ScholarSkills Sound and Say
Makes Reading Problems Go Away!
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We use the proven Orton-Gillingham Multisensory Approach
​to Phonics and Reading Comprehension to teach kids how to read.

First, they must master the alphabet since our alphabet is the foundation for speaking, reading, and writing English.
Next, they must be taught that letters or combinations of letters represent specific sounds. This is called Reading With Phonics.
Then, they must practice identifying, saying, spelling, and writing those letter-sounds as they appear in words.
"We happily recommend the ScholarSkills  Reading program. The staff is attentive and diligent. My daughter has increased her reading by two levels. They have given her an invaluable boost of confidence to belief in her abilities and talents. They have found the tools to motivate her to excel. She is happy and eager to go to tutoring each week. We cannot thank Pastor Vieira and his team enough for their work. Thank you!"

Vanessa Asare

Reading with phonics is the most effective way to help students overcome dyslexia.

How well is your child reading?
Click here so he or she can take
​the 5 minutes Phonics Test!

"ScholarSkills is excellent. Reverend Vieira and staff are very passionate about helping the children and go to great lengths to see that they succeed. In three months time my daughter has jumped four reading levels and improved in all her math scores. These results came faster than I or her teachers could have anticipated. All of my daughter's teachers have commented on her huge improvement and how her confidence has soared.  Thank you ScholarSkills  for the great work that you continue to do."
Akinsheye Babb

How we provide the help you need to teach your child to read

Silver Support

We provide webinars, instructional videos, and email support. 

​These resources help parents use our "ScholarSkills Sound & Say Phonics" program to  teach their children how to read in 30  minutes or less per day (or as often as needed.) 

​Schools and teachers can also use these resources to supplement their phonics curriculum.

Gold Support

We provide  one weekly 30-minute session of direct reading tutoring through Zoom to model the ScholarSkills Sound & Say Phonics program.  
This supplementary assistance helps you to become comfortable teaching your children directly during the remainder of the week for 30 minutes or less per day (or as often as needed). 

Platinum Support

We provide two weekly 30-minute sessions of direct reading tutoring through Zoom to model the "Sound and Say" phonics program. 
This supplementary assistance allows you to become even more comfortable teaching your children directly during the remainder of the week for 30 minutes or less per day (or as often as needed).

    Please contact us for more information.
    Or call us toll free at 833-433-READ (7323)

The ScholarSkills Sound & Say Interactive Phonics Cards & Videos Reading System
will help your kids to
read and spell exceptionally well. 

You get:
Over 150 Interactive Letter-Sound Cards in pdf form
​95 Word-Building Phonics Videos
140 Phonics Review and Mastery Videos
Click here for sample video lessons.

Watch this brief video introduction to the Sound & Say Phonics Reading System.

How to use the ScholarSkills Sound & Say Phonics Reading System

Step One:
​Select the cards for each lesson.

Each lesson will introduce students to new sounds along with the sounds they have been learning. 

Step Two:
​Say the name of each letter.

Each card has the letter name on the front of the card and the sound that the letter represents on the back of the card.

Step Three:
​Scan the QR code.

Use any mobile device to scan the QR code on the back of the card to hear the sound the letter represents.

Step Four: 
Say the Sound! Then say it again!

When students scan the QR code, it will take them to a website where they can hear and say the sound the letter stands for.

Step Five:
​Watch the ScholarSkills
​Sound & Say
"Word-Building Workshop" Video.

Each lesson has a Sound & Say Video that teaches students how to say the sounds that letters stand for and how to make words with those sounds. Students should make the words as they watch the video.

How to teach children to read the right way

Is there a right way to teach kids how to read?
Yes! There is a right way to teach children to read.

What is the right way to teach children to read?
​Phonics is the right way to teach kids how to read.

What is phonics? And why is it the best (and only proper way) to teach children to read?

​Phonics means sounds. Phonics is the method of teaching kids to read by showing them how to associate sounds with letters.

Alphabetic letters are symbols for sounds. That’s all they are. Each letter (or combination of letters) represents a sound. We use only 44 sounds in English to create all the words we say. Those 44 fundamental sounds are called phonemes. Each letter or letter combination is simply a symbol for a specific sound in the English language. Letters are only symbols to represent the sounds we make.  They allow us to write down sounds.  Phonics teaches kids how to associate letters with sounds because that’s what letters represent. 

The alphabet is simply a code of 26 letters. These letters represent all the sounds we use to make all of our words. When we say a word, we combine sounds in a sequence that makes sense to our ears. Alphabetic letters enable us to match each sound to a specific letter that represents that sound. 

To read the symbols for those sounds, students must learn the sound that each letter stands for, so when they see words, they can translate them back into sounds. Writing is the art of using symbols called letters to turn sounds into printed words by combining them logically. Words are sequences of sounds connected logically from left to right. Reading is the art of translating written words back into sounds. Writing is, therefore, the art of encoding sounds into symbols called letters and into words, which are sequences of sounds. Reading is the art of decoding those symbols back into sounds. 

Consequently, the only way to teach children to read, write, and spell correctly is to teach them how to associate the letter-symbols with the sounds they represent. When kids see letters as sounds and words as sequences of those sounds, they can begin to read and learn independently.  This way of teaching children to read is known as phonics because phonics means sounds. The only way to teach kids to read is to teach the phonetic (or sound-symbol) method because our alphabetic system is a code of symbols that stands for sounds.

Phonics is the only way to teach children how to read because it enables them to use the alphabet according to its purpose and design. Phonics helps kids to develop a reflexive way of seeing letters and words.  Kids learn to automatically see letters as sounds and words as series of sounds.  The only way that kids can develop this phonetic reflex is by learning to consistently associate symbols with sounds.  Children will only master the alphabetic code and translate words fluently into sounds through the automatic habit or reflex of identifying letters as sounds and words as sequences of sounds. But habits can be good or bad. Children learn bad habits the way they learn good habits—by repeating the same actions every day. When we don’t teach kids to read by sound, we teach them how to read whole words by sight and guessing. Sight-reading is the worst way to teach children to read because it damages or destroys their ability to read by sound and creates cognitive confusion, which often leads to severe reading problems such as dyslexia.