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Literacy Intervention
For DC Families

Fluent Readers. Good Spellers. Confident Students.

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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.

  • If you're looking for proven, evidence-based instruction to close phonics, fluency, spelling and comprehension gaps

  • 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...

  • A dedicated specialist in Structured Literacy matched with your student based on their needs, personality and schedule

  • Fast Progress: Highly-trained tutors, 1-on-1, 2-5 sessions/week

  • Engaging Lessons: Multisensory activities, phonological "word games" and decodable books

  • 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!

What Parents Say About Kids Up Reading Tutors

Steps In Our Process

Free 30 minute intro call to discuss the student and our program

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.

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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.

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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. 

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4. Follow Along

 

 

See what skills your student has learned by checking their Progress Chart and reading the weekly updates from your tutor.​

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5. Celebrate!

 

 

 

 

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

DC Families We Work With

Kids Up tutors students across Washington, D.C. Online tutoring means no commutes on the metro, no drives from the Palisades to downtown, and no traffic on the beltway.

  • Families in AU Park, Barnaby Woods, Chevy Chase, Cleveland Park, Georgetown, Tenleytown, the Palisades and other DC neighborhoods
     

  • 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, over Zoom & in person.

  • 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

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