Casa Somer · Tutoring & Mentorship

Begin Here

Who do you want to become next?

Casa Somer is currently opening its Flower Mound and Highland Village founding group. Southlake families may join the interest list for the next founding group. Families choose the rhythm that fits their child and schedule: one, two, or three afternoons a week. Each additional day adds more continuity, deeper observation, and greater access to the full Casa Somer experience.

One afternoon each week

Foundations

$300 / month

A steady weekly touchpoint for academic foundations, targeted support, and confidence.

What it is. One focused afternoon a week of small group academic support and skill building, as a monthly membership.

Best for. A child who needs targeted help in a specific area, is rebuilding confidence, or is closing a gap, and a family that wants to begin gently with one consistent afternoon.

What to expect. Closing learning gaps, growing confidence, and a short note of feedback after each session.

When and where. Flower Mound and Highland Village hub, Monday, 4:30 to 6:00 PM. Southlake hub opens by interest list.

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Two afternoons each week

Core

$560 / month

The sweet spot. Enough rhythm to truly know your child and see real, steady growth.

What it is. Two afternoons a week that blend academic support with mentorship, social and emotional learning, executive function, and self advocacy, as a monthly membership.

Best for. A child who grows with more continuity, and a family that wants visible, steady progress and a deeper relationship with their child's learning.

What to expect. Mentorship woven into academics, deeper observation over time, and a monthly growth review.

When and where. Flower Mound and Highland Village hub, Monday and Wednesday, 4:30 to 6:00 PM. Southlake hub, Tuesday and Thursday, once the group opens.

Three afternoons each week

Immersion

$795 / month

The fullest Casa Somer experience, for the child who is ready for more.

What it is. Three afternoons a week of the full Casa Somer experience: academics, mentorship, life skills, creative projects, critical thinking, and real world skills, as a monthly membership.

Best for. A child ready for more depth and challenge, and a family that wants the most consistent academic growth and mentorship.

What to expect. The deepest level of observation and support, applied and creative work, and the strongest momentum.

When and where. Flower Mound and Highland Village hub, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 4:30 to 6:00 PM. Southlake hub, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, once the group opens.

Community Saturdays

A house before it has walls

One Saturday a month, Casa Somer families come together in real life. It is where members actually meet, where children build real friendships, and where parents find their own community, far away from any screen. Less screens, more belonging. This is where Casa Somer begins to feel like a house before it has walls.

Movie nightsLemonade standsCreative workshopsService projectsStorytelling circlesLeadership challengesStudent showcasesFamily gatherings

Begin the Conversation

The goal is simple: to begin with understanding before designing the path.

Prefer your own email? Write to hola@casasomer.com

Casa Somer is currently opening its Flower Mound and Highland Village founding group. Southlake families may join the interest list for the next founding group.

Learning Outcomes

Life skills are not an extra. They are part of the foundation.

Six Life Skills

Social Skills

Help children learn how to communicate, collaborate, listen, and belong in a group without losing their own voice.

CommunicationActive listeningConflict resolutionCollaborationEmpathyRespecting boundariesPerspective takingNegotiationAsking for helpGiving and receiving feedback

Listening without interruptingSharing ideas with more confidenceAsking for help appropriatelyRespecting boundariesReceiving feedback with more opennessCollaborating with peersRepairing small conflictsUnderstanding another person's perspective

Executive Function & Decision Making

Help children organize their thoughts, manage their time, control impulses, plan ahead, and follow through.

Time managementPlanning and organizationImpulse controlPrioritizationGoal settingFocus and attentionProblem solvingAdaptabilitySelf monitoringDecision making under pressure

Starting tasks with less resistanceOrganizing thoughts more clearlyFollowing a simple planManaging time with more awarenessStaying focused for longer periodsPausing before reactingTracking progress toward a goalAdjusting when plans change

Emotional Health & Self Awareness

Help children understand what they feel, why they feel it, and how to move through emotions without being controlled by them.

Identifying emotionsEmotional regulationSelf reflectionStress managementResiliencePositive self talkGrowth mindsetSelf compassionRecognizing triggersMindfulness

Naming emotions with more accuracyUsing calming strategies when frustratedRecovering from mistakes more quicklyShowing more patience with themselvesRecognizing triggersPracticing positive self talkTrying again after a setbackSeparating struggle from identity

Leadership & Personal Responsibility

Learning how to carry yourself with honesty, contribute to a group, take responsibility, and use your voice with purpose.

IntegrityAccountabilityInitiativeVision settingLeading by exampleDelegationPublic speakingCourage to stand up for valuesSupporting othersTaking ownership of mistakes

Taking responsibility for mistakesFollowing through on commitmentsSpeaking in front of othersOffering help to a peerTaking initiativeLeading with kindness and clarityMaking thoughtful decisionsUsing their voice with purpose

Creativity & Innovation

Creativity is the ability to look at a challenge and imagine another way forward. It helps children become flexible thinkers.

