Advanced Home Tutoring provides professional, one-on-one tutoring for students of all ages. Tutors cater to all learning abilities and all subjects.

Advanced Home Tutoring provides professional, one-on-one tutoring for students of all ages throughout LA County. Tutors cater to all learning abilities and all subjects, grades K-12 (including SAT).

Axia Learning provides academic skills and learning behavior assessments, indiviualized curriculum development, academic planning, and in-home tutoring to kids.

The center also offers a host of other academic and education related consultation and services.

Axia Learning provides academic skills and learning behavior assessments, indiviualized curriculum development, academic planning, and in-home tutoring to kids.

The center also offers a host of other academic and education related consultation and services.

A tutoring company that specializes in ISEE and SAT training. The center also offers one-on-one and in-home tutoring and test prep.

The Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena offers more than 50 programs at five different locations in the Pasadena area. All activities and programs are included in the membership price. This includes swim team, swim lessons, homework assistance, use of the libraries and technology centers, art classes, and more.

Transportation is available during the school year for $50 per month.

The Boys & Girls Club of Pasadena also has a day care facility at the Scott Child Development Center. Full-time care is available for children ages two to five for $650 per week. Financial aid is available; contact details are below.

The national organization, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, of which Pasadena is an affiliate member, has been serving youth since 1860, and is ranked number one among youth organizations by the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

Buddy System offers in-home tutors in all subjects, for kids in grades kindergarten through 12. Test prep is also included among its services.

Programs at the Calabasas Library include storytimes, downloadable audio books, homework help, and free tutoring.

The library offers free WiFi internet access.

Care.com is an online service that matches families with caregivers - including babysitters, nannies, pet sitters, dog walkers, tutors, and respite care for seniors.

Families can search Care.com by their zip code or metro area to find listings of caregivers who match their specific needs. Search results include enhanced caregiver profiles - with photos, video interviews, and references - which families can view before contacting a caregiver about a job. Plus, families can request free background checks on any caregiver as part of their monthly membership.

Situated in a lovely Mission/Spanish-Revival style structure, the Carpinteria Branch Library serves as a branch library for the Santa Barbara Public Library system. It houses typical fiction, non-fiction, magazine, and children's collections and offers its Homework Center for students several afternoons and evenings each week.

Chabad of Marina del Rey is a branch of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, offering Jewish family programs as well as religious services and education to the community at large. Some children's programs include Mommy & Me, Hebrew school, and Bar or Bat Mitzvah training.

Club Z! In Home Tutoring provides one-on-one affordable tutoring in all subjects in grades K through 12.

Qualified tutors design a custom program using the school's curriculum instead of a pre-determined program that may not relate to current class work. Tutors also introduce a series of effective study and organizational skills that help students achieve success in school and in life.

Club Z! In Home Tutoring provides one-on-one affordable tutoring in all subjects in grades K through 12.

Qualified tutors design a custom program using the school's curriculum instead of a pre-determined program that may not relate to current class work. Tutors also introduce a series of effective study and organizational skills that help students achieve success in school and in life.

Creative ADDvantage specializes in working with students with ADD, ADHD, and learning disabilities. The company takes pride in teaching techniques that are fun and effective, while building students' confidence.

CREST - which stands for child care, recreation, enrichment, sports, together - is a unique program collaborating between the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District, offering fun and exciting before and after school options right at the school site.

Throughout the school year, before and after school homework assistance and activities are available for kids in grades K-3. For students in grades K-8, enrichment classes and youth sports programs are offered. In addition, several of the schools offer free after-school unstructured supervised playground time. On school breaks, CREST offers various camp programs.

Financial assistance is available to qualifying low and moderate income families. CREST is a part of the City's Human Services Division.

Enlightenment Learning Center offers one-on-one tutoring, stress-free academic classes to keep kids ahead of their schoolwork, and a comprehensive test prep program for SAT, ACT, and ISEE.

Enlightement is also home to Enlightenment Academy, an alternative to traditional classroom instruction. Enlightenment Academy uses a fully accredited K-12 curriculum that allows students to learn one-on-one and in small groups within a schedule that best fits their needs.

FasTracKids is an academic enrichment center designed to develop children's critical thinking, leadership, and communication skills. State-of-the-art technology is employed to deliver curriculum, and activities include hands-on exercises, role-playing, and videotaped speaking exercises in various subjects.

Gift of Language offers foreign language classes that use visuals, music, and dance to engage and involve children. The staff is experienced in foreign languages and cultures as well as in educational principles.

