If you want to use an Orton-Gillingham approach at home, one of the hardest parts is knowing what to teach first and what should come next. This guide shows parents a simple way to think about skill order so practice feels more structured and less like guesswork.
If you are trying to help your child with reading at home, it can be hard to tell when practice is helping and when it has gone on too long. This guide shows how long Orton-Gillingham lessons should be for most children and how to adjust based on attention, effort, and success.
If your child can read short vowel words but gets stuck on words like ring, song, and stuck, glued sounds may be the next pattern to teach. This guide shows parents how to teach glued sounds in Orton-Gillingham at home in a simple, structured way.
If your child can read simple CVC words but gets stuck on words like stop, flag, and best, consonant blends may be the next skill to teach. This guide shows how to teach consonant blends in Orton-Gillingham at home in a simple, structured way.
If your child is doing Orton-Gillingham practice but still guessing, forgetting, or avoiding reading, it can be hard to tell what is wrong. This guide shows parents what may be getting in the way and what to adjust next.
If your child gets stuck, guesses, or shuts down during reading practice, the correction itself may be part of the problem. This guide shows parents how to correct mistakes in Orton-Gillingham in a calm, useful way that supports learning.
If Orton-Gillingham practice at home keeps ending in frustration, you are not alone. Here is how to spot what is really causing the stress and respond in a way that helps your child keep going.
If your child can read closed syllables but gets confused by words like me, he, and baby, open syllables may be the next pattern to teach. This guide shows how to introduce them in a simple, structured way at home.
If your child can read a word one minute and misspell it the next, dictation may be the missing piece. This guide shows how to use simple Orton-Gillingham dictation at home without making practice feel heavy.
If your child can read short words but gets stuck on longer ones, multisyllable words may be the next big hurdle. This guide shows parents how to teach multisyllable words in Orton-Gillingham with clear, practical steps they can use at home.
If your child learned magic e but now gets confused by words that do not follow the pattern, this guide shows how to teach silent e exceptions without adding overwhelm.
If your child can read words like cap and kit but gets stuck on cape and kite, magic e may be the next phonics pattern to teach. This guide shows how to introduce it in a simple, structured way at home.