current family enrolled at FasTracKids of Westborough
Keep up to date on our subject matter, special events, Free Trial / Discovery classes and more
FasTracKids centers are in 52 countries around the world and taught in over a dozen languages. With the feedback from all these centers, FasTracKids continues to offer a cutting edge program that is engaging as well as entertaining for your child. FasTracKids is a program that will be constantly enjoyable for your child, while preparing them for school and life.
We use our subjects to achieve what we call "The Five c's"
Critical Thinking Creativity Communication Collaboration Confidence
How do you include your child in a Trial Class and what should you expect?
Contact FasTracKids of Westborough using our information found at the bottom of this page.
Pick an open class that best suits your schedule. Keep in mind, FasTracKids is a once a week program. You can change your schedule and time slot at any time as long as class sizes allow.
Show up for the Trial Class. You will be able to meet with the Lead Instructor and your child will be put into a class with children that are already enrolled in the FasTracKids program.
You will be able to watch your child through our one-way mirror as they participate in an engaging classroom type setting with lessons, interactive experiments and concepts that are constantly engaging and fun for them.
You will see how FasTracKids uses an interactive whiteboard which guides the lesson and provides a unique learning experience.
Depending on the class you choose, this will last for one or two hours.
You will be able to have a one-on-one with the instructor if you wish. The instructor would be able to tell you how FasTracKids will benefit your family.
FasTracKids will not try to sell you the program. There is no obligation when taking a Trial Class. We simply show parents what our program consists of and how it can improve your child's intelligence and love of learning as well as making sure that your child would want and is ready to be a FasTracKid.
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Testimonials
"Sebastian loved FasTracKids! It was amazing to us how much he learned and retained from the class."
FasTracKids® is a proven innovator in international early childhood education. Using programs designed for children 6 months to 8 years old, FasTracKids provides an educational advantage by encouraging children to discover a love of learning in a fun and interactive setting. FasTracKids utilizes revolutionary technology to reinforce a child’s communication, creativity, confidence, critical thinking and collaboration skills that will carry over into the home and school settings.
Neurological Research
FasTracKids® videotaping helps with public speaking and recalling previous lessons.
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