Reading & Writing Specialist · Miami, Florida

Back2Basics Learning Co,

Get Your Child to Stop Rushing Through Their Reading Assignments

and Start Reading Actively✍🏻

Here's The Thing...

  • Your child is rushing and you have no idea what to do about it.

  • You know they can do better and they want to do better, but something is missing.

  • You've tried extra practice, extra tutoring, and nothing is moving the needle.

And you are here, looking for something different.

In a world of instant gratification and scrolling, we are facing a challenge when it comes to our kids' reading and writing skills.

Many kids just scroll through a text and go straight to the questions without taking a second look at the passage so what they are getting is the gist - at most.

The problem is - after 3rd grade, tests are no longer asking superficial questions. Tests dig deeper and requre students to analyze the author's decisions.

Welcome to my little corner of the academic world. 😊

Hi! My name is Vannesa.

I speicalize in helping kids slow down their reading so that they can get better grades and restore their confidence.

I am from Miami, Florida.

I have a husband and 3 awesome kids.

I have been teaching since 2001.

I got my Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education and my Master's Degree in Reading Education K-12 from Florida International University.

This is NOT traditional tutoring. This was never intended to be that.

I work closely with parents and your child's teacher and here's why...

  • You are your child's CEO until they are able to claim that title for themsleves,

  • Most kids don't know what they need for themselves.

  • Most kids do not advocate for themselves, so you need to be the bridge for a little while.

  • Most kids need accountability.

  • ALL KIDS NEED THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR TEACHER TO BE ALIGNED.

When One to One Tutoring Hasn't Worked, We Try Something New.

Back2Basics is the company name I came up with in 2024 after retiring from the school system.

I feel that education has been made to seem complicated.

The antidote is to go back to basics.

The bee has been my inspiration for my business.

  • Work Ethic - A single bee visits up to 5,000 flowers a day and will fly the equivalent of one and a half times around the world to make just one pound of honey. That is relentless, purposeful effort - that is what I give my students when they are a part of my hive.

  • Honey - Nothing about honey is instant. It takes an entire hive's collective labor, patience, and time to produce something sweet and lasting. We see the same in literacy: annotation, practice, and coaching over time produce a "sweetness" in real comprehension, confidence, and a love of reading that shortcuts never can.

  • Hive (Community) - Bees don't succeed alone. Every bee has a role, and the hive thrives through cooperation, and shared purpose. That's why I built the B2B hive - a community where students, parents, and educators work together, not in isolation.

  • Pollination (Growth Beyond) - As bees move from flower to flower, they don't just feed themselves, they feed an entire ecosystem to grow. Similarly, a student who learns to truly read and write well doesn't just improve their grades, they carry that skill into every subject, every future opportunity, and eventually into helping others.

  • Precision and Structure - A honeycomb is one of the most efficient, mathematically precise structures in nature. Bees build with intention. No wasted space, no wasted effort. That mirrors our method: structured, step-by-step annotation systems, not random or passive reading.

You are here for support and for explicit skills instruction.

Let's start with support.

I spent months testing out online platforms that would be as easy and as good as the ones schools use to keep their students organized and I found one that checks all the boxes.

  • It is secure.

    It is exactly like logging on to your child's school portal.

  • It is easy to access.through Go Kollab.

    This is where all of my courses and communities are held.

    You don't know how many times I purchase an online course and forget how to access it because they don't have an app.

  • Accessibility to the teacher.

    The community has private channels, direct messaging, and community boards for general posts.

  • All in One System

    The course content is housed within the community, too, so everything is all in one place.

  • It is organized and easy to use.

    Who doesn't appreciate that?

How the System Works

To make it easy and highly supported, I offer a community membership.

When you enroll, you pay a monthly fee of $147.

The $147 a month includes

  • access to me, Mrs. Martinez, your child's teacher, via the Go Kollab app's private channel in our community, a phone call, Zoom, or a private message.

  • a private channel for just you and your family where I can add resources lessons, and educational videos.

  • a lesson library that is completely tailored to your child's academic needs.

  • video lessons your child can watch and rewatch to build skill mastery.

  • 2 implementation sessions 45 min where I help your child implement the newly acquired strategies to homework assignments.

You are your child's first teacher.

You know the potential.

You know the areas for growth.

That is why this partnership between parent and teacher is so critical.

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