About - Nuts About Reading

Is Your Child Reading at Grade Level? Find Out in 40 Minutes

Your child’s reading ability by third grade determines their entire academic future. Research shows that children who don’t read proficiently by third grade are four times more likely to drop out of high school.

Don’t wait for problems to compound.

Our informal reading assessment for grades K-3 identifies:

Your child’s current reading level
Specific areas needing strengthening
Actionable next steps you can take immediately

Key Benefits:

40-minute online session
Pre and post screening options
Perfect for homeschool families
Immediate results with clear action plan

About the Instructor

Kristin Anderson Cetone is the Director for her online reading assessment and reading tutoring services, Nuts About Reading™. The goal of her Nuts About Reading™ Course is to prepare and train parent and other community partners to supplement a child’s pathway to reading success.

“Reading success is the foundation to education and our most important vehicle as we travel our life journeys to self-discovery.”

We are not born with a reading ‘gene’. Reading is a learned skill and starts at birth with read-aloud books to introduce children to the sound of language, the structure of language, and development of vocabulary. Teaching the ‘process’ of reading begins in Pre-K/Kindergarten, with expected mastery by the end of third grade when the focus transitions from ‘learning to read’ to ‘reading to learn’.

Kristin subscribes to the use of multi-sensory processes for learning to read. She strongly advocates for integrating S.T.E.A.M. (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) with the development of literacy skills.

“Scientists, Technologists, Engineers, Artists, and Mathematicians cannot comprehend complex texts and create new pathways of thinking and discovery if they can’t read!”

Mrs. C. brings to the table…

Master of Education, Early Childhood (with Distinction)- Northern Arizona University
Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education- The Ohio State University
*Reading Specialist endorsement K-12
*ESL (English as a Second Language) endorsement
Member National Tutoring Association

Member International Literacy Association
Over 40 years as an educator
Outstanding Teacher Award Winner
Literacy Tutor for At-Risk Juveniles, Maricopa County Juvenile Corrections

Founder K.L.A.C. Enterprises LLC –Guiding Children’s Journey to Reading Success
Adult Tutor Trainer/Intake Testing for the Literacy Volunteers of Maricopa County (LVMC)
Title 1 Reading Specialist in Grades 1-3 for the Scottsdale Unified School District/Scottsdale, Arizona.

SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS:

Award winning Children’s Book Author 2013, 2016, and 2018

Provided professional development and coaching for teachers, paraprofessionals, administrators incorporating current brain research on the reading process

Served as a resource and liaison for parent literacy and the school community

Assessed reading differences/supervised staff providing reading intervention services

Designed and implemented reading instruction/one-to-one; small group; whole class

Aligned program focus to NCLB and Title 1 legislation and generated compliance reports

Designed and improved and promoted literacy project; where I trained/monitored 40 adult volunteer literacy tutors

Played integral role in student study team; school Site council; and District Title and NCLB committees

Designed and implemented the only volunteer literacy corps in my school District, trained volunteers, monitored reading intervention outcomes

Chairperson of Literacy Committee: established the first Family Night for parents and students to connect reading and reading intervention with parent involvement by providing free books to all participants

Founding member of a District team to pilot RTI (NCLB-Response to Intervention) in the Title 1 schools

Past Board Member and Volunteer of local Therapeutic Riding Center