👩🏫 Do you use Orton-Gillingham (OG)?

Kids Up Reading Tutors follows the Science of Reading and uses Structured Literacy, including Orton-Gillingham for phonics, fluency, morphology and spelling plus Kilpatrick for phonological awareness. We check students' knowledge and skills up front and then tailor our instruction to their needs. To learn more, book a free 30-minute call and demo.

📈 Can online dyslexia tutoring really work?

Yes. Our sessions are live, interactive, and designed specifically for Zoom. Students read, spell, build words, practice sounds, and get immediate feedback from a trained tutor.

DC-Area Reading, Dyslexia & Dysgraphia Tutors

1:1 Online Structured Literacy and Orton-Gillingham Tutoring

Is This Your Child?

Bright, but reading is hard
Memorizes or guesses at words; spelling doesn't stick
School support hasn't closed the gap

Kids Up Reading Tutors offers live, 1:1 online Structured Literacy tutoring for DC, Maryland and Virginia students in grades 1–12.

We identify the missing skills, build a personalized plan, and use the Science of Reading and Orton-Gillingham instruction to help students develop the reading and spelling skills they need to thrive!

If your schedule is tight, reach out before beginning-of-year test scores come home. That way, we can find the days and times that will work best for you.

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"Now that our son is working with Daniela, we have decided to keep him at the neighborhood public school instead of a school for kids with learning difficulties. And I know that if he's not caught up by the beginning of the summer, he can continue the tutoring during the summer for an hour before or after his regular camps"

Third Grade, Washington, D.C.

Washington, DC high school student enjoying his tutoring session

Our Reading, Dyslexia & Dysgraphia Program

Grades: 1–12

Format: 1:1 online evaluation and tutoring

Approach: Science of Reading and Orton-Gillingham+

Focus: Decoding, spelling, fluency and comprehension

Schedule: Before, during or after school; weekends

Goal: Solidify the foundations of reading & spelling in months, not years

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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.

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!

Students who do 3 or more sessions/week typically graduate from our program in 4 to 9 months. Phonological skills, phonics, word reading, fluency, comprehension and spelling all improve, leading to better reading comprehension and writing.

Phonological Skills. Phonics. Spelling. Morphology. Fluency. Comprehension.

A Clear Literacy Plan for Reading, Spelling, Dyslexia & Dysgraphia

You know your child is bright. You also know reading and spelling should not be this hard.

Kids Up Reading Tutors helps DC, Maryland and Virginia students build the skills behind confident reading and spelling with a personalized literacy plan. Our online instruction makes it easy for busy DMV families to schedule frequent sessions without adding traffic or commute time to your schedule.

Whether your child attends Washington International School, the Potomac School, APS, DCPS, FCPS, LCPS, MCPS, one of the area's other great public or private schools, or is homeschooled, our 1:1 online sessions give students who need a little extra support with reading and spelling - including students with dyslexia and dysgraphia - the tools they need to thrive.

What Parents Say About Kids Up Reading Tutors

Steps in Our Process

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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 of the evaluation, and choose the right tutor for your child.

Middle school girl smiling in front of laptop while being tutored in reading comprehension

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.

Progress Chart with phonics patterns that student crossed off as she learned them

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!

Online Tutoring That Works

Sessions are live, 1:1 over Zoom and designed to keep students engaged.

Flexible scheduling and no commute means families can schedule more frequent sessions, which helps kids make faster progress.

Our private reading tutors incorporate fun activities like:

Phonological word games to strengthen sound skills
Decoding nonsense words on an Orton-Gillingham blending board
Fluency practice with engaging series like Diary of a Pug, Cat Kid, Drama and Bad Monkey

"I just want to put in a HUGE POSITIVE plug for Kids Up Reading Tutors. Daniela was AMAZING with our child who had a new dyslexia diagnosis this year (in 6th grade)... Our child is reading better, spelling better, and has just SO MUCH MORE confidence. "

Sixth Grade, Hyattsville, MD

Kids Up is a Good Fit if You're Looking for

Specialized reading or dyslexia tutoring
1:1 instruction
High-dosage tutoring for quick progress

Kids Up is Not a Good Fit if You're Looking for

Homework help
Once-a-week tutoring
The lowest-cost option

Not sure how much commitment is right for you? A free call can help you find the pace that fits your family, no pressure to sign up for more.

"Thanks to Kids Up Reading Tutors, our son is now more meaningfully engaged with words and by extension, with reading. His reading comprehension and confidence are high again, and his coaches have put our bright and curious son on a good path. "

Tenth Grade, Arlington, VA

Frequently Asked Questions

No, your child does not need to have a diagnosis of dyslexia, dysgraphia or a specific learning disability in reading and writing before starting with Kids Up Reading Tutors. Only about half of the students we work with have a diagnosis. Many families choose to try tutoring before getting their child tested. Tutoring usually solves the problem. Book your free 30-minute call and demo to learn more.

Kids Up Reading Tutors recommends 3–4 sessions per week for most students. This frequency helps your child build reading and spelling skills quickly without feeling overwhelmed. Our goal at Kids Up Reading Tutors is fast progress and graduation, not years of slow-moving tutoring. Two sessions/week is enough to get some students caught up in a reasonable amount of time. And some students work with us 5 times/week over the summer, to get caught up by the start of the new school year. We're flexible. Book your free 30-minute call and demo, and let's talk about your student.

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