· Retired Elementary School Teacher (June 2022)
· 35 Years of Full Time Teaching Experience
o Lee County School District (Ft. Myers, FL) 1987-1990
o Lower Dauphin School District (Hummelstown, PA) 1990-2022
o Experience teaching grades K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6.
My Philosophy
In order to learn, students must be engaged and know that we believe in them. I strive to make my lessons fun so the hour spent with me doesn't feel like just an extension of their school day. I do my very best to see things through the student's eyes, treating them exactly as I would want to be treated. One on one and small group times allow for customization of lessons providing instruction in a way that is best for each individual learner. It is my goal to raise the confidence of each of my students, without lowering academic expectations.
"When you believe in someone you profoundly increase their ability to have faith in themselves and achieve."
~Jason Versed
Modeling/Practicing Expected Behaviors
o Attentive Listening
o Cooperation and Taking Turns
o Teamwork
o Attentive Listening
Reading Readiness
o Book Handling Skills
o Listening to Stories
o Responding to Stories
o Identifying Letters by Name
o Match Letters to Letter Sounds
o Produce Letter Sounds
o Environmental Print
o Exposure to Concepts of Phonics
Prewriting and Emergent Writing Development
o Illustrating to convey ideas
o Using letters/symbols as a form of communication
Math Concepts
o More/Less
o Bigger/Smaller; Taller/Shorter; Heavier/Lighter
o Colors/Shapes
o Number recognition
o Counting
o Basic Addition Concepts (putting groups together)
o Basic Subtraction Concepts (taking items away from a group)
"Don't give up, I believe in you all. A person's a person no matter how small."
~ Dr. Seuss
Reading Instruction and Remediation
o Conepts of Phonics
o Letter ID
o Letter/Digraph Sounds
o Vowels and Consonants
· o Building and Decoding CVC Words
o Phonological Awareness
o Word Families
Emergent Reading Development
o Parts of a Book
o Story Elements
oSequence of Events
o Story Maps
o Tracking Print
o Story Retell
o Story Response
o Reading/Writing Sight Words
Emergent Writing Development
o Illustrations to Convey Ideas
o Use of Shapes and Symbols to Communicate
o Kidwriting
o Five Star Sentences
Math Instruction and Remediation:
o Number Identification
o Counting
o Patterns on a Hundreds Chart
o Skip Counting
o Place Value
o Algebraic Concepts
o Basic Math Facts
o Homework Support
"When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."~Paulo Coelho
Reading Instruction and Remediation
o Remediation of any K-2 skills
o Reading
Development
o Open Ended Responses
Language Development
o “Framing Your Thoughts”
o Revising
o Editing
o Homework Support
"You can teach a student 1 lesson a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he lives."
~Clay P. Bedford
Please contact us if you cannot find an answer to your question.
In the Clever Fox Classroom located in the front room of my home, located in Hummelstown, PA. Street address provided upon enrollment.
I typically work with just one child per hour, but have worked with groups of two or three siblings at one time.
Most students come to once or twice a week, staying one hour each time. The needs of your child combined with your expectations would determine if your child would attend once or twice per week.
One tutoring sessions lasts for 60 minutes for school aged children,
$50/hour
$60/hour (Friday/Saturday/Sunday)
Discounts are only given if students are working within the same hour.
2 siblings (same hour)- $80/hour ($10 discount)
Every student has unique needs for support. Tell us more about what you are hoping a tutor can do for you, and we will start on a plan to help you get what you need.
Hourly Session offered during the following times:
Academic School Year:
Monday : 3pm-7pm
Tuesday: 3pm-7pm
Wednesday: 3pm-7pm
Thursday; 3pm-5pm
Friday: By appointment (weekend rate)
Saturday: By appointment (weekend rate)
Sunday: Closed
Summer Hours:
Monday: 7am-7pm
Tuesday: 7am-7pm
Wednesday: 7am-7pm
Thursday: 7am-1pm
Friday-Sunday; By appointment ($50/hour)
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