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Reading Tutors for 
DC Families

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Reading Tutors for
DC Families

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Is your child or teen’s struggle to read affecting their self-confidence?

Our reading tutors can get your student reading fluently and caught up to their peers while instilling a love of reading.

 

Rather than just practice reading where a student guesses at words based on pictures or context clues, we follow the Science of Reading and use systematic, explicit instruction in phonological skills, phonics and fluency to help your student learn the foundational skills all students need in order to be fluent readers, good spellers and confident students.

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Our program: Information about our online reading tutoring program
Our team: information about our tutors
Our families: information and feedback from our current and past clients
Our blogs about the importance of reading comprehension and the orton-gillingham methodology
Our program: Information about our online reading tutoring program
Our program: Information about our online reading tutoring program
Our team: information about our tutors
Our team: information about our tutors
Our families: information and feedback from our current and past clients
Our families: information and feedback from our current and past clients
Our blogs about the importance of reading comprehension and the orton-gillingham methodology

Our Program

young boy working with a reading tutor
young boy working with a reading tutor

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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Fill out contact form to learn more about the 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 

Our Reading Program is Designed with Busy DC Families in Mind

If your child is noticeably behind their peers in reading, you want them caught up as quickly as possible.

We get that. 

 

Rather than just making progress, we want your student to reach grade level and “graduate” quickly. 

That requires a reading tutor to work intensively with your child.

 

For a lot of students, that means 3-4 or even 5 sessions per week for several months.

 

That’s tricky for many DC families.

We’ve learned that most families have really busy schedules already and would find it impossible to do

in-person sessions several times a week.

That’s why we developed our online reading program and work with students over Zoom. Parents don't need to sit in traffic, in waiting rooms, and don't face the interruptions to their daily routines of in person tutoring.

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"His teacher says he is doing extremely well, absolutely on track, and that she never, ever would have imagined that he was behind grade level expectations last year."

  - Second Grade, Chevy Chase, DC

How it Works

Free 30 Minute

Intro Call

Get answers to all of your questions on a friendly call.

1 Hour Screeners

We'll check your student's phonological and phonics skills and match you with a tutor.

Tutoring Sessions

Systematic, explicit instruction targeted to the skills your student needs to learn. 

Follow Along

Check your student's Progress Chart and receive weekly updates​

Celebrate

See you child or teen's confidence grow in reading and spelling!

Free 30 minute introduction call enabling parents to ask questions about the online reading tutoring program

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.

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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 at computer while getting tutored

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. 

Follow along with a student's progress on short vowels and consonants

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 dad a high five for progressing through reading tutoring program

Celebrate!

 

 

 

 

 

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

Free 30 minute introduction call enabling parents to ask questions about the online reading tutoring program

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 with headphones smiles toward computer while on a video call

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 at computer while getting tutored

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. 

Follow along with a student's progress on short vowels and consonants

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 dad a high five for progressing through reading tutoring program

Celebrate!

 

 

 

 

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

young girl working with an online Reading Tutor
young girl working with an online Reading Tutor

Reading tutoring over Zoom? Really?

Yes, really! 

We know that a lot of kids and families hated online learning during the pandemic, but this is different. 

 

We created this program specifically for Zoom, and our 1-on-1 sessions are effective and engaging.  Read more about it HERE.

"Our 7 year old son was behind in reading and Kids Up has greatly increased his reading confidence.  We noticed improvement quickly and he was catching up to his peers in only a few months.  He now reads for fun!"

Our Reading Tutors incorporate fun and interactive activities like:​

  • Word games (aka phonological exercises)

  • Reading real and nonsense words on the Orton-Gillingham Blending Board

  • Solving magic squares and

  • Reading graphic novels like the Diary of a Pug and Cat Kid Comic Club series

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Still Not Sure Online Reading Tutoring is Right for You?

  • Reach out to us with any questions.

  • Request references from other DC parents.

  • Read our parent testimonials.

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

Daniela's kids went to the German International School, Eaton, Deal, Jackson-Reed and St. John's. We're currently working with families in AU Park, Barnaby Woods, Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park, Georgetown, Tenleytown, the Palisades and other DC neighborhoods!

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Fluent Readers. 
Good Spellers.  Confident Students.

Fluent Readers.  Good Spellers.  Confident Students.

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