Reading Tutor and Interventionist

Your child can learn to read with high quality, remote instruction designed for accelerated gains.

The most common reason a child doesn't learn to read is ineffective reading curriculum and instruction, rather than anything inherently wrong with the child. Many kids struggle when instruction focuses on picture or context clues instead of phonic decoding. Many also struggle when taught with flashcards of letters requiring pure memorization of letter-sound connections, which seem random to an emerging or struggling reader. Additionally, overly complex rules and their many exceptions weigh down a student's learning process.

Our written language is a complex code best taught by building decoding skills from the ground up. Amazing things happen when a child: 1) learns to build simple, real words, 2) plays with letter-sounds within words, and 3) reads decodable text for practice. When complexity is gradually built in using a sound-based approach in an engaging way, it creates a much easier path to learn to read.

This means much more success and much less frustration.

Many kids are diagnosed with dyslexia without considering how they were taught to read. And yet, the type of reading instruction is the most common reason for reading struggles. I know this firsthand as I've tested kids for dyslexia for over 20 years, and I've watched them make significant progress only when given effective instruction (which unfortunately is not the norm). Consider that 50-65% of kids need explicit, systematic reading instruction, and most can catch up in a matter of months, not years. Call for a complimentary virtual consult at 954 423 4231.