Pamela Taylor

I am currently tutoring 18 students, ages 8 to 17, with much success and tears — tears of happiness at the positive change in these children’s lives.

One boy drew me a chart yesterday, showing me that he was at the bottom of his class last year in reading and is now at the top.

Another boy is in a behavior disorder school and was unable to read — period. Not only is he in Lesson 4 of Level 3, but his behavior has changed drastically as well.

A high school junior who struggled to make C’s and D’s his freshman year now has A’s and 2 B+’s and plans to go to college.

I could go on and on.

The most impressive thing about your program — besides the easy, thorough, and systematic way it is laid out — is the training that comes on the DVD’s. You are a master teacher, and I have learned a great deal from watching and rewatching your DVD’s.

I really thought that being a teacher myself, who won the Edwin Parr Teacher Award for best teacher in the province, that I would not learn a whole lot that would surprise me.

Well, I learned a lot from watching you. The method in which you teach, plus your positive and encouraging manner, has made me an even better teacher. Thank you.

As a professional tutor already trained in the Lindamood-Bell LiPS program, I have to tell you that I absolutely LOVE the Barton System and have put it to immediate use.

Your color coding system is wonderful. And I love the physical aspect of your syllable division breaking process. The color coding of prefixes and suffixes makes it easy to see the baseword and derivatives, which is recommended by current research.

I liked the looks of your system, and I’m even more impressed now that I’ve worked with it for awhile. I’m trying to get the county literacy program to acquire this great system.

I cannot tell you how thankful I am for the Barton Reading and Spelling System. I am seeing wonderful success with my students. Their parents are pleased, and the students like coming to me for tutoring because your system makes sense to them.