Skills for Life: Social & Life Skills For Bright Kids With Big Feelings
Prepare to be amazed as you watch your differently-wired kiddo make real friends, explore this unique content, grow under the guidance of this expert mentor, and be seen in all their glory!
Why Take This Course?
😍 In this popular SEL class meant to help kids begin to thrive while they socialize, Miss Anna helps kids ages 5 -8 learn a variety of essential life skills in the very best way….through play!
Miss Anna’s nurturing and playful approach to teaching social & emotional skills is truly one of a kind, as she skillfully helps young kids learn and begin to master new skills in a low pressure way that feels organic in nature as they are engaged in play.
Through play, music, movement, and kind encouragement your child will learn skills like:
😎 Emotional Regulation
🎉 Making Confident Decisions
🎯 Active Listening
🤗 Being A Kind Friend
🙋🏼 Patiently Raising Their Hand For A Turn
🤩 Being A Kind Leader
📣 Confident Public Speaking
And So Much More
Miss Anna uses 15 years of experience working with young neurodivergent kiddos with Big Feelings to gently guide your child to guide through a predictable and structured routine so the kiddos always know what to expect!
What Makes This Class Different?
Structured, explicit teaching of real-world social-emotional skills
Warm, trauma-informed approach—no shame, no pressure
Predictable routines that help neurodivergent kids feel safe
Play-based learning designed to build trust, confidence, and joy
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😍 In this popular SEL class meant to help kids begin to thrive while they socialize, Miss Anna helps kids ages 5 -8 learn a variety of essential life skills in the very best way….through play!
Miss Anna’s nurturing and playful approach to teaching social & emotional skills is truly one of a kind, as she skillfully helps young kids learn and begin to master new skills in a low pressure way that feels organic in nature as they are engaged in play.
👉🏼 Each week Miss Anna will utilize her own unique style of play-based learning to help kids practice skills like active listening and confident decision makers through a variety of carefully chosen games meant to make learning fun!
Through play, music, movement, and kind encouragement your child will learn skills like:
😎 Emotional Regulation
🎉 Making Confident Decisions
🎯 Active Listening
🤗 Being A Kind Friend
🙋🏼 Patiently Raising Their Hand For A Turn
🤩 Being A Kind Leader
📣 Confident Public Speaking
And So Much MoreMiss Anna uses 15 years of experience working with young neurodivergent kiddos with Big Feelings to gently guide your child to guide through a predictable and structured routine so the kiddos always know what to expect!
Each week your child can expect:
💥 Warm Welcomes
💥 Engaging Learning Games
💥 Music & Movement
💥 FarewellsAs a highly experienced social and emotional educator Miss Anna strives to make sure that every kiddo feels truly seen and heard as they learn by encouraging kids to practice thoughtful communication, kindness and compassion with their new friends in class each week.
What Makes This Class Different?Structured, explicit teaching of real-world social-emotional skills
Warm, trauma-informed approach—no shame, no pressure
Predictable routines that help neurodivergent kids feel safe
Play-based learning designed to build trust, confidence, and joy
Please Note- Miss Anna kindly asks that parents please plan to be somewhere nearby during class to assist your child if needed.
Kids this age will occasionally need help with learning how to use zoom features or adjusting camera angles during games if needed. Thank you in advance for your understanding and help with this.
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What Makes This Class Different?
Structured, explicit teaching of real-world social-emotional skills
Warm, trauma-informed approach—no shame, no pressure
Predictable routines that help neurodivergent kids feel safe
Play-based learning designed to build trust, confidence, and joy
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A strong internet connection.
Please Note- Miss Anna kindly asks that parents please plan to be somewhere nearby during class to assist your child if needed.
Kids this age will occasionally need help with learning how to use zoom features or adjusting camera angles during games if needed. Thank you in advance for your understanding and help with this.
Ages: 5-8
Class size: Maximum- 6 Students
Meets: 1 x per week
Level: All Levels!
Price: $
Our Promise To You
Satisfaction Guarantee: If you’re not 100% IN LOVE with your courses:
Payment Plan: Let us know in the first 24 hours and we’ll immediately stop all payments. After that, no worries! Tell us anytime, and we’ll stop future payments after a 30-day processing period.
Paid in Full: You can switch to another class of equal value or get a credit for the remaining balance for future classes.
We can offer you a 100% satisfaction guarantee because we know what we do works for hundreds of other families—and we know it will work for your family, too!
We’re taking all the risk because you’re getting over $2000 in bonuses when you sign up, and you could cancel the class and keep all the bonuses.
