Word Logic is a structured reading intervention that gets your child caught up to grade level — delivered by an instructor I train and supervise, start to finish. Most readers reach grade level in 9–12 months.
Most reading help aims for progress. A gap that stays the same size isn't progress. This intervention is built to close it — for good.
Progress is good. Catching up is better.
Word Logic is for children who are struggling to read — and the parents who know something isn't adding up. Most families arrive in one of three places.
You've done the tutoring, the apps, the extra reading at home. It helped a little, then plateaued. The problem was never effort — it was the absence of a structured intervention with an actual endpoint, run by someone accountable for getting there.
Book a free call →A diagnosis is a relief and a weight at the same time. You finally have a name for it — now you need a plan. SpellRead is the evidence-based, phonological intervention built for exactly this, delivered one-to-one by a trained instructor.
Book a free call →Sharp in conversation, strong in other subjects, but reading is the one thing that won't come together — and no one can quite tell you why. We find the gap, usually in decoding, and close it before it starts to shape how your child sees themselves.
Book a free call →Most reading help adds repetition and hopes it sticks. This is a research-backed intervention with a defined endpoint — and a decade of children who reached grade level to show for it.
SpellRead is a structured, phonological method validated in two randomized controlled trials and reviewed by the What Works Clearinghouse. The sequence isn't invented session to session — it's a proven progression.
I've spent over ten years delivering this and training the instructors who deliver it. After thousands of hours, I know what reaching grade level actually takes — most children get there in 9–12 months.
This isn't an open-ended meter. It's a complete intervention scoped toward one outcome: your child reading on grade level, independently, for life. You're working toward a finish line — not booking sessions indefinitely.
A child can make "progress" every year and stay exactly as far behind. Catching up means growing faster than grade level until the gap is gone. That's the target — and it's measurable.
Struggling readers decode word by word, effortfully. SpellRead builds the efficient reading pathway in the brain through deliberate practice — until decoding becomes automatic. Automaticity is what frees a child to actually read, and it's what makes catching up possible.
A free 30-minute call. Tell me what's going on with your child, and I'll tell you honestly whether this is the answer.
Book a free callProgress without catch-up growth means the gap stays exactly the same size.
What catch-up growth looks like
A 3rd grader reading at Grade 1 level — with and without SpellRead
A defined process with a finish line — from the first conversation to a child reading on grade level, with my oversight at every step.
Every student below completed SpellRead and reached grade level. Some were visibly struggling. Others looked fine — but reading felt hard, and their parents knew something wasn't right. SpellRead found the gap in both cases.
A 4th grader guessing at words from the first letter — not decoding at all. 9–12 months of SpellRead brought him all the way to grade level.
Naomi looked fine on the surface — comprehension was on grade level. But her decoding was two years behind, and without intervention, the gap would only have grown.
"Cal is now well above grade level on all measures." — Kim P., parent
Four years later — "He has consistently been on honor roll and participating in an 8th grade honors class." — Lateefa D., parent
A high school senior reading at a 6th grade level — with college applications pending. 9–12 months later she graduated reading at grade level.
Two randomized controlled trials. What Works Clearinghouse reviewed. Independent FCRR approval.
Reading isn't natural — the brain has to be taught to do it. When that teaching works, the brain physically changes. Two landmark studies show exactly how.
"After thousands of hours catching kids up to grade level, I know what works."
For families who need an evidence-based reading program — delivered the way the research says it works.
I evaluate your child, assign an instructor I've trained in the SpellRead method, and oversee the program from start to finish — making sure it's delivered correctly and consistently so your child reaches grade level.
Whether your child is in SpellRead now or building toward it, these games reinforce the sounds — through fast, repeated play.
I work with families whose children are struggling to read. I evaluate the child, match them with one of my trained instructors, monitor progress, and guide the whole process from start to finish. SpellRead is the program; my instructors deliver it, and my oversight is what keeps it consistent.
I trained in SpellRead at Kaplan when they owned the program, and held the instructor credential through the PCI Education era. Before Word Logic, I was an Academic Manager and tutor trainer at Kaplan — teaching the teachers. Then I built my own practice over ten years while raising my son, fitting sessions into after-school hours and growing entirely by referral.
I also hold an M.S. in Learning Design and Technology, and I've spent the last six years as a learning and development consultant for the federal government — designing and delivering training programs for adult learners. That work sharpens what I bring to families: a designer's eye for what makes instruction actually work, and the discipline to train my instructors so they deliver it the same way every time.
After thousands of hours catching kids up to grade level, I know what works — and most children reach grade level in 9–12 months.
This has been on your mind long enough. Let's make it the thing that's handled — no obligation, no hard sell.