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Reading and Dyslexia Tutors

Reading and
Dyslexia Tutors

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Reading and Dyslexia Tutors
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Is your child or teen reading below grade level? 
Is spelling a struggle?
Is it affecting their self-confidence?

Our Private Reading Tutors get kids reading fluently in MONTHS, not years!

Help Your Child or Teen Learn to Love Reading with a Private Reading Tutor

Is your student reading below grade level? 
Is spelling a struggle?
Is it affecting their self-confidence?

Our Private Reading Tutors get kids reading fluently in MONTHS, not years!

Our Commitment to Your Child's Success and Our Guarantee

We help students who have been diagnosed with learning disabilities in the areas of reading and writing,

dyslexia, dysgraphia, ADHD, ASD, hearing loss and more (or none of the above) become 

fluent readers, good spellers and confident students.

We offer systematic, explicit, high-intensity tutoring designed to help students get caught up to their peers as quickly as possible.

 

Try it for a week.  Love it, or it's on us!

Our Commitment to Your Child's Success, and Our Guarantee

Our Commitment: We help  with students who have been diagnosed with dyslexia, dysgraphia, learning disabilities in the areas of reading and writing, ADHD, ASD, hearing loss and more (or none of the above) become 

fluent readersgood spellers and confident students.

 

Our Guarantee: Try it for a week.  Love it, or it's on us!

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Description of kids up reading coaches online reading tutoring program describing format, methodology and scheduling.
About the kids up reading coaches team
About the kids up reading coaches team
Testimonials from current and past families who have used kids up reading coaches to tutor their kids online.
Testimonials from current and past families who have used kids up reading coaches to tutor their kids online.
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Our Program

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young boy working with an online reading tutor
Description of the online reading tutoring program

Sign Up Any Time of Year!
Goal:           To get your student caught up as quickly as possible
Grades:
      1-12
Format:      Live 1-on-1 customized tutoring sessions over Zoom, with                                  weekly progress updates for parents
Schedule:   Before, during, or after school/camp and weekends (flexible                              scheduling to meet your family’s needs)

Methods:   The Science of Reading and Orton-Gillingham 

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Here's How it Works


1) Free 30 minute introductory call:  Find out more about our program and get answers to all of your questions on a friendly call. No hard sales pitch.
 
2) 1 hour screeners: We'll check your student's phonological and phonics skills.​ Stay in the room and discover for yourself your student's strengths and weaknesses. Talk about the results of the screeners, how quickly you want your student to get caught up, how many tutoring sessions you want to do per week, how long the sessions should be and when.  Get matched with a tutor.
 
3) Tutoring sessions: Systematic, explicit instruction targeted to the skills your student needs to learn.  Stay in the room and listen in, if you'd like. 
 
4) Follow along: See what topics your student has learned by checking their Progress Chart, and read the weekly updates from your tutor.​

5) Watch: See your child or teen's confidence grow as reading and spelling become easy!

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Girl smiling in front of laptop while being tutored in reading comprehension
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We'll check your student's phonological and phonics skills, talk about the results of the screeners, and match your child with a tutor.

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Systematic, explicit instruction targeted to the skills your student needs to learn.  Stay in the room and listen in, if you'd like. 

Free 30 minute intro call describing the program, approach and allowing questions to be answered

Find out more about our program and get answers to all of your questions on a friendly call. No hard sales pitch.

See what topics your student has learned by checking their Progress Chart, and read the weekly updates from your tutor.​

See your child or teen's confidence grow as reading and spelling become easy!

Free 30 minute intro call describing the program, approach and allowing questions to be answered

Free 

30 Minute Intro Call

 

 

 

 

Find out more about our program and get answers to all of your questions on a friendly call. No hard sales pitch.

How it Works

We specialize in teaching struggling readers to decode the English language.

 

In order to become fluent readers and good spellers, students need strong foundational skills in phonological awareness, phonics and fluency.


Our private reading tutors use multisensory, evidence-based instruction, including Orton-Gillingham methods and materials, to teach students the skills they're missing.

 

Watch your student's confidence soar as their reading improves and spelling becomes easy!

Our Commitment to Your Child's Success, and Our Guarantee

Our Commitment: We help  with students who have been diagnosed with dyslexia, dysgraphia, learning disabilities in the areas of reading and writing, ADHD, ASD, hearing loss and more (or none of the above) become 

fluent readers, good spellers and confident students.