Students can join a session at any time, and a $20 trial class is an option before committing to a longer course. Private sessions and Spanish language summer camp are also offered.

Head of the Class provides in-home tutoring for children in pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade. Topics covered include guidance on organizational and study skills, foundational skill building, and homework and test preparation.

Named African-American hero and sports star Jackie Robinson, this center provides a wide variety of services for the community. The park has a playground and a seasonal swimming pool.

Some of the services for kids at the Jackie Robinson Center include tutoring and educational services, flu shots.

The KnowledgePoints program offers academic help with an individualized diagnostic and prescriptive approach. Students work with credentialed teachers on a program that is created to address their particular skill gaps, as identified by an initial assessment test.

There are programs for students in grades K-12, including Reading, Math, Writing, Study Skills, Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Geometry, SAT Prep, and Homework Support.

KwizNET is a web-based learning system featuring grade-appropriate quizzes and printable worksheets based on widely recognized curricula. Additional features include auto-generated quizzes, instant scoring, progress tracking, and award certificates.

KwizNET offers a free one-hour trial.

KwizNET is a web-based learning system featuring grade-appropriate quizzes and printable worksheets based on widely recognized curricula. Additional features include auto-generated quizzes, instant scoring, progress tracking, and award certificates.

KwizNET offers a free one-hour trial.

The LA Speech Club was founded by Chitra Sampath, a competitive public speaker and coach. The company helps students to improve their mastery of language, social interaction, and presentation, in preparation for a lifetime of success.

TeenWeb, sponsored by the Los Angeles Public Library, introduces teenagers to the library's resources, including 71 branches, two bookmobiles, and a Central Library that is extraordinary in its collections and services for teens.

Follow links to check out Teen'Scape, a dedicated lounge/study space just for teens at the downtown library, help with homework, or find out what teen events are going on in your neighborhood.

Learning with a Difference is a full service
Educational Therapy Practice and Resource Center.

It offers educational assessments, including a full battery of educational testing to uncover barriers to learning; individualized educational therapy, during which trained educational specialists work with your child to overcome weaknesses in areas such as reading, writing, mathematics, and organizational skills; small group tutorials; and homework helpers.

Lindamood-Bell offers treatment for learning difficulties, including the symptoms of dyslexia, AD/HD, hyperlexia, and autism.

The center works one-on-one with individuals ages five through adult. Lindamood-Bell offers diagnostic evaluations, individualized treatment programs to address the specific needs of its students, and community education events throughout the year.

Lindamood-Bell offers treatment for learning difficulties, including the symptoms of dyslexia, AD/HD, hyperlexia, and autism.

The center works one-on-one with individuals ages five through adult. Lindamood-Bell offers diagnostic evaluations, individualized treatment programs to address the specific needs of its students, and community education events throughout the year.

Lindamood-Bell offers treatment for learning difficulties, including the symptoms of dyslexia, AD/HD, hyperlexia, and autism.

The center works one-on-one with individuals ages five through adult. Lindamood-Bell offers diagnostic evaluations, individualized treatment programs to address the specific needs of its students, and community education events throughout the year.

KidsPath, sponsored by the LAPL, introduces the pre-teen set to the library's resouces, including its 71 branches, two bookmobiles, and a Central Library that is extraordinary in its collections and services for kids.

The homework help and safety on the Internet links are worth checking out.

Lumina Academy of Arts and Education is a Pasadena studio offering dance classes and educational tutoring.

For kids there are classes in Spanish ballet, flamenco, belly dancing, Mexican folklorico, and yoga, as well as classes like Rockin’ Disco Mommy and Me, and Disco-Teen.

The studio also offers a whole range of dance classes for adults.

The educational side of the business offers group and private tutoring as well as workshops in creative writing, test preparation, and ESL. Call the studio for more details.

Next Generation Leaders provides classes for students in fourth through eighth grades.

Bridge: Tools for Middle School and High School and FLOW: For the Love of Writing are designed to help students make a successful transition to middle and high school by developing planning, scholarship, and leadership in all subjects.

Although students get some one-on-one instruction, classes are offered as small, intensive study groups. Students bring their schoolwork and grades to each class, and with the help of the teacher mentor, plan a study schedule to fit their needs and develop long-term goals.

Special workshops are offered during holiday breaks and weekends.

La Pintoresca Library, a branch of the Pasadena Public Library system, was built in 1930 in the Spanish-Revival style and comes by its Spanish name ("the picturesque") honestly. The red-tiled roof and stucco structure give a fair hint to the beauty that awaits inside: Moorish-inspired chandeliers and beautiful woodwork. The library is situated within La Pintoresca Park.

