Why Reading Miracles?
Around the country, too many people give up on struggling readers. The schools wash their hands and pass students through the grades, saying nothing can be done. Parents take the educators at their word and adjust their expectations downwards. Adult struggling readers accept that it’s their lot in life to be second class citizens.
It doesn’t have to be this way….
There are answers, solutions, strategies, tools, and even people who want all readers to succeed. Struggling readers need a helping hand and encouragement. Most of all, they need people to believe in them and guide them to higher levels of literacy.
A Digital Solution
Through the wonders of modern technology, this website was born. Reading Miracles is designed to be a one-stop shop for anyone mentoring a struggling reader. Here you will find encouragement, strategies to try written in clear, understandable terms, simple products to support your reader’s efforts, and workshops to get teaching knowledge into your hands.
Choose the level of help that is right for you and for your struggling reader. Look around at all of the resources:
- free resources on the Encouraging Words Blog
- encouragement from the wealth of positive stories
- the free newsletter with a weekly dose of helpful hints and updates
- Tips4Miracles, the free membership level where you can access product and program reviews, learning strategies, products and workshops that will help you help your reader
- MakeReadingMiracles, the $25 per month membership level where you will find monthly Q and A calls (and recordings if you can’t make it live), email consultation about your student, how-to videos, discounts on classes and products, and more
Who is Sandy Fleming?
That’s easy! I’m a teacher, a tutor, a reading and literacy expert, and a writer. I’m also a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and a community volunteer.
My biggest professional goal is to help students who are falling through the cracks. These students are not experiencing success with traditional classroom activities and educational settings. Some have special needs while others do not. For whatever reason, typical educational strategies are not working. Rather than sit and wring my hands, I take action.
I have my Bachelor’s and my Master’s degrees in Special Education, and I’ve had several years of substitute and regular classroom experience, and I’ve been tutoring for over 30 years. My special education background gives me a wealth of tools that are simply not practical for the classroom setting, but they work great with struggling students who are working one on one or in small group settings. I’m blessed to be able to communicate these strategies to nearly anyone, whether or not they are trained as a teacher.
This means that I can help parents, tutors, volunteers, and teachers learn new teaching strategies to help students. It doesn’t matter what age the students are, what their abilities or disabilities may be, or what others have concluded about them. They are falling through cracks in school and in society, and I aim to put a stop to that, one student at a time. If you will help me, there will be that many fewer people who struggle with limited literacy.
Won’t you join me?