Welcome

Kendra is a tutor, researcher, and teacher of teachers. She advocates for children and parents in and out of the school system. Teaching all ages how to read and write proficiently is her life work.

Reading includes Decoding, Oral Fluency, Academic Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Thinking Skills, such as Visualizing, Inferring, Synthesizing, and Determining Importance.

Writing includes Expository Patterns, Word Choice, Sentence Flow, Goldilocks Paragraphs (not too long and not too short), Revising, or Organizational Thinking.

First I identify strengths and weaknesses, using screening instruments, a report from an educational diagnostician, and/or background from parents or specialists.

I design an individualized program to address these needs in a one-on-one format. 

What else does Kendra do?

• Teaches research-based methods, based on the building blocks of phonemic awareness and phonics interwoven with higher order thinking skills

• Implements a variety of materials, including Phonics Q, Lindamood-Bell, Wilson Reading, REWARDS, Great Source, Step-Up-To-Writing, and specific book series

• Demystifies the complexity of the reading & writing process

• Interprets test results and evaluates strengths and weaknesses

• Reduces academic overwhelm and overload for younger and older students