How Can You Help My Child Get Better at Reading?

That question gets to the heart of everything I do. When a child struggles with reading, it rarely means they aren't trying hard enough — it usually means they haven't yet been given the right tools, in the right sequence, at the right pace.

My work is built on the science of reading: explicit, systematic phonics instruction, phonemic awareness training, and fluency-building strategies that are grounded in how the brain actually learns to decode language. I don't guess at what a child needs. I assess. I listen. I observe. And then I build a plan that's specific to them.

In our sessions, your child will learn how to break words apart by sound, how to recognize spelling patterns that appear again and again in English, and how to trust themselves as a reader. I move at their pace — not the classroom's pace — which means we revisit concepts until they stick, and we celebrate every small win along the way.

But beyond the skills, I work to rebuild confidence. Many of the children I work with have already internalized the idea that they're "bad readers." Part of my job is to help them unlearn that story and replace it with something true: that reading is a skill, it can be taught, and they are absolutely capable of learning it.

So when you ask how I can help your child — my answer is: by meeting them exactly where they are, and walking with them, step by step, toward where they deserve to be.