Literacy Intervention
For DC Families
Fluent Readers. Good Spellers. Confident Students.
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Why DC Families Choose Kids Up
Families across Washington, DC—from Barnaby Woods to Capitol Hill to the Palisades—choose Kids Up Reading Tutors for a Structured Literacy Plan and intervention customized to their student's needs.
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If you're looking for proven, evidence-based instruction to close phonics, fluency, spelling and comprehension gaps
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If your child is a confident reader and writer, ready for the next challenge
No homework.
Most students graduate from our program in 4-9 months.
"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
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The Best Orton-Gillingham Literacy Intervention - Over Zoom
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
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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!
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!
Kids Up Reading Tutors works with:
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Families in AU Park, Barnaby Woods, Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park, Georgetown, Tenleytown, the Palisades and other DC neighborhoods
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Students who are homeschooled, or at Beauvoir, the British International School, Eaton, Georgetown Day, Hearst, Janney, Key, Lowell, Mann, Maret, Murch, Lafayette, Washington Yu Ying and other DC schools
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DC-area testing psychologists, including The Stixrud Group, Dr. Rebecca Resnik & Associates, Georgetown Psychology and Daisy M. Pascualvaca & Associates
Our founder, Daniela, sent her kids to Eaton, Deal, the German School, Jackson-Reed and St. John's, so she understands the challenges and opportunities of being students and families in the DC public and private schools.
"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!"
Second Grade, Palisades, D.C.
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Frequently asked questions
Let's Come Up With a Plan.
Book Your Free 30-Minute Call and Demo with Kids Up Reading Tutors Here
Locations
Visiting us from Virginia or Maryland? See Reading & Spelling Tutoring for Virginia Families, or our Science of Reading Tutoring for Maryland Families.


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. 1-Hour Evaluation
We'll check your student's phonological and phonics skills, talk about the results of the literacy evaluation, 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!

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