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Great Videos When Your Child Needs Help with Reading, Writing and Spelling

If you are concerned and worried about your child’s reading, writing and/or spelling skills, it is important to be vigilant, concerned and truly research what that child needs. Schools will often tell you that your child will: Out grow their reading struggles Not everyone is good at spelling They are not “low enough” to get […]

Reading Struggles? Aspire Can Help Your Child Succeed!

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2 out of 3 children do not get the reading help they need because our schools do not address the main causes of reading delays. Children who struggle with reading because they are poor decoders and cannot sound out words need an intense systematic phonics program to develop them into fluent readers. If your child:1) […]

Reading help – No pressure, free parent consultations!

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Are you schooling your child at home due to COVID-19? Are you noticing that they are struggling with reading, writing and spelling more than the typical child? Schedule a no-cost, parent consultation with Aspire Academy. Children do not outgrow their reading struggles, and to master reading and spelling, struggling children need a structured, systematic phonics […]

Why Teach Spelling in the Age of Spellcheck?

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Spelling skills have a large impact on reading fluency and comprehension. The better the speller the more fluent the reader. Be concerned if your child is a poor speller. It can be a warning sign of dyslexia.

Aspire Academy Uses the Most Researched Phonics Program for Struggling Readers

The Wilson Reading system is an Orton-Gillingham method of tutoring using sound cards as one of the multi-sensory parts of the lesson.

The Wilson Reading System has been in existence for over 30 years, and is based upon the Orton-Gillingham method that teaches how to read in a systematic, multi-sensory, cumulative manner. It teaches the science of how to decode and spell our language based upon the rules of English. It is the most science-based, researched reading […]

Stop the COVID Reading Slide!

We can help! No matter how hard your school and teachers are trying, students who learned to read via online schooling are at a disadvantage. To become a strong reader, children entering Kindergarten – Third Grade must have a solid foundation in the following skills: Letter recognition Letter sounds Phonics rules Sight words Spelling Strong […]

Decodable Texts for Beginning Readers

Are decodable readers the latest educational fad, or are they grounded in the science of reading? The answer is they are grounded in the science of reading. Leveled readers (F&P, A-Z) focus on children memorizing the word by shape and meaning. This causes children to read with areas on the right side of the brain, […]