Reba
Patient and friendly tutor for elementary and middle school students
I love: fractions, castles, circles, messy projects, semicolons, and stories with endings that are happy and sad at the same time. I taught in an independent middle school for ten years. We focused on integrated project work, so I have experience with math, reading & writing, science and social studies. I also work with younger children on reading, and I believe in a healthy balance between phonics and "whole-language" reading instruction. My specialties have always been finding books for ...
needlework
social studies
study skills
ADHD
ADD/ADHD
I was a middle school teacher for ten years and had many students with ADD/ADHD. I have a lot of experience working with kids whose attention may be more broadly scattered or more intensely focused than is considered typical. ADD/ADHD presents a huge challenge for kids in traditional classroom settings, but it can also come with some very interesting strengths that are not usually recognized in schools.