A love for teaching reading and Covid brought Rosemary Gin (Vancouver, BC) and Shari Jensen (Nashville, Tennessee) together to form Confident Kids Reading Academy. Their extensive experience teaching reading and supporting parents of kids with learning challenges and gifting is a breath of fresh air for families looking for a unique, tailored approach to teaching children to read. Their programs help kids learn to read from a foundation of joy, celebrating each micro-step toward reading mastery.
We continually seek wisdom for each individual placed in front of us on what activities prior to lessons connect the brain and body and what teaching methods work best.
Though we are far from perfect, we make every attempt to view each child and parent through Heaven‘s perspective, instead of through diagnosis, circumstances, etc.
When we partner with God in the educational journey, together we can do far more than we could think or imagine.
There is no end to who we are or what we can accomplish. "I have not failed. I just found 10,000 ways that didn't work." -Thomas Edison
Children learn best when their brain and body are working well together.
Children learn best when the material presented is personal and relevant.
It is our job as the adults in their lives to guide them in a way that illuminates that purpose.
Every person who has ever done something great struggled through adversity and was successful only because he/she persevered through it.
New neural pathways form and are strengthened every time we struggle.
The words we say to our kids and ourselves matter. "Whatever is praiseworthy... think on these things" -Philippians 4:8
“Write the vision
And make it plain so that he who reads it may run with it..."
Habakkuk 2:2-3
Thomas Edison didn’t invent the lightbulb. He made it work so ordinary people could have light in their homes. Similarly, we take the reading process, which to most people feels complicated, and create an individualized, straightforward plan for your child so that you can efficiently and effectively run with it.
50+ years of combined teaching experience between Rosemary Gin and Shari Jensen, where they have navigated many learning challenges (Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, ADHD, ASD, SPD, CP, Down’s Syndrome, seizure disorders, anxiety, and other developmental delays).
Trained 100+ people to teach kids to read as the Instructional Coordinator for Vanderbilt Reading Clinic. Teacher, Learning Specialist, and Reading Interventionist since 1990, ages 4-50 (Colorado and Tennessee). Reading Consultant: Partnering with parents by assessing reading skills, creating plans, and supporting parents.
In the US, the quickest way to reach Shari is by texting 303-898-2573.
Rosemary Gin is an Orton-Gillingham Certified Dyslexia Reading Interventionist with a Masters of Science in Elementary Education. Skilled in bringing non-readers into the world of reading as both a primary teacher and a homeschool mom, teaching reading has always been her passion! She loves to hike and bike with her husband and young-adult children.
In the Canada, the quickest way to reach Rosemary is by texting 778-319-4201.
"Max has become an enthusiastic, excited, comfortable reader after going through this program! And, his first week of school tests had him at the goal reading level for March! … All the struggling, stressed out mommas that are freaking out, I would definitely recommend it.”
Cassidee made leaps I never thought she could from one month ago! This means the absolute world to me. I’ve worked 1000’s of hours with her, struggling for six years. Every reading specialist out there has worked with her and made a few strides, but nothing like this! You are a complete gift from God. Thank you!