 

Our Guarantee: Try it for a week.  Love it, or it's on us!

Reading Tutoring Over Zoom?

We’ve found that even students who hated Zoom school thrive in our sessions as they work 1:1 with their tutor. 

 

Our high-intensity tutoring sessions combine multisensory activities, “word games” (phonological exercises) and decodable books so your child will be successful and experience the thrill of being able to read.

 

Students are happy, engaged, and most importantly, they’re learning to read and spell with flexible scheduling that fits into your routine.

Still wondering whether our program is right for your student?  

 

Our Guarantee: Try it  for a week. Love it, or it's on us!   

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About the founder of kids up reading coaches

Our Team

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We specialize in teaching struggling readers to decode the English language.

 

In order to become fluent readers and good spellers, students need strong foundational skills in phonological awareness, phonics and fluency.


Our private reading tutors use multisensory, evidence-based instruction, including Orton-Gillingham methods and materials, to teach students the skills they're missing.

 

Watch your student's confidence soar as their reading improves and spelling becomes easy!

About the founder of kids up reading coaches

What Sets Our Private Reading Tutors Apart?

We don’t use outdated (but still very common) methods to teach students to read.  We don't teach students to guess at words based on pictures or context clues and we don't use leveled readers. 

 

Instead, our private reading tutors are highly trained in the Science of Reading. We use systematic, explicit, data-driven instruction and focus on phonological awareness, phonics, and fluency - the foundational skills students need in order to become fluent readers and good spellers. Plus, we use decodable passages and books that encourage students to sound words out rather than guess at them.

 

We offer high-intensity tutoring, three to five times per week, so you can move past the reading and spelling struggles. We want your student to get caught up to their peers and “graduate” from our program as quickly as possible! 

The founder's education and orton-gillingham methodology

Our Team

“His reading is phenomenal and brought tears to my eyes.  I could never, ever have imagined last November that I would see my sweet boy in March reading a My Weird School book and taking such JOY from the experience!

- First Grade, Chevy Chase, DC

Here are some examples of our students' success:

The founder's education and orton-gillingham methodology

Get the help your child or teen needs today.

Fluent Readers.  Good Spellers.  Confident Students.

Get the help your child or teen needs today.
  
Fluent Readers. 
Good Spellers. 
Confident Students.

Our Families

Most of our families come to us through word-of-mouth recommendations - whether they're siblings, cousins, friends or classmates of current or past students and families, or referrals from trusted psychologists.  This trust is reflected in the strong bonds our students form with their tutors.  Even after they've "graduated" from our program, students and families often stay in touch  and share school and family updates, vacation photos and holiday cards.  Here are a few testimonials.  If you'd like to read more from our families, please click HERE.

“His reading is phenomenal and brought tears to my eyes.  I could never, ever have imagined last November that I would see my sweet boy in March reading a My Weird School book and taking such JOY from the experience!

- First Grade, Chevy Chase, DC

Most of our families come to us through word-of-mouth recommendations - whether they're siblings, cousins, friends or classmates of current or past students and families, or referrals from trusted psychologists.  This trust is reflected in the strong bonds our students form with their tutors.  Even after they've "graduated" from our program, students and families often stay in touch  and share school and family updates, vacation photos and holiday cards.  Here are a few testimonials.  If you'd like to read more from our families, please click HERE.

Our Families

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Sophia is a third grader who went from Below Basic (2+ years behind) to meeting her school's end-of-year benchmark for Reading Comprehension in just four months!

graph of child's reading progress

Lucas is a 4th grader who started working with us in April.  By June 1, school testing showed incredible progress.  Take a look at how much his reading scores improved in just two months!  

example of results after tutoring

Will started working with us mid-third grade.  By June 1, he was more than caught up. According to his teacher, "He made AMAZING growth this year.  Usually we expect around 20-30 points growth and he grew 85, which is just incredible."

reading progress after working with a tutor

Ella’s DIBELS scores improved by 86 points in just five months! She’s gone from needing support in multiple areas to exceeding the DIBELS benchmark expectations for 2nd grade.

Here are some examples of our students' success:

“It's great to really see his growing confidence and less anxiety around his spelling!  Thanks for all your ongoing, creative efforts to make spelling fun for him."

- Sixth Grade, Chevy Chase, MD

Here are some examples of our students' success:

What Sets Our Private Reading Tutors Apart?

