by st1_7w6bbn | Dec 24, 2025
I have tutored Julia, a 4th grader, for 17 sessions. She just finished Level 3. Her mom just emailed this note: Great news! Julia just received her report card. Her teacher commented that she has noticed an improvement in Julia’s comprehension. She also managed to get...
by st1_7w6bbn | Dec 24, 2025
I am just a beginning tutor using the Barton System during the summer. I am tutoring one of my students from last year (second grade). I felt sure she had dyslexia, but had no way of really diagnosing it. Her parents were willing to try something new — the old ways...
by st1_7w6bbn | Dec 24, 2025
I have had the privilege of tutoring a 7th grade student this year. This young lady has been a pure delight. She works hard, is patient with my learning curve, and is greatly appreciative. Last week, after five months of tutoring, she just received her very first ever...
by st1_7w6bbn | Dec 24, 2025
I can’t believe that I am almost 50 years old and I’ve never known any of this. I didn’t even know what a phoneme was until I looked it up in the dictionary. When I started volunteering at the literacy program, I thought to myself, “This is something that I can do...
by st1_7w6bbn | Dec 24, 2025
I am an educator with seventeen years of elementary experience. I am currently working with two students in the Barton System. One is a first grader who was retained last year. She had a very difficult time hearing and breaking up sounds. She is now able to break...
