by HelpGeek | Jan 29, 2019 | Blog
Tales from the Tutors: The Student Becomes the Tutor As she practiced reading a sentence, Tierra Isbell’s first-grade student struggled reading the word “pot.” Tierra had her write the word along each edge of a whiteboard until the student was not only...
by HelpGeek | Oct 31, 2018 | Blog
Tales from the Tutors: She’s LIGHT-ing the way As the student reads the words from “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” AR Kids Read Tutor Stacy Light follows along and points out how the words are all squiggly lines. “What do you think that means?” Light asks. “Do you think...
by HelpGeek | Oct 31, 2018 | Blog
“Give Where We Live” – Keller Williams The employees at Keller Williams know that it’s part of their jobs to be visible in the community. Every year, they have a “Red Day” where they go out as a group to serve in the community at places like Our...
by HelpGeek | Oct 12, 2018 | Blog
One Last Story… On my last day at AR Kids Read, I want to take a moment to reflect on my last two years here. What I will remember most about working at AR Kids Read are the lives I got to be a part of. It was such a fun journey and I’m grateful to have had the...
by HelpGeek | Sep 27, 2018 | Blog
Tales from the Tutors: Reading with Dr. Duke When you begin to build a relationship with a student, there are often barriers that you have to break through. That takes time, consistency, and compassion. As time goes on, and as trust is established, those walls start...
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