I am a seasoned educator and reading specialist, empowering struggling readers from Kindergarten to Sixth Grade through evidence-based methods rooted in the Science of Reading. I personalize instruction, blending phonics, decoding, spelling, writing, and comprehension, fostering significant reading achievement. I have helped over 40 families move their child forward with their learning in the last 3 years. I have an established following on my Facebook pages where parents seek information about reading and tutors seek information on how to tutor online with little to no effort. My YouTube pages continue to grow their reach, as do my social media channels on Instagram and TikTok. I have been a guest on the podcasts, The Online Tutor Podcast and Tutoring Tips for Teachers. I have also made several guest appearances and led educational summits including IMPACT 6 and SOAR 1 and 2.
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I am a seasoned educator and reading specialist, empowering struggling readers from Kindergarten to Sixth Grade through evidence-based methods rooted in the Science of Reading. I personalize instruction, blending phonics, decoding, spelling, writing, and comprehension, fostering significant reading achievement. I have helped over 40 families move their child forward with their learning in the last 3 years. I have an established following on my Facebook pages where parents seek information about reading and tutors seek information on how to tutor online with little to no effort. My YouTube pages continue to grow their reach, as do my social media channels on Instagram and TikTok. I have been a guest on the podcasts, The Online Tutor Podcast and Tutoring Tips for Teachers. I have also made several guest appearances and led educational summits including IMPACT 6 and SOAR 1 and 2.
Let's Get the Inside Scoop For many years, American school systems have been drifting further and further away from phonemic awareness and phonics in grade schools. There has been a BIG shift toward whole language learning and less of an emphasis on HOW kids learn to read. The thinking was that the more kids are exposed to reading, the more they will learn about reading. There is some merit to this. Having a text-rich environment, reading to your children, and sharing your love of reading...
Is Waiting the Answer? When a Child Is Struggling With Reading—Why Waiting Usually Doesn’t Work Do we wait to get children the help they need with reading when we know they are struggling—but hope they will eventually catch up if we just give it time After many years in the classroom and now as a private reading tutor, I can say with confidence that waiting rarely works. When a child struggles with reading, writing, or spelling, it is usually because something important is missing in their...
What to Do When Your Child Can't Tell if a Syllable is a Short or Long Sound I run into this problem with struggling readers. They get stuck when learning how to read compound words and multisyllabic words (word with many syllable sounds) because they don't know a few things. They are not sure where to find the syllable sounds in a word like snapshot. The first thing we do is say the word together. "Snapshot." Then I remind them that each that we said the word as snap shot. It had 2 syllable...