As a certified K-8 teacher for 30 years, Marie has maintained a private practice in remedial reading at The Reading Room now located in her home in Colborne, Ontario. During this time, she has worked with many children teaching them reading, writing, and spelling skills that have greatly enhanced their abilities to read and work at grade level in their classrooms. Since 2020, she offers remedial instruction only online via Zoom.
Using the Say the Sounds, Phonics for Reading, and UFLI Foundations programs, instruction is built on the sounds of language, using strategies that emphasize phonemic awareness, blending and segmenting skills, and the learning of the alphabetic code. As students move from mastering the decoding of simple to complex to multi-syllable words, they reinforce their new skills through reading books at their current level of ability.
Spelling strategies from All About Spelling and vocabulary acquisition from Wordly Wise can be woven into the programs. A special emphasis is placed on developing fluency and monitoring reading comprehension.
Initial and mid-program assessments help determine the best program for the child and adapt it to meet their individual needs.
Hour-long sessions are scheduled on Wednesday or Thursday.
On-going, parental involvement with the homework greatly enhances the progress of the programs and reduces the remediation period, thus ensuring the child’s success at becoming a proficient reader.
For information about Fees and Scheduling Sessions, please contact Marie Prins.