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Orton-Gillingham tutoring
When reading and spelling don't come easily, your child needs sounds taught step by step, not more guessing. Choose a certified teacher trained in Orton-Gillingham or another structured literacy approach. Online, at your home or at a public library.
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Kindergarten to Grade 12
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ESL and FSL support
550+ certified, background-checked educators
Every tutor is a certified teacher
255+ specialists for IEPs, ADHD, ASD and Dyslexia
Online, in person, or at your local library
Kindergarten to Grade 12
Trusted by families across Canada
ESL and FSL support
Only a psychologist can diagnose dyslexia (in Quebec, a speech-language pathologist can too). A tutor helps with what you see at reading time, with or without a diagnosis.
Your child sounds out every letter of a new word, then still can't put the word back together.
Instead of reading the word, your child guesses from the first letter, the picture or what would make sense.
The same word comes out three different ways on one page, even after practising it all week.
Your child finds a reason to stop, gets upset when it's time to read, or says they're just stupid.
Not sure where to start?
Talk to your family doctor, pediatrician or your child's teacher. These Canadian organizations explain the signs and how to work with your child's school:
Orton-Gillingham teaches reading the way the language is built: one sound pattern at a time, explained directly, practised until it sticks, and adjusted to what your child shows the tutor each lesson.
Your child may know the alphabet but still guess at words on the page. In Orton-Gillingham, letters and sounds are taught one pattern at a time, with sound cards and plenty of practice before anything new. Ask the tutor how they check that a pattern sticks before moving on.
Reading aloud may stall every few words, and your child may lose the meaning along the way. Once words can be decoded, many tutors use text built on patterns your child knows. You can ask for accuracy first and a smoother pace after, reading aloud alongside the tutor.
Spelling may look random to your child, with the same word wrong in different ways. In Orton-Gillingham, dictation of sounds, words and short sentences shows that most spelling follows patterns. Ask the tutor how they handle irregular red words, which are usually learned on purpose and practised on their own.
After years of struggle, your child may expect to fail before reading even starts. Look for a tutor who begins with what your child already knows, so reading time feels doable again. You can ask the tutor to share progress with you, so you both notice the small wins week by week.
Wherever your child focuses best: online, at your home, or in a quiet study room at a public library.
A quiet study room gives structure without the distractions of home. Meet in an open study area or a booked room.
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The structured approach stays the same, but the content grows from letter sounds to syllables, word parts and the reading load of each grade.
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Letter sounds, blending and first decodable books, so your child learns to read words instead of guessing them.
Longer words, syllable types and spelling rules, plus fluency practice so chapter books and textbooks feel manageable.
Prefixes, suffixes and Latin and Greek roots, with strategies for heavy reading loads and written work in every subject.
College and university students and adults can still build structured reading and spelling skills at a pace that fits them.
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Structured literacy, the explicit, step-by-step teaching of sounds and spelling that Orton-Gillingham is built on, is well supported and is recommended by Dyslexia Canada and Ontario's Right to Read report. Research on Orton-Gillingham programs on their own is more limited and mixed, so we focus on the structured teaching itself, not the label.
Every tutor is a certified teacher. For this program we match you with one trained in Orton-Gillingham or another structured literacy approach, and training levels vary. Ask the tutor about their training before you book; a good one will be glad to explain it.
No. Dyslexia Canada notes that a diagnosis is not always needed to get support, and many families start while they wait for an assessment. Tell us what you see at reading time, and we match you with a tutor trained in structured literacy.
Yes. Every tutor on Connect Education is a certified teacher, and every profile is checked before it goes live.
Let us know. You can ask for a different teacher, and our team will help you find a better match.
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