Imagine My Surprise
Imagine my surprise as I opened a package to find this beautiful quilt hidden inside.
I had no idea who had sent it and as I admired the beauty of the quilt, I searched for a card. I eagerly opened the one I found to find these wonderful words from my former student “Sean”: “Thank you for all the help you gave me. It has helped so much! Thank you for everything!” (It wasn’t too wordy, he is a 14-year-old boy 😊, but I could feel the relief and pride in his words.)
His grandma wrote, “You are an amazing woman touching so many lives—you are a God send to ‘Sean’. You were exactly what he needed!! This will make a difference for the rest of his life! We can’t thank you enough!”
As Sean’s grandma said, he is set for life. He can relax and learn anything he wants to learn.
It’s always both joyful and a little hard when one of my students graduates from Phonetic Reading with Silent Elephant “e”™.
Sean’s grandparents are the ones who contacted me about tutoring Sean a little over 2 years ago. They were very worried because he was struggling in school and was not progressing in reading, writing and spelling. He was way behind his age level peers and was becoming more and more frustrated and embarrassed. Sean was in 6th grade and reading independently at a 2nd grade reading level.
2 years later with Silent Elephant “e”™ under his belt, Sean graduated from me and headed off to his 8th grade classes with the knowledge that he was now reading at an instructional 9th grade reading level!
I am so proud of him.
This exquisite quilt is a thank you from his grandmother. I am in awe of its beauty and the craftmanship and talent it shows. I barely had it out of the box before I began trying to decide which wall to hang it on so that I could see it throughout my day. 😊
With Phonetic Reading with Silent Elephant “e”™ we are changing lives. We are setting our kiddos on a new trajectory—one of success and fun.
No child should struggle to learn to read, write or spell.
Every child should have fun learning to read, write and spell.
Contact us here if you know of anyone who is struggling in reading, writing or spelling. They don’t even have to be children. 😊
Linda Smith-Jones silentelephante@gmail.com