My promise to you.
-Mr. Sam
How To Enroll
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What Our Parents Say…
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“My daughter really enjoys her time with Miss Anna and is always excited for the next class. We love Miss Anna’s personality so much. She is so fun & energetic. I love hearing my daughter’s constant giggling when she’s with Miss. Anna!"
-Judie
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“My son just LOVES Miss Anna! She has such an engaging personality and really brings my little man out of his shell.”
-Kurt
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"Thanks to Miss Anna, our daughter… has friends her own age. She is becoming quite the social butterfly and flourishing in such positive ways. Anna helped build that confidence with her great class, which was my child's favourite."
-Wendy
Meet Your Mentor
Miss Anna
Miss Anna is an experienced youth mentor and educator of 10+ years who leads each class with humor, kindness, and an upbeat attitude while sending out positive vibes….. to encourage her students to do the same!
She is a momma to a fun, silly and twice exceptional child who is the center of her universe. When she is not teaching, she can often be found playing video games with her kiddo, outdoors kayaking and/or photographing plants and wild life together.
During her time as a youth mentor and educator she has had the privilege to work closely with children ages 3 – 16 and during that time she found one fundamental truth that rings true for every child, no matter their age… they LOVE to play!
She has led youth reading and enrichment programs for ages 5 – 11 and has spent many enjoyable years as a PE instructor, Library Media Specialist, and SEL Youth Mentor for low income families. I have had the honor of helping thousands of children find confidence in their current strengths and abilities.
Miss Anna fosters a true love for play-based learning and enjoys helping kids create meaningful friendships at YSA by creating fun and engaging activities that help kiddos truly feel seen, heard, and valued in her warm and welcoming virtual classroom.
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Questions Asked By Fellow Parents
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4 KEY things:
1- A focus on the positive! We don’t focus on what students aren’t doing, we support what they are and we know the rest will come. We develop strengths, interests, and relationships. We build students up so they can build a better world! And do it with the new friends they make in our program!
2- Like-minded neurodivergent peers. Our asynchronous students need one another and YSA is a safe haven for these kiddos to connect around their asynchronies, quirks, and interests. We’re a place where they can be their authentic selves and make friends while doing so!
3- Passionate, masterful neurodivergent mentors who have walked the walk and can authentically validate and support your child with personal experience and care AND expertise as we all have advanced masters + degrees
4-Content your students care about taught in a way they love! We offer the courses they need to be taking, not the ones they’re required to take.
Come by and see for yourself!
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Please don’t confuse reactive “distance learning” and virtual enrichment programming. After all, a student who is completely fried from a boring zoom class is often quick to pick up a tablet or phone, right?
Our courses are not at all the same animal =)
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We offer a satisfaction guarantee!
If you’re not 100% IN LOVE with your camp, you can:
1- Transfer to another equal-value class at no charge (space permitting)
2- Get a 100% refund to a YSA credit
Refund requests must be received up to 24 hours after the first day of camp. After 24 hours after the first class begins there will be no refund of tuition.
Note- this is a satisfaction guarantee, therefore your child must attend class to qualify.
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We do! We have 3 kinds:
1- Word of mouth: GET UNLIMITED $35 COURSE/CAMP CREDITS!
We know that the best way to reach new families is word of mouth.
❇️ At checkout you will get a CUSTOM LINK that you can share with families
❇️ YOU GET A $35 CREDIT TOWARD MORE/FUTURE YSA CAMPS/COURSES every time a NEW family enrolls with your link!
❇️ Families who use your custom link WILL GET 10% off their 1st course at YSA!
❇️ THERE IS NO LIMIT on how many times you can use this with new families!
2- Homeroom Social Club 100% off- When the same student enrolls in 2 courses AND Homeroom Social Club you will automatically discount 100% of the tuition for Homeroom Social Club.
3- Multi-Camp: When you enroll in 3 or more summer camps in the same week, you will receive 10% off of all summer camps!
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Of course!
As we like to say, if you’re on our site, you’re in the right place.
Our programming is for students who are not being supported or challenged enough in school.
If you have an asynchronous kiddo who you know has strengths and struggles, our courses are for your child.
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2e students experience such asynchronous development that it proves difficult to have hard age limits.
We often evaluate students on a case by case basis =)
Please email us and we’ll discuss: sam@youngscholarsacademy.org
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All of our programs are 100% virtual. This allows us to bring together the twice-exceptional/neurodivergent students of the world, connect them, and nurture them!
Your child may very well enter a 6-person class with 5 other students from 5 different states/countries!
Cool, right?