ABC Reading Center

Christine is amazing! My son started going to her last fall after struggling with reading the first couple of months in kindergarten. I really wanted school and learning to be a positive experience for my son and it broke my heart when I saw him feeling discouraged and lacking confidence when he first started school. Then came along Christine and everything changed! My son loves his weekly tutoring sessions with her! She makes it fun and interactive and he is always so proud of himself when I pick him up and they show me what they worked on that day. Christine is so patient and has such a wonderful way with children. Now my son is reading with so much confidence, using all of the great tools she has taught him, and he is not only reading at grade level but even ahead in some areas. I would highly recommend Christine to anyone looking for a tutor to help their children — she is wonderful!

Christine is a wonderful, patient and helpful teacher. She has helped my son tremendously in building his confidence with his reading and vocabulary. My son started with Christine, knowing only a few sight words, and was very shy to express what he knew. What seemed to be a quiet journey for learning, reading, my little boy is now bursting and craving to express his new found love for reading! All thanks to Christine and her commitment to giving the individual attention to each child at a time. I highly recommend any child for learning to read to Ms. Christine.

My daughter has been going to see Christine @ ABC Reading Center for about a year now. She really enjoys her time with Christine and always looks forward to their next lesson plan. It has definitely given her confidence to read aloud at home and in Kindergarten. Christine has made the process exciting for her and it makes me happy to know she is more than ready for the 1^st grade.

My son has always been somewhat of a reluctant reader and it really started to negatively impact his learning at the beginning of third grade. At the recommendation of several friends, we took him to see Christine in November of 2012 and, to our pleasant surprise, he immediately enjoyed working with her. He loved the fun games and incentive prizes and, more importantly, we began to see consistent progress in his reading fluency and confidence very quickly. Christine was wonderful at communicating what they worked on each week, and sharing the progress he made. Our son worked with her approximately once a week for a year, after which point we all felt he no longer needed her support, as his reading was at grade level. Christine has a wonderful way of making her time with students a positive experience for all and we highly recommend her and ABC Reading Center!

When we moved from SoCal over the summer, my son was resistant to doing any sort of homework. We came from a VERY academic elementary school and although he was only moving from K to 1^st Grade, I was nervous about his regression over the summer and being behind in a new environment while trying to make new friends… Plus his resistance to any sort of homework with me, was not great — I didn’t want to propel a negative environment. After reviewing Unilocal,enter Christine LaFaille and ABC Reading Center! Wow — what a worthwhile investment. Within 2 – 3 sessions, my sons attitude to learning had done a 180. It was remarkable. He was able to achieve milestones with Christine that I couldn’t and as a result he was enthusiastic about learning. We have continued tutoring weekly since then and he continues to excel. I would not hesitate to recommend Christine to any parent looking additional academic support for their child. She rocks!

My son has been going to see Christine for three years. He has a fairly severe language processing issue and reading has been a huge challenge for him. The improvemnet with Christine’s help has been remarkable. She is so ammazing at finding out what books resonate with our son and inspire him to read. His STAR test scores for reading have gone from below basic to well within the profient range and he just keeps improving. Christine has opened up a world of reading and learning for our son. He is facinated by history, brings home several books a week on historical issues, has the school librarian tracking down books for him, and has told me he wants to be a history professor at Cal some day. Thank you Christine for your unfailing belief in our son, your positive reinforcement, and your objective results that speak for themselves. We would highly recommend you to anyone.

I was referred to Christine by many other moms at Happy Valley Elementary in Lafayette. My son started going to her shortly after finishing Kindergarten when I realized that even though he knew the alphabet and all the sounds, he was far from putting them all together into words. My son (and I) loved her immediately. She is fun, kind, and engaging. I saw immediate improvements in my son’s reading ability. And more importantly, he had fun learning how to read and therefore enjoys reading. He always looks forward to his next appointment. After only a short couple of months with Christine, my son, now in first grade, is reading at a first grade level. And because she use to be a school reading specialist — she understands all the assessments and results that my son gets at his school. I highly recommend ABC Reading Center. It has been amazing for my child!

I found out about Christine through Unilocal! (thanks Unilocal!) and was looking for a fun/​safe environment for my twin preK boys to start reading. They’d been expressing interest in reading like their sis, so I wanted their path to reading to be a fun filled one. Christine does a great job at making both boys (one of which can be hard pressed to ‘join’ and participate) feel engaged and they have a great time. They always want to go to ‘class’, and I get to see the progress that they are making. Christine proactively gives me feedback on each of the boys progress, and they really do enjoy the process. I’d recommend Christine to anyone.

Our family started using Christine LaFaile’s amazing tutoring services one year ago. At first, we started with our older son who was in first grade. When we saw his reading and comprehension grow so quickly, we decided to enrolled our daughter who was in her last year of preschool, going into K. Christine immediately helped our kids feel confident and safe that our kids wanted to go everyday. We couldn’t be more happy with their reading abilities and happiness. Christine LaFaile worked with our son’s first grade teachers to help him with his work from school so he would not fall behind and lose confidence. Christine is the kindest, smartest and sweetest tutor, with a patience level greater than anyone we know. We highly recommend ABC Reading Center for your children to become and continue to be amazing readers. Our kids now love to read, which before was a battle. Thank you Christine for all that you do and make it fun:) They now have that love of reading into their lives! You ROCK!!! XO