Carolyn Crusader’s Crushing Goals!

    Carolyn is 5 years old and she is the youngest of our 5 children.  Her siblings are Cassandra (26), Jessica (24), Joseph (21) & Christopher (17); needless to say, she is super spoiled and loved!!! It has been while since Carolyn attended programs at GiGi’s Playhouse. She had a hard time with different…

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November Participant Spotlight!

“ The Amina Grace Speech and Language Program has helped turn my daughter into a social butterfly! Through her speech therapy sessions, Louise has gained a large vocabulary, along with much-needed conversational skills. These achievements have led to a huge boost in her confidence and she is more outgoing amongst peers. We are thrilled with…

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My Experience as a Literacy Tutor!

My name is Gene and I wanted to share a little bit about my experience as a literacy tutor at GiGi’s Playhouse Hoffman Estates.  I have spent almost 30 hours so far working with Chris. Chris is an adult student that I work with in literacy every week.  At first,  Chris was a very slow…

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A Perfect Tutoring Match!

We are so grateful that our daughter Annabelle is able to attend tutoring at GiGi’s Playhouse Hoffman Estates  Annabelle participates in literacy tutoring once a week with her tutor, Mr.  Brian.  We love Mr. Brian, especially Annabelle.  She looks forward to coming to tutoring every Saturday morning.  Mr. Brian is so engaged with his students…

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Fall Literacy and Math Tutoring!

The GiGi’s Playhouse Literacy and Math Tutoring Programs are based on proven methodologies from professionals in the field. This highly individualized program provides custom-made materials relevant to each student’s level of learning, interest and age. The focus extends from sight word recognition to matching, selecting and naming,phonics, comprehension, number recognition and knowledge of addition and…

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Summer 2015 tutoring registration is now open!

Looking for something fun and educational to do this summer?  The Summer 2015 tutoring session is now open for registration.  Take a look at our website here to register as a tutor or a student! Nicole is a GiGi U graduate, Hugs + Mugs mentor and Literacy and Math student in our tutoring program.  Nicole…

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Workin’ for the Weekend!

We have a busy weekend here at the Playhouse! On Friday, April 17th, we are hosting our Family Game Night from 6-8pm. Then, on Saturday, April 18th from 10am-12pm, we are hosting an all-ages Open Play! Now that the weather is getting a nicer, we want to offer programs to our families that will be…

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Kids club meeting for mini golf 4/28

GiGi’s Playhouse Kids Club is a program for children ages 9 to 12 (roughly). We meet on the fourth Saturday morning of every month, for a variety of fun and educational activities. We are going on an outing this Saturday (4/28), if the weather cooperates!   If it’s not raining, we’ll meet at Congo River inHoffman Estates, for…

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Spring has Sprung at Kids Club! Join us on Saturday, May 28!

What an amazing time we had in April….playing games, planting flowers to take home. While having all of this fun, we worked on literacy, self-expression, socialization, turn-taking, gross motor skills, fine motor skills, behavioral issues and functional skills.Kids 9-13, bring a friend from school in May, we have a very special Kids Club! We have…

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