We don’t use outdated (but still very common) methods to teach students to read.  We don't teach students to guess at words based on pictures or context clues and we don't use leveled readers. 

 

Instead, our private reading tutors are highly trained in the Science of Reading. We use systematic, explicit, data-driven instruction and focus on phonological awareness, phonics, and fluency - the foundational skills students need in order to become fluent readers and good spellers. Plus, we use decodable passages and books that encourage students to sound words out rather than guess at them.

 

We offer high-intensity tutoring, three to five times per week, so you can move past the reading and spelling struggles. We want your student to get caught up to their peers and “graduate” from our program as quickly as possible! 

We specialize in teaching struggling readers to decode the English language.

 

In order to become fluent readers and good spellers, students need strong foundational skills in phonological awareness, phonics and fluency.


Our private reading tutors use multisensory, evidence-based instruction, including Orton-Gillingham methods and materials, to teach students the skills they're missing.

 

Watch your student's confidence soar as their reading improves and spelling becomes easy!

Our Families

Our Blog

What Sets Our Private Reading Tutors Apart?

We don’t use outdated (but still very common) methods to teach students to read.  We don't teach students to guess at words based on pictures or context clues and we don't use leveled readers. 

 

Instead, our private reading tutors are highly trained in the Science of Reading. We use systematic, explicit, data-driven instruction and focus on phonological awareness, phonics, and fluency - the foundational skills students need in order to become fluent readers and good spellers. Plus, we use decodable passages and books that encourage students to sound words out rather than guess at them.

 

We offer high-intensity tutoring, three to five times per week, so you can move past the reading and spelling struggles. We want your student to get caught up to their peers and “graduate” from our program as quickly as possible! 

Girl smiles at computer while getting tutored

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Free 30 minute intro call describing the program, approach and allowing questions to be answered

Free 

30 Minute Intro Call

Find out more about our program and get answers to all of your questions on a friendly call. No hard sales pitch.

Boy seen smiling in front of laptop taking a reading screener

1 Hour Screeners

We'll check your student's phonological and phonics skills, talk about the results of the screeners, and match your child with a tutor.

Girl smiling in front of laptop while being tutored in reading comprehension

Tutoring Sessions

 

 

 

Systematic, explicit instruction targeted to the skills your student needs to learn.  Stay in the room and listen in, if you'd like. 

Short vowels and consonants for students to follow along while being tutored

Follow Along

 

 

See what topics your student has learned by checking their Progress Chart, and read the weekly updates from your tutor.​

Boy gives his father a high-five for making progress in reading

Celebrate!

 

 

 

 

See your child or teen's confidence grow as reading and spelling become easy!

Boy uses magnifying glass on book he is holding

4 Signs Your Child Might Have Phonological Dyslexia

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The International Dyslexia Association estimates that about 30% of students with dyslexia also have ADHD...Full Blog

Girl smiles at computer while getting tutored

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Boy seen smiling in front of laptop taking a reading screener

1 Hour Screeners

 

 

 

 

 

We'll check your student's phonological and phonics skills, talk about the results of the screeners, and match your child with a tutor.

Girl smiling in front of laptop while being tutored in reading comprehension

Tutoring Sessions

 

 

 

 

Systematic, explicit instruction targeted to the skills your student needs to learn.  Stay in the room and listen in, if you'd like. 

Short vowels and consonants for students to follow along while being tutored

Follow Along

 

 

 

 

 

See what topics your student has learned by checking their Progress Chart, and read the weekly updates from your tutor.​

Boy gives his father a high-five for making progress in reading

Celebrate!

 

 

 

 

 

See what topics your student has learned by checking their Progress Chart, and read the weekly updates from your tutor.​

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The landscape of education has transformed dramatically in recent years, and online tutoring for elementary students has emerged as a powerful tool for learning...Full Blog

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Why 1-on-1 Reading Instruction is a Game Changer for Students with ADHD and Dyslexia

For students with ADHD and dyslexia, reading in class can feel like swimming against the current—it’s exhausting, frustrating, and often leaves them feeling stuck. 

 

The International Dyslexia Association estimates that about 30% of students with dyslexia also have ADHD...Full Blog

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7 Ways to Advocate for Your Child with Dyslexia and Reading Challenges

 

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Why Online Tutoring for Elementary Students is Having Its Moment

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Screenshot 2024-11-20 at 12.30.07 PM.png

Why 1-on-1 Reading Instruction is a Game Changer for Students with ADHD and Dyslexia

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