Not Accepting New Students
I am currently not accepting new students due to a full schedule. However, I can fit in an assessment during a cancellation. Contact me to schedule an assessment or to be added to the waiting list.
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Why Your Child is Grade Levels Behind
There are many reasons for a child to get behind in school, including learning differences like intellectual disabilities, autism, and dyslexia. I am noticing a different pattern, though. Many students who are significantly behind come to me with some type of trauma in their past, whether it was the death of a loved one, a…
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Life Skills Adventures & An Update
At the beginning of the school year, I had the privilege of teaching about nine precious students in a life skills classroom. Two were medically fragile and had full-time nurses. It was a joy to be able to teach them. The job had its ups and downs for reasons other than the children. The paperwork,…
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My First Teaching Job – 3rd grade!
Last year, I had a former boss contact me from a school I had worked at as a special education aide. She said there were teaching opportunities available. I was not certified yet but she encouraged me to try another alternative certification path. I did and literally, overnight I was accepted at Teach Us. Before…
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A Day with Middle Schoolers!
Today was my first substitute teacher job in several years. For a while, I tutored twelve middle schoolers for Sylvan. They are not my favorite age to teach. However, since this is about to be my full-time job I can’t always be picky. I’m also intentionally throwing myself into tough situations to gain experience. When…
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What is Phonological Awareness?
According to Yvette Zgonc, “Phonological awareness (PA) is the understanding that our spoken language is made up of words and that our words are made up of individual units of sounds called phonemes” (Zgonc, 2010). Children must be able to play around with and hear oral sound patterns before they can relate them to print….
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The Five Finger Rule
In my Child and Adolescent Literature class at the American College of Education one of the Module 2 videos states, “Research suggests when children are read to 6 to 7 days a week, they may gain as much as a year’s achievement in reading” (EDUC4103 Module 2, 2024). Everyone knows how important it is to…
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Say Cheese! Multiplication Game
Right before the storm hit tonight I went to Goodwill and found these teaching materials! The above is for practicing multiplication facts. I can’t wait to use it! Below is for my kids with ASD. They love anything new I bring to the clinic! On the way home, for a few minutes, I could barely…
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Out for Delivery!
I have about seven packages out for delivery or on their way to my apartment. Here is a sneak peak into the fun stuff. There are lots of new curricula that I have described on the math and reading pages. I can’t wait to dig into them! I also recently bought this ball chair for…
