Margaret
Homeschool Mom With Strong Language Arts Background
- $50 / h
- 1 review
- 8 rating s
- New Ipswich , NH ( 03071 )
- 20 miles
In my 20 plus years of teaching I have worked with students from elementary to high school level, and even adults with learning deficits, assessing strengths in order to use them to work on weak areas. I believe teaching/learning should be relevant, engaging, as hands-on as possible, measurable and applicable to a person's life and goals. Whether tutoring a remedial student or a gifted student, I am focused on the individual's learning style and goals when structuring tutoring sessions ...
handwriting
elementary science
elementary (k-6th)
phonics
English
ESL/ESOL
literature
proofreading
GED
SAT reading
SAT writing
TOEFL
spelling
vocabulary
grammar
reading
writing
prealgebra
Karyn O. from Pepperell, MA
I'm a homeschooling mother of four, two of whom are school aged. Margaret has been working mostly with my five-year-old while I work with his older brother. She has found creative ways to use the curricula that we have selected, which has helped to keep my very silly, daydreaming, chatty little boy engaged. For example, in his first tutoring session, Margaret had him stand facing her and pretend that they were both mirror images of each other while she demonstrated (in the air) the proper strokes for the letters of the alphabet. She has used mnemonic devices to help him learn to write his numbers correctly. This past week, she brought in two cookie sheets and some flour, and she and my son wrote their phonograms in the flour as he worked to master the sounds that each makes as well as how to write his letters and numbers. Overall, Margaret has been very patient and sweet, and is proving to be a great fit for my little boy. (She'll be working more with my older son in the upcoming weeks, and I'm looking forward to seeing how she gets him excited about his lessons.)