About Us
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Who We Are: Sparking the Joy of Reading
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At Word Waves Literacy, we believe every child can ride the wave of reading success. Our mission is personal, rooted in a powerful insight: literacy is complex, but the struggle doesn't have to define the child.
We believe in connecting high-level, brain-based literacy instruction with a strong social-emotional learning (SEL) lens. We transform learning environments—yes, we even have plush animal friends in our methods!—to make acquiring literacy skills a supportive, joyful, and exciting adventure for diverse young learners. Word Waves Literacy is a place where we can connect, grow, and transform literacy together.
The idea for Word Waves Literacy was born from a simple observation: a child’s confusion over the single word "wave" while reading. This motivated us to dig deeper, learn more, and through that curiosity, we realized reading is an intricate puzzle where context changes everything, but if you do not know how to decode, reading is extremely difficult.
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But, regardless, here’s what we know: every student is already paddling. They are never starting from scratch. This ignited a lifelong curiosity: How exactly does the brain learn to read?
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Our founder knows this complexity firsthand. After growing up in a literacy-rich family, but still disliking reading herself, a pivotal moment—being encouraged to teach reading interventions to middle schoolers—ignited her passion. That spark led her through years of teaching first, third, and fifth grades, culminating in becoming a dedicated Reading Specialist.
​Her commitment: to merge the latest scientific brain-based literacy instruction with a Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) lens that puts the student's well-being first, ignites the MTSS process in a way that drastically minimizes learning loss.
​​Word Waves Literacy is now your collaborative space to share, learn, and elevate literacy instruction. Let's make every lesson a moment of clarity and connection.
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