Young readers build confidence when they can decode a tricky word on their own or predict what happens next in a story. Toni, a college English professor with a master's in English, brings that same discovery-driven approach down to the elementary level — working through phonics patterns, sight word...

I am a graduate of UC San Diego with a Bachelors in Neuroscience through the Psychology department. After graduating, I went to Michigan Technological University and did some graduate work, before moving to Texas to be closer to my parents. I did my alternative certification program through Texas Te...

Early reading clicks when a child can connect phonics patterns to actual comprehension — not just sounding out words, but understanding what a passage is saying. Sarah brings patience and structure to skills like identifying main ideas, making predictions, and building vocabulary through context clu...

Cognitive science is essentially the study of how people process information — including how children decode text, build vocabulary, and make inferences while reading. Snipta applies that understanding to elementary reading, teaching kids strategies for sounding out unfamiliar words and pulling mean...

Early reading is about building the habits that make a child want to pick up a book on their own — decoding new words, making predictions, and connecting stories to their own experience. Binny's English background gives her a strong grasp of phonics and vocabulary development, and she brings patienc...

Building reading confidence early means more than just decoding words — it means learning to ask questions about a story, make predictions, and connect what's on the page to what a child already knows. Katherine uses these interactive strategies to make reading sessions feel less like homework and m...

I'm not tutoring or buried in my textbooks, you will either find me rock climbing at the Triangle Rock Club, playing Ultimate Frisbee, working on my car, or enjoying the great outdoors (beaches, mountains, forests--you name it, I love it). On rainy weekends I enjoy tinkering with computers and old e...

I am an interdisciplinary educator with an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.A. from Dartmouth College. My background is primarily in integrated arts learning and museum education and I specialize in visual arts, history and art history, and object-based learning. In all su...

I am a recent graduate from a masters program in biostatistics at Columbia University. I received my Bachelor of Arts in biological sciences, with a focus in neurobiology at Northwestern University. In August, I will be starting a doctoral program in biostatistics at NYU. I was a teaching assistant ...

I am a graduate of Wesleyan University, where I received my Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with High Honors. With eight years of experience working in education, I've tutored students in math, science, history, and English, as well as helped students prepare for standardized tests. I've guided adults...

I am a rising sophomore at Harvard College and am about to declare as a Mechanical Engineering concentrator, working towards a Bachelor of Science degree. I've always enjoyed sharing my knowledge with my peers and those around me and have done so in both formal and informal settings. I've been a tut...

I am proud to be a part of Varsity Tutors! I am originally from San Antonio, TX; I completed my undergraduate education at Rice University in Houston where I received a bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology. Currently, I am in my second year of medical school at Baylor College of Medici...

I am a junior Mechanical Engineering major at Yale, and I hope to become a Naval Aviator after college. I am also a varsity sailor, and enjoy playing music with friends when I can get some free time. I have been tutoring my fellow students throughout my entire academic career, and I would best descr...

I'm Solange - a recent graduate from Harvard where I studied Sociology & Women's Studies. I've been tutoring for eight years now, and have worked with a wide range of ages and in a wide range of subjects. Some of my specialties are college prep/test taking II worked in the admissions office on campu...

I am a graduate of Washington University in St Louis, where I received my Bachelor of Arts in History with minors in Humanities and Anthropology. Since graduation, I have worked as a tutor, teacher, and director of tutors at a charter public middle school in Boston. During this time I also received ...