Welcome to Making Readers, your one Stop Spot for literacy Instructional Tips and Support!

My mission is simple. I want to help you provide better literacy instruction to the readers in your life. Whether you are a teacher, Reading Specialist or a parent who wants to help their child at home improve their reading ability.  It’s not an easy task, but as an experienced Reading Specialist, I have a vast amount of knowledge to help you.  

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Hey there! I’m Kim! I’m a full time reading specialist for the past 16 years, full time mom to two daughters, chocolate lover, avid children’s book reader, and now, I’m a literacy blogger!

Here on my site, I will be sharing literacy instruction tips and tricks.  I specialize in providing strong and explicit intervention instruction.  Here to help fellow parents, Reading Specialists and classroom teachers with organization routines, and ways that you can create strong readers too. 

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