Literacy Intervention for Chicago Families
Close The Gap. Build A Reader.
Chicago parents are used to doing their research. From Lincoln Park to Lake Forest, families who have looked at the options choose Kids Up Reading Tutors because the program is explicit, goal-oriented and built around the Science of Reading.
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If your child is struggling with decoding, phonics, fluency or spelling and you want a plan that targets the exact skills they still need
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If your student is keeping up in class but you want to make sure the foundation is solid before the curriculum gets harder
No homework.
Most students graduate from Kids Up's program in 4-9 months, with 3+ sessions per week.
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"Daniela Feldhausen is amazing!! We started with her in April, worked hard all summer and now [in November] my 8 year old is reading at a second grade level!! She was still at kindergarten level when we started. Massive improvements thanks to her!!"
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Second Grade, Chicago, IL
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Orton-Gillingham Literacy Tutoring for Chicago
No fighting the Dan Ryan at 4pm. No commute to the North Shore. Kids Up delivers expert Structured Literacy and Orton-Gillingham instruction over Zoom, on a schedule that fits a busy Chicago family.
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Every student is matched with a dedicated literacy specialist based on their skill profile, grade level and personality. From there:
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A Precise Plan: We identify the specific phonics patterns, spelling rules and fluency skills your child still needs and teach them in order, explicitly and systematically
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High-Dosage Sessions: 1-on-1, two to five times per week, because the research is clear that frequency drives fast progress
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Lessons That Engage: Multisensory activities, phonological word games and decodable books matched to your child's age and reading level
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Progress You Can Measure: Reading accuracy improves. Fluency builds. Spelling improves. Most families start seeing a difference within the first month.
Our Zoom Guarantee: Try it for a week. Love it, or it's on us!
What Parents Say About Kids Up Reading Tutors
Steps In Our Process
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 of the evaluation, and choose the right tutor for your child.
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.โ
5. Celebrate!
See your child or teen's confidence grow as reading and spelling become easy!
Who We Work With
Kids Up works with students across Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. Zoom means no driving to a tutoring center, and no fighting traffic on the Eisenhower or the Edens.
Neighborhoods and suburbs include Evanston, Glencoe, Hinsdale, Lake Forest, Lincoln Park, Naperville, Northbrook, Oak Park, Winnetka, and Wilmette.
Students come to us from public, private, charter and homeschool settings, including Burley, Francis Parker, Latin School of Chicago, Lake Forest Academy, North Shore Country Day, Roycemore, University of Chicago Lab School, Walter Payton, Whitney Young, and William Howard Taft.
"Being part of Kids Up Reading means being part of a reading program that your child will graduate from, and I like being able to see my son’s weekly progress as he crosses items off his learning chart. Daniela sends weekly reports, but honestly I can hear the progress because I’m sitting in the next room. :)"
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Third Grade, Chicago, IL
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