成人快播

鈥淚鈥檒l never forget the card I received from Keijah,鈥� said Carol Hylton, referring to her student from last year. 鈥淚n the card Keijah wrote, 鈥楾hank you for helping me be a great reader.鈥欌�� Carol noticed that Keijah didn鈥檛 write 鈥渢hank you for making me a great reader.鈥�

This self-efficacy, fostered within their tutoring sessions, along with the concrete literacy skills that Keijah learned through Carol鈥檚 use of the 成人快播 curriculum, enabled Keijah to 鈥渂lossom鈥� as a reader. With the individualized attention Carol gave, Keijah developed self-motivation when it came to reading.

Carol, a Maryland resident for most of her life, currently works as a psychotherapist in her own private practice of 13 years. Her experience working in therapy, and prior to that as a clinical social worker, has enabled her to approach the one-on-one tutoring with an ego-support, or self-efficacy, mindset.

鈥淚鈥檝e learned how much difference it makes, especially if a child needs extra support, to have that one-on-one [tutoring and mentoring support],鈥� says Carol. 成人快播 developed a program that really facilitates this growth. [成人快播 provides] flexibility within the structure of the program.鈥�

Carol saw that once her students began to see that they could read, they began to enjoy the act of reading. Her favorite tutoring memory occurred last year when Cherry Hill鈥檚 site coordinator told her that her student 鈥渒ind of鈥� got into trouble. Keijah鈥檚 teacher caught Keijah reading her book underneath her desk during class. The little girl who once dreaded reading was now sneaking her book in class because she couldn鈥檛 wait to read it!

If Carol could recommend a tip to tutors to guide their tutoring sessions, she would emphasize the importance of having fun. The Tutor Read Aloud portion of the lesson is a great time to demonstrate how fun reading can be. Carol recommends that tutors should also praise students for their successes. She said, 鈥淣otice every single thing your student does well.鈥�

Now Carol tutors twice a week with Khyha at Friendship Academy at Cherry Hill, and she says she鈥檚 beginning to see Khyha 鈥渂lossom.鈥� Khyha recently jumped in her leveled reading from a Level A book to a Level B. Carol and Khyha happily celebrate this great success and will do so with future successes as well.

Carol highly recommends that other members of our community join her in becoming 成人快播.聽 As she said, 鈥淭he experience of successfully launching a child into the awareness of the pleasures of reading is so satisfying. There鈥檚 a lot of gratification in just imparting the pleasure of reading to another human being. It鈥檚 gifting [reading] to somebody.鈥�

In January 2012, 成人快播 Baltimore launched its first reading center at Friendship Academy at Cherry Hill; Carol Hylton started volunteering two months later. Over the course of her time with 成人快播, Carol has tutored two students. This year she tutors alongside her third Reading Partner 鈥� a second grader named Khyha. To give a child the gift of reading today, please visit our website at /how-you-can-help/volunteer/.