Getting young readers excited about books is half the battle — the other half is building real skills like decoding unfamiliar words, making predictions, and retelling a story in their own words. Noel is an avid reader himself and brings that genuine enthusiasm to every session, turning reading prac...

Early reading clicks when a child can connect letter sounds to whole words and whole words to meaning on the page. Eunice builds this chain link by link — sight word recognition, vowel patterns, context clues in picture books — drawing on her ESL tutoring background to adapt pacing and strategies fo...

Phonics and fluency are only part of the picture — early readers also need to build the habit of checking whether what they just read actually made sense. Shandalea pairs decoding practice with comprehension strategies like predicting, retelling, and making text-to-self connections, so students deve...

An avid reader herself, Preetha makes early reading sessions feel more like exploring a story than drilling skills. She zeroes in on the building blocks — phonics patterns, sight word fluency, and reading comprehension strategies like predicting and summarizing — tailoring her approach to each stude...

Getting a young reader excited about books is half the battle — the other half is building real skills like decoding unfamiliar words, making predictions, and retelling what happened in sequence. Rainier brings an energetic, story-driven approach to reading sessions, drawing on his arts and humaniti...

Early reading clicks when a child starts recognizing patterns — phonics rules that unlock new words, context clues that fill in gaps, story structures that make predictions possible. John breaks these skills into small, achievable wins so young readers build momentum rather than frustration. His exp...

Early reading skills like phonics, sight words, and basic comprehension don't have to feel like a chore. Sydney brings patience and creativity to elementary reading sessions, using context clues and guided questions to build a young reader's independence. She's been practicing these techniques for y...

I am an interdisciplinary educator with an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.A. from Dartmouth College. My background is primarily in integrated arts learning and museum education and I specialize in visual arts, history and art history, and object-based learning. In all su...

I'm not tutoring or buried in my textbooks, you will either find me rock climbing at the Triangle Rock Club, playing Ultimate Frisbee, working on my car, or enjoying the great outdoors (beaches, mountains, forests--you name it, I love it). On rainy weekends I enjoy tinkering with computers and old e...

I am a recent graduate from a masters program in biostatistics at Columbia University. I received my Bachelor of Arts in biological sciences, with a focus in neurobiology at Northwestern University. In August, I will be starting a doctoral program in biostatistics at NYU. I was a teaching assistant ...

I am a graduate of Wesleyan University, where I received my Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with High Honors. With eight years of experience working in education, I've tutored students in math, science, history, and English, as well as helped students prepare for standardized tests. I've guided adults...

I am a graduate of Washington University in St Louis, where I received my Bachelor of Arts in History with minors in Humanities and Anthropology. Since graduation, I have worked as a tutor, teacher, and director of tutors at a charter public middle school in Boston. During this time I also received ...

I'm Solange - a recent graduate from Harvard where I studied Sociology & Women's Studies. I've been tutoring for eight years now, and have worked with a wide range of ages and in a wide range of subjects. Some of my specialties are college prep/test taking II worked in the admissions office on campu...

I am a junior Mechanical Engineering major at Yale, and I hope to become a Naval Aviator after college. I am also a varsity sailor, and enjoy playing music with friends when I can get some free time. I have been tutoring my fellow students throughout my entire academic career, and I would best descr...

I am a rising sophomore at Harvard College and am about to declare as a Mechanical Engineering concentrator, working towards a Bachelor of Science degree. I've always enjoyed sharing my knowledge with my peers and those around me and have done so in both formal and informal settings. I've been a tut...