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 learns a new reading pattern in practice but falls apart when it shows up in a passage, decodable text may be the missing bridge. This guide shows parents how to use decodable text after an Orton-Gillingham lesson in a simple, low-stress way.
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 has learned short vowels and silent e but keeps stumbling on patterns like ai, ee, or oa, vowel teams may be the next skill to teach. This guide shows how to introduce them in a simple, structured way at home.
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.
If your child skips sounds, blurts out random words, or guesses from the first letter, this guide shows how to stop guessing in Orton-Gillingham with calm, practical steps.
If your child can read some basic phonics patterns but still struggles with new ones, it can be hard to know whether vowel teams should come next. This guide shows parents how to tell if their child is ready for vowel teams in Orton-Gillingham and what to do if they are not quite there yet.
If your child can read short vowel words but gets confused by words like go, me, robot, or tiny, closed and open syllables may be the next skill to teach. This guide shows parents how to teach 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 knows letter sounds but still gets stuck when it is time to read a whole word, blending may be the missing step. This guide shows how to teach Orton-Gillingham blending at home in a simple, calm way that helps reading feel more connected and less frustrating.
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 your child keeps forgetting common words like said, was, or where, sight word practice may feel frustrating for both of you. This guide shows how to practice Orton-Gillingham sight words at home in a structured, low-stress way that helps tricky words stick.