My Approach

I have been tutoring privately since 2011. I have been using Word Inquiry full-time in my practice since Sept 2019. My years of work as an OG tutor continue to inform my teaching as phonology and the understanding of grapheme/phoneme (letter-sound) correspondence are a necessary part of reading and writing.

I use a combination of child-led inquiry and direct instruction in my lessons. I believe strongly in child-centred learning, and I tailor my lessons to the learning needs of each individual student. Each lesson is based on the work done in the prior lesson. This allows me to build on new discoveries or pivot in new directions depending on where the student’s learning is taking us.

My goal is not just to help my students learn to decode, but to develop a love of reading.  I have a huge collection of picture books, graphic novels and novels for kids of all ages. I use this as a resource to find texts based on each student’s interests and reading level. We read and discuss books at every lesson.