If home reading practice is dragging on or ending in tears, the problem may not be effort. It may be lesson length. Here is how long Orton-Gillingham lessons should be at home and how to keep them useful.
If you are using Orton-Gillingham at home, one of the hardest parts is knowing what to teach next. This guide helps parents make simple, confident decisions about when to review, when to move forward, and how to avoid random practice.
If you are doing Orton-Gillingham practice at home, it can be hard to tell whether your child is making progress. Here is a simple way to track small changes that matter.
If your child forgets a skill they seemed to know last week, you may be wondering how to review Orton-Gillingham lessons at home without starting all the way over. This guide shows what useful review looks like and how to keep it short, clear, and effective.
If your child reads short vowel words but gets tripped up by sh, ch, th, or wh, this guide shows how to teach digraphs in Orton-Gillingham in a clear, simple way at home.
If your child can read short vowel words like cap and kit but gets mixed up by cape and kite, CVCe words 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 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 can read short words but gets stuck when words get longer, closed syllables may be the next skill to teach. This guide shows how to introduce them in a simple, structured way at home.
If your child seems to forget a skill right after learning it, you may wonder whether to repeat the whole lesson or just keep going. This guide helps parents make that call with more confidence.
If you are using Orton-Gillingham at home and your child still seems stuck, the problem may not be the method. Often, a few small shifts in pacing, review, or text choice can make practice work much better.
If your child can say letter sounds but still struggles to read whole words, blending may be the missing step. This guide shows parents how to support sound blending in Orton-Gillingham practice at home without making reading feel overwhelming.
If your child gets stuck during reading practice, the problem may not be effort. The passage may simply ask for patterns your child has not learned yet. This guide shows parents how to tell whether a passage is decodable and a good fit for practice at home.