Tara Warren Tutoring

08/06/2026

Hello families,

It’s hard to tell by the weather, but September and school is in the horizon! I have some openings for new students. As an experienced teacher, I understand many of the struggles children face in reading, writing, spelling, and math. I use science-based approaches to help your child learn and gain confidence. Clean air and masking ensures that I will provide consistent support to your child in a healthy environment.

Please visit my website to see if we might be a good fit.

Is your child experiencing difficulties in learning to read or spell? Is your child struggling with math concepts? Are you looking for a covid-safe tutor for your child? ​

04/01/2024

Hello families! I am looking to take on one new student this spring. I am an experienced teacher offering tutoring in my home for elementary school learners in the areas of reading, spelling, and math.

Perhaps your child guesses at unknown words when reading. I can help to take the mystery out of solving words and spelling, using the science of reading.

Or maybe your child struggles with numbers and operations. I can help to identify their gaps in understanding and work to develop a better understanding of math.

Lastly, are you looking for a covid-safe tutor for your child? Discover the protections that I have in place so that your child can learn, worry-free.

Please visit my website to see if we might be a good fit.

Is your child experiencing difficulties in learning to read or spell? Is your child struggling with math concepts? Are you looking for a covid-safe tutor for your child? ​

12/07/2023

Every child can be good at math. Join in my excitement over JUMP Math. It is an elegant curriculum that works towards mastery. I have homeschooled grades 2-7 using this curriculum, and it is a marvel, developmental and evidence-based in the science of learning. I also draw upon JUMP for my tutoring students whom struggle in math.

All kids can love math. Curriculum aligned teacher resources, classroom materials and lesson plans. Parent and homeschool resources.

08/03/2023

I’m doing some summer reading, and getting excited for a new year of learning and teaching!

01/23/2023

Hello folks! Do you or someone in your life have a print disability? Print disabilities include conditions such as dyslexia. If so, you or that person are eligible for CELA and Bookshare services! For free! That means access to thousands of book titles that can be downloaded as audio or audio-text books and played through apps such as the free Easy Dolphin Reader or the paid app Voice Dream Reader. In the apps, book can be fully adjusted to meet the needs of the reader: text and background colour, highlight colour, voice and reading speed, can all be modified. You can read along with the app, with highlighted text and audio.

What kind of books? Well, I tried out the search engine, and every book that me or my children have been reading this year showed up! That’s adult or youth or children books! Seriously amazing! You would be hard pressed to NOT find the book you are looking for! Bookshare offers 1 000 000 titles.

How does this work? Your public library can help you to register for CELA. For example, you can register for CELA through the Halifax Public Library. You must provide proof of diagnosis and the account cannot be shared, even amongst family members. Once you are registered with CELA (the Canadian service), you can then register with Bookshare for free (the American service). Bookshare has even more titles available, and both services can be searched in the same search engine.

Please share this widely. So many families would benefit from this resource, but it is not widely known.

CELA: https://celalibrary.ca
Bookshare: https://www.bookshare.org/cms/
Easy Dolphin Reader: https://celalibrary.ca/blog/what-is-dolphin-easyreader
Voice Dream Reader: https://www.voicedream.com/reader/
CELA at the Halifax Public Library: https://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/blogs/post/how-to-get-started-with-the-cela-collection/

Featured titles Into the Broken Lands By Tanya Huff Fantasy Spare By The Duke of Sussex Prince Harry Memoir Poster Girl By Veronica Roth Science Fiction

01/11/2023

Fish in a Tree. Have you heard of it? I’m just reading this book with my 10 and 12 year old boys and we are loving it.

“Everybody is smart in different ways. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its life believing it is stupid.”

Ally, the main character, has fooled people for many years. She can’t read and nobody knows until a new teacher arrives at the school. We are having lots of great discussions about friends, navigating through middle school, and dyslexia.

“Everybody is smart in different ways. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its life believing it is stup...

12/16/2022

When you’re so excited to work with your students again after the break that you just can’t wait to prepare, despite it being a Friday night! All ready for January 😁.

11/24/2022

https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/children-are-struggling-unnecessarily-ns-reading-curriculum-failing-too-many-kids-say-parents-experts-100798121/?mibextid=Zxz2cZ&fbclid=IwAR3yyfUMoIlBqYiOXN8EwceTadYaOlnFnpTUPAmGjJUEpI6lJZojERvFnEQ

Her boys weren’t catching on. It wasn’t for lack of trying. They were serious about their homework. So was their mother, a single mom we’ll call Emily. She ...

11/03/2022

Is your province teaching students to use cueing systems as a primary approach to reading ? This is not consistent with evidence or with the recommendations of the OHRC Right to Read report.

11/02/2022

Wow, this is a fabulous game, and currently the top favourite with our children in grades four and six. It takes amazing flexibility with numbers and mental math gymnastics, using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. We definitely worked up to this over the past few years, playing other wonderful games by Michael Minas.

Card game that help building fluency and number sense with all four operations. For a full range of games, visit www.lovemaths.me/games