BrainstormingRisk taking in ideasVisual expressionStorytellingLateral thinkingUsing imagination to solve problemsCreative confidencePrototyping and iteratingConnecting unrelated ideasOpenness to experimentation

Generating multiple ideasTrying a new approachConnecting ideas in original waysCreating stories, designs, or projectsExplaining their processThinking beyond one correct answerTaking creative risksSeeing mistakes as part of iteration

Technology & Digital Literacy

Technology is part of the world children are inheriting, so they learn how to use it with intention.

Basic codingResearch skillsResponsible digital citizenshipNavigating digital toolsContent creationCyber safetyEvaluating sourcesDigital collaborationManaging screen timeUnderstanding digital influence

Closing academic gapsBuilding fluency and accuracyUnderstanding concepts with more confidenceAccessing more advanced contentCompleting work with more independenceAsking better academic questionsDeveloping stronger study habitsReturning to difficult material with less avoidance

Casa Somer

Mission & Vision

Mission

Casa Somer supports children as whole learners through academic tutoring, emotional development, and real world skill building.

Our mission is to help children strengthen their academic foundations while also learning how to understand themselves, communicate what they need, and grow with confidence. At Casa Somer, academic progress is never separated from the child's inner world. We guide students in closing learning gaps, developing executive function, practicing communication, and building the confidence to become stronger students, clearer thinkers, capable communicators, and more prepared human beings.

Vision

Casa Somer's vision is to become a year round learning house where children, families, creativity, mentorship, and real world preparation come together under one roof.

We begin as a boutique small group tutoring and mentorship experience, but the long term vision is to grow into a community centered space where children can learn, create, reflect, belong, leave, return, and continue growing through different seasons of life. Casa Somer is imagined as a place where parents also find support, connection, and guidance as they navigate education, childhood, adolescence, technology, and the changing world their children are growing into.

The vision is simple, but not small.
To build a house of learning where children are supported academically, protected emotionally, and prepared for real life without losing themselves in the process.

About the Founder

What if the child is not broken?

Casa Somer was born from years of working closely with children, but its deepest roots began at home, with my own children, Pia and Charley.

I watched them move through learning environments where their energy, curiosity, intensity, and need for movement were often misunderstood. They wanted to learn. They wanted to belong. They wanted to do well. But over time, I saw how easily a child can begin to believe that something is wrong with them when the adults around them do not yet understand how they learn.

This does not mean children should not be challenged. They need structure, rhythm, boundaries, accountability, and high expectations. But they also need adults who are careful with the story they are helping a child build about themselves.

At Casa Somer, academic support and emotional development are held with the same level of care. This is for the child who has been called distracted but is deeply curious. For the child who has been called behind but simply needs a bridge. For the child who has been called difficult but may be asking, in the only language they have, can you understand me differently?

This is where Casa Somer begins. With Pia and Charley, and with every child who deserves to be understood before they are corrected.

Anali Ross
Founder & Lead Mentor

Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

It means Casa Somer is intentionally small. Sessions are designed for groups of up to five children, so each child can be seen, supported, and challenged with care. It is more than tutoring. It is a place where a child's academic growth and inner world are held with the same level of attention, the way a small incubator protects something while it grows.

Casa Somer is not a drop in tutoring model. It is built around a consistent weekly rhythm, and I recommend more frequent sessions for real continuity and results. Growth happens when children have repeated opportunities to practice, reflect, receive support, build confidence, and return to the work.

A typical session blends academics and life skills. About 35 minutes go to mastering academic knowledge and skills through accelerated learning with adaptive AI tools. The rest, about an hour, is life skills building: public speaking, pronunciation and intonation, leadership, and confidence. Academics and life skills grow together.

The initial sessions serve as a discovery and foundation building phase. Each child is observed and supported in order to understand where they are, how they learn, what motivates them, and what helps them focus. This is not a traditional assessment where a child is reduced to a score.

Casa Somer uses technology with intention. Adaptive and AI supported platforms power accelerated learning, meeting each child at their level, identifying gaps, and tracking growth. Tools may include IXL, MobyMax, Khan Academy, and others, always chosen with purpose and shared with you. Technology is a tool, never the teacher.

After each session, parents receive brief but meaningful feedback. For families in the ongoing weekly rhythm, Casa Somer also includes a Monthly Growth Review, a dedicated conversation about the bigger picture of your child's growth over time.

Casa Somer currently runs small groups at the Southlake Public Library, and in Lewisville, Flower Mound, and Grapevine.

I was born and raised in Monterrey, Mexico, where I studied Child Psychology at U.A.N.L. I trained and was certified in the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme. From there I taught in international, charter, and social and emotional learning focused school settings, and in three of the four schools where I taught I was honored as Teacher of the Year during my first year. I am also certified in nature based education, a bilingual educator and storyteller, and a curriculum designer.

A boutique small group learning incubator for academic growth, emotional development, real world skill building, and becoming confident learners.

Accelerated Learning

Small Learning Incubator

Academic Growth

Beginning of the year

End of the year

We begin with what is true. Then we build.

Discovery

Accelerated learning

Public speaking, leadership, confidence

What if the child is not broken?What if their behavior is trying to tell us something we have not understood yet?