Reading Resources for K-3rd grade
T.A.G. Reading Skills Center
Multisensory phonics, spelling, and reading skills to help kids learn to read or overcome speech and reading difficulties (K-3)
At T.A.G. Reading Skills Tutoring Center, we specialize in providing early intervention for struggling readers. We help kids overcome reading difficulties by providing guided, self-paced learning through our structured literacy curriculum. Our multisensory approach, including visual, kinesthetic, tactile therapy, helps children develop alphabetic knowledge and phonemic awareness through personalized instruction. With our expertise in the Orton-Gillingham approach, we offer a nurturing environment for children with reading difficulties, ensuring that each child receives the support they need to develop strong reading skills.
Multisensory resources for beginning and struggling readers
How to teach reading the right way
Scaffolded oral spelling encourages students to analyze words, rather than memorize them. This method plays a crucial role in promoting phonemic awareness and alphabetic understanding. It fosters the development of mental segmentation and blending skills, as students are required to process words based on their sound, rather than their visual appearance. As a result, they learn to hear and "see" the code in their minds, as they map oral speech sounds to a growing mental dictionary of stored letter-sound units.
Literacy expert Santoro underscores the importance of integrating spelling and phonics in early literacy instruction, a point that is consistently emphasized by reading researchers. This connection is crucial in laying a strong foundation for students' literacy skills.