SpellRead is the highly effective structured reading intervention Word Logic uses to get your child caught up to grade level, with a trained instructor and oversight from Word Logic from start to finish. 95% of our students, including students with dyslexia, reach grade level in 9–12 months.
Progress is great. Catching up is even 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.
The tutoring, the apps, the extra reading at home. Everything helped some, but not enough. The missing piece is structured intervention built specifically for catch-up growth, 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 intervention built for exactly this, to help kids catch up to grade level.
Book a free call →Whatever the cause, SpellRead targets the foundational reading skills most kids are missing. A solid first step toward catching up, before reading 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, plus 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.
Word Logic's founder has spent over ten years delivering this method and training the instructors who deliver it. After thousands of hours, we 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 us what's going on with your child, and we'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 Word Logic's 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, using the same kind of structured, phonological instruction that SpellRead delivers.
"After thousands of hours catching kids up to grade level, I know what works."
Every student starts with a Reading Blueprint, then moves into an intervention program built the way the research says it works. Consultations and school services available too.
Every student begins with the Reading Blueprint, a comprehensive assessment that identifies strengths, areas of need, and the most effective path forward.
Explicit, systematic instruction for students who need to become accurate, fluent readers. Built around two 60-minute sessions each week.
The full program, delivered by a trained instructor — live online anywhere in the U.S., or in person at your home. Same method, same price.
Program commitment: The program is designed around two 60-minute sessions each week. Consistent instruction is essential for building automaticity, fluency, and long-term reading success.
Expert help navigating the school system. Consultations cover interpreting evaluations and school assessments, understanding IEP and 504 documents, preparing for school meetings, and knowing what reading services your child is entitled to.
Custom services for schools, educators, and organizations:
Whether your child is in SpellRead now or building toward it, these tools reinforce the sounds through fast, repeated play.
Katie Scott is the founder of Word Logic and works with families whose children are struggling to read. She evaluates the child, pairs them with a trained instructor, monitors progress, and guides the whole process from start to finish, so the program stays consistent and on track.
She trained in SpellRead at Kaplan when they owned the program, and held the instructor credential through the PCI Education era. Before Word Logic, she was an Academic Manager and tutor trainer at Kaplan, teaching the teachers. She then built her own practice over ten years while raising her son, fitting sessions into after-school hours and growing entirely by referral.
She also holds an M.S. in Learning Design and Technology, and has 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 she brings to families: a designer's eye for what makes instruction actually work, and the rigor to keep it consistent every session.
After thousands of hours catching kids up to grade level, she knows what works, and most children reach grade level in 9–12 months.
Renee Scott Hamill is a SpellRead Instructor with Word Logic, working with students