Read Annapolis

Hello, Summer! If you're looking to help your child improve their reading skills over the break, now's the time to book tutoring!

If your student’s reading has suffered during this past year, give me a shout! Vaccines and warmer weather are coming & I’ll be taking new tutoring clients soon!

Afraid your child will fall behind in reading with AACPS going online? Does your student need hands on help to overcome dyslexia? I can help! Message me to chat about how tutoring with me can bridge the gap in this uncertain time.

Excited to be back to in person (outdoor) reading tutoring! Missed my kiddos!

Words by Neil Gaiman, art by Chris Riddell.

Now accepting clients for REMOTE READING INSTRUCTION! If your student is behind in reading, or you are afraid they will be soon with no school happening, this is perfect for your student!

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Just got this text from the parent of one of my reading students: "Getting in the car this morning...First time I saw her reading because she wanted to! Thank you ❤️"

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BIG NEWS: Now accepting new reading students! It’s been a while since I have had time and space to accept new clients, don’t miss out on this rare opportunity if you want your child to have customized reading help!

"The reluctance to confirm that a child is "dyslexic" goes beyond avoiding a label that could harm kids. Public schools nationwide have long refused to use the word, allowing many of them to avoid providing special education services as required by federal law."

How American schools fail kids with dyslexia There are proven ways to help people with dyslexia learn to read, and a federal law that's supposed to ensure schools provide kids with help. But across the country, public schools are denying children proper treatment and often failing to identify them with dyslexia in the first place.

"More than 60 percent of American fourth-graders are not proficient readers, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and it's been that way since testing began in the 1990s."

Why aren't kids being taught to read? Scientific research has shown how children learn to read and how they should be taught. But many educators don't know the science and, in some cases, actively resist it. As a result, millions of kids are being set up to fail.

"For decades, reading instruction in American schools has been rooted in a flawed theory about how reading works, a theory that was debunked decades ago by cognitive scientists, yet remains deeply embedded in teaching practices and curriculum materials. As a result, the strategies that struggling readers use to get by — memorizing words, using context to guess words, skipping words they don't know — are the strategies that many beginning readers are taught in school. This makes it harder for many kids to learn how to read, and children who don't get off to a good start in reading find it difficult to ever master the process."

How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't know there's anything wrong with it.