Reading and Dyslexia Tutors
Reading and
Dyslexia Tutors
Reading and Dyslexia Tutors
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Reading Tutors for
DC Families
Reading Tutors for
DC Families
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.
Our Program
Sign Up Any Time of Year!
Grades: 1-12
Format: Live 1-on-1 customized tutoring sessions
Platform: Zoom
Schedule: Before, during, or after school/camp and weekends
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 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.
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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 Intro Call
Find out more about our program and get answers to all of your questions on a friendly call. No hard sales pitch.
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.
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
See what topics your student has learned by checking their Progress Chart, and read the weekly updates from your tutor.
Celebrate!
See what topics your student has learned by checking their Progress Chart, and read the weekly updates from your 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:
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Word games (aka phonological exercises)
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Reading real and nonsense words on the Orton-Gillingham Blending Board
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Solving magic squares and
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Reading graphic novels like the Diary of a Pug and Cat Kid Comic Club series
- First Grade, Palisades, DC
Still Not Sure Online Reading Tutoring is Right for You?
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Reach out to us with any questions.
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Request references from other DC parents.
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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.
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.
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.
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
See what topics your student has learned by checking their Progress Chart, and read the weekly updates from your tutor.
Celebrate!
See your child or teen's confidence grow as reading and spelling become easy!