child learning to read; tutoring; orton gillingham

After-school support for kindergarten through second grade

Boost your child’s reading and writing skills—

in-person and screen free!

Foundations:

  • hearing the sound-parts in spoken language (phonological and phonemic skills-building)

  • direct phonics instruction

  • fine motor development (building control, strength, and stamina in hands)

Reading:

  • decoding (building accuracy and fluency)

  • comprehension

Writing:

  • handwriting

  • spelling

  • sentence-building and composition

Not sure what your child needs?

Book a mini-assessment

The Literacy Mini-Assessment gives you a snapshot of where your child is in their literacy journey. You will learn what skills your child already has and discover what next steps might be for them.

Lynette is delighted to help you draw a map of next steps for your child’s literacy journey, as well as give support by way of meaningful and connected one-to-one tutoring instruction.

Lynette is an experienced classroom teacher and understands the range of skills and behaviors considered typical of young children. Lynette is not an OT, SLP, or Ed Therapist, and is not credentialed to diagnose learning differences. She is able to refer you to a specialist if she suspects additional insight would be helpful.

Why trust Lynette?

Lynette has years experience with kindergarten, first and second grade students, both in the classroom and tutoring services.

Lynette is trained in Orton-Gillingham phonics approach, with multi-sensory instruction. OG is a research-based and highly regarded phonics program designed to help struggling learners catch up in reading and writing.

Lynette makes learning phonics fun and memorable!

Mini-Assessment

One half-hour $30

child practicing reading with a tutor; learning to read

Individual Tutoring

One hour, one student $60

Buddies Tutoring

One hour, two students $100