Online Reading & Dyslexia
Specialists for Grades 1-12
Fluent Readers. Good Spellers. Confident Students.
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Kids Up Reading Tutors provides live, 1-on-1 online reading, spelling, and dyslexia tutoring for students in grades 1-12.
Our instruction is grounded in the Science of Reading, Structured Literacy and Orton-Gillingham. More about Kids Up Reading Tutors.
First We Understand Their Skills. Then We Build A Plan.
Is your child struggling with reading or spelling, or ready for more advanced work? Kids Up will:
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Assess your child's literacy skills
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Create a personalized literacy plan
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Teach the missing skills using Orton-Gillingham and the Science of Reading
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Adjust the plan as your child grows
No homework.
Most students graduate from our program in 4-9 months.
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The Kids Up Reading Tutors Program
Kids Up Reading Tutors combines Orton-Gillingham, the Science of Reading, and Kilpatrick-style phonological awareness training to teach students the skills they're missing - explicitly, systematically, and quickly.
The Kids Up Reading Tutors Program
Kids Up Reading Tutors combines Orton-Gillingham, the Science of Reading, and Kilpatrick-style phonological awareness training to teach students the skills they're missing - explicitly, systematically, and quickly.
Science of Reading
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Orton-Gillingham specialists
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Customized instruction
ALL Kids and Teens
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Grades 1-12
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Dyslexia, 2e, learning disability or enrichment
Zoom: 1-on-1, Live
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Daytime, evenings, weekends
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School year and summers
High Dosage
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45 or 60 mins, 2-5 times per week
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No homework
Steps In Our Process
1. 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.
2. 1-Hour Evaluation
We'll check your student's phonological and phonics skills, talk about the results of the screeners, and match your child 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. Celebrate!
See your child or teen's confidence grow as reading and spelling become easy!
Tutoring with an end in sight
Lasting skills and confidence
Listed in the Provider Directory of the International Dyslexia Association
What Parents Say About Kids Up Reading Tutors
Steps in our Process
Reading Tutoring That Works, with Orton-Gillingham
Kids Up Reading Tutors offers an accelerated path to fluent reading and spelling with...
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A dedicated specialist in Structured Literacy matched with your student based on their needs, personality and schedule
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Fast Progress: Highly-trained tutors, 1-on-1, 2-5 sessions/week, focused on the skills your child needs to learn
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Engaging Lessons: Multisensory activities, phonological "word games" and decodable books
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Thrilling Results: Confidence increases, school becomes easier and your child starts to experience the joy of reading!
Our Zoom Guarantee: Try it for a week. Love it, or it's on us!
"Thank you, Jake, for all of your hard work with Gabe. His reading has really improved, and we are so grateful... Gabe has truly enjoyed working with you, and [his dad] and I are eternally grateful!"
DC-area psychologist who tests students for learning disabilities, about her own 2nd grader
Reading/dyslexia tutoring for DC, Maryland and Virginia families
Meet Our Founder, Daniela Feldhausen
Daniela Feldhausen founded Kids Up Reading Tutors after a career as a UC Berkeley-trained corporate attorney. She brings the same analytical approach to literacy that she once brought to law: find the root cause, build a clear plan and track what actually works.
Daniela and her team pinpoint each student's skill gaps, teach them explicitly and measure progress, so kids and teens can reach their full potential in months, not years. Daniela still tutors a few students personally.
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B.S. Business Administration and J.D., University of California Berkeley
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M.S. Special Education, University of Arizona
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Orton-Gillingham trained through IMSE (Inst. for Multi-Sensory Education)
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Expertise: Science of Reading, Structured Literacy and Orton-Gillingham
"We were SO HAPPY to read your update last night and celebrate with Brian. It’s a true pleasure to see him lighting up and getting confidence that is showing in school and his personality. You are very skilled and we are fortunate for your help."
Fourth Grade
Bellefontaine, Ohio
Success Stories
Success Stories
Our Families
Kids Up Reading Tutors works with families and students in grades 1-12 across the U.S. and abroad, providing reading, dyslexia, spelling, and dysgraphia support for students in public, private, religious, international, and homeschool settings. Students do not need to have a formal diagnosis of dyslexia, dysgraphia or a specific learning disability in reading and writing in order to begin tutoring.
Many families find us through referrals from friends, classmates, educational psychologists, and school learning specialists.
Is your child gifted and dyslexic? We support many twice-exceptional (2e) students - gifted learners with dyslexia - helping them build reading skills at a pace that keeps them challenged and engaged.
Do you speak more than one language at home? We have extensive experience supporting bilingual and multilingual students, and understand how English reading development interacts with other languages.
Have an IEP or 504 plan? We're happy to coordinate with your school team and existing intervention plans.
Areas We Serve
We offer live, 1-on-1 personalized reading and dyslexia (plus spelling and dysgraphia) tutoring in Tucson, AZ and Washington, D.C. and online across the U.S. and abroad, including families in Boston, Chicago, Connecticut, Los Angeles, Maryland, Miami, New Jersey, New York, San Diego, Seattle, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
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Why Families Choose Kids Up Reading Tutors
Team of Specialists
Your dedicated tutor is trained in the Science of Reading, Structured Literacy, and Orton-Gillingham. Our team includes certified teachers, reading specialists, Special Education teachers, speech-language pathologists, and linguists.
Focused on Literacy
Intensive decoding (reading) and encoding (spelling) instruction. Students' DIBELS, Acadience, MAP, i-Ready, STAR, FAST ELA, and other state reading assessments improve dramatically over the course of tutoring.
What Parents Love
Convenient daytime, evening, and weekend scheduling. Weekly updates from your tutor. Progress Charts, so you can follow along. No homework. Monthly billing. Parents are welcome to sit in on sessions.
Thrilling Results!
Most students graduate from our program in 4 to 9 months. Phonological skills, phonics, word reading, fluency and spelling all improve, leading to better reading comprehension and writing.
Phonological Skills. Phonics. Spelling. Morphology. Fluency. Comprehension.
1. Free 30-Min Call
Find out more about our program, see a demo and get answers to all of your questions on a friendly call. No hard sales pitch.
2. Evaluation & Plan
We'll check your student's phonological, phonics and spelling skills, talk about the results, and match your child 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 skills your student has learned by checking their Progress Chart and reading the weekly updates from your tutor.
5. Celebrate!
See your child or teen's confidence grow as reading and spelling become easy!