The children's section is cozy, with small tables and chairs for reading and homework. Storytimes, book clubs, and homework help are offered regularly for children.

Bilingual Spanish-English offerings are bountiful here, as are special collections in African American history and literature. The library is the only branch to house a comic book collection, which includes books on the history and artwork of comics, cartooning, and animation.

The branch has a Foothill Employment and Training Center computer kiosk and hosts Pasadena READS, an adult literacy courses. It also houses a computer lab and offers free wireless internet access. The library serves as a community center for surrounding neighborhoods.

La Pintoresca Library, a branch of the Pasadena Public Library system, was built in 1930 in the Spanish-Revival style and comes by its Spanish name ("the picturesque") honestly. The red-tiled roof and stucco structure give a fair hint to the beauty that awaits inside: Moorish-inspired chandeliers and beautiful woodwork. The library is situated within La Pintoresca Park.

The children's section is cozy, with small tables and chairs for reading and homework. Storytimes, book clubs, and homework help are offered regularly for children.

Bilingual Spanish-English offerings are bountiful here, as are special collections in African American history and literature. The library is the only branch to house a comic book collection, which includes books on the history and artwork of comics, cartooning, and animation.

The branch has a Foothill Employment and Training Center computer kiosk and hosts Pasadena READS, an adult literacy courses. It also houses a computer lab and offers free wireless internet access. The library serves as a community center for surrounding neighborhoods.

Play Coach for Kids provides kids with ideas for creative ways to be physically active - using play rather than structured exercise.

Emphasis is on self-esteem building, skill-development, accountability, and engaging the imagination; kids may be coached in dance, rollerblading, trampolining, swimming, hiking, basketball, soccer, outdoor games - or a combination of these - depending on the child's preferences.

Play coaches are trained in a curriculum developed by a board of specialists in nutrition, child development, fitness and childcare. The membership program includes weekly Play Coach sessions, an assigned family nutritionist, and monthly Play Coach community activities.

Egyptian motifs and glorious visual treats await at this magnificent library in LA's downtown historic district. An extensive children's section, children's theater, storytimes, special events, and friendly docents make the Richard J. Riordan Central Library a must-do for all ages.

The Children's Literature Department, surrounded by artist Albert Herter's California History murals, will astound you and your kids: over 250,000 books, an extensive Mother Goose collection, fairytales galore, a folk doll collection, and cozy nooks and crannies in which to read and dream. Located on the second floor, the Children's Department has its own phone number: 213.228.7250.

The remodeled Ronald McDonald Multimedia Center (located in the Children's Literature Department) has 23 PCs available for the 12 and under set; software includes interactive storybooks, and math and reading games.

Special showings from the library's Gladys English Collection of Original Illustrations of Children's Books, a traveling exhibit with over 200 pieces, are regularly scheduled, as are puppet shows, crafts, and family activities.

StoryTime is every Sat at 2pm in the KLOS Story Theater (in the back of the Children's Department); the Children's Story Theater Series is once a month at 2pm in the Mark Taper Auditorium (first floor, Tom Bradley Wing). See our events calendar for more details.

Older kids can join a guitar workshop or chess tournament at Teen'scape, on the second floor, or peruse the hefty collection of comics, teen magazines, college and job info, as well as CD's, videos, and cyberspace stations in the Reading Lounge and Study Room.

Teachers can arrange field trips with their classes for a
specialized kids' tour, which includes a thirty- minute architectural tour of the building and a storytime in the beautiful KLOS Story Theater. (Call the Docent Office at 213.228.7055.)

Validated parking for people using the Central Library is available in the 524 S. Flower Street garage beneath the Maguire Gardens. Enter the garage from Flower Street. To obtain a validation, you must show your Los Angeles Public Library library card at the Information Desk on the first floor during regular Library hours. Library cards are available free of charge. Parking is $1.00 on
Saturdays and Sundays and after 3 pm with validation.

The Santa Monica Police Activities League offers a free after-school program for kids ages six to 17. The youth center facility has two pool tables, a large screen TV, a full size gymnasium, a computer room with supervised internet access, and a mirrored dance room.

Programs available include homework assistance, biking, arts and crafts, basketball, cooking, boxing, and karate.

SCORE! Educational Centers works with preschoolers through 10th graders to help them achieve their goals and reach their academic potential in math, reading, spelling, and writing. Programs include personal academic coaching, positive reinforcement, and a customized curriculum that adapts to each child's pace and learning needs.

SCORE! is part of the Kaplan Family of educational co