Caterpillar: Building a Firm Foundation for the Future

Caterpillar: Building a Firm Foundation for the Future

Caterpillar: Building a Firm Foundation for the Future When they started reading together, AR Kids Read Tutor Sarah Zigler and second-grader Jordyn only got through one page of a Spiderman chapter book in their 30-minute session. Jordyn slowed down in each sentence as...
AECC Lights Up Southwest Little Rock

AECC Lights Up Southwest Little Rock

AECC Lights Up Southwest Little Rock Every day we wake up, check our phones which have been charging all night, flip on the lights, and get ready for the day ahead. We go about our day without thinking of all of the things that wouldn’t be possible without...
Super Smith to the Rescue

Super Smith to the Rescue

Super Smith to the Rescue As a 2nd grade teacher at Geyer Springs Elementary, with over 20 students in her classroom, Mrs. Bulloch, like many other teachers, experienced the inability to dedicate a lot of one-on-one attention to students in the classroom. Now serving...
Understanding Poverty to Motivate Students

Understanding Poverty to Motivate Students

Understanding Poverty to Motivate Students Last week AR Kids Read hosted a tutor workshop on relevant topics influencing education in Central Arkansas and America as a whole: Poverty and Motivation. We received great feedback on the content and discussion. Hopefully...
The EASE of Reading Motivation

The EASE of Reading Motivation

The EASE of Reading Motivation When I was a kid, I LOVED to read. I remember “reading” even when I didn’t really know how. Take this picture, for example. Either I was really talented and could read upside down at an early age (highly unlikely), or I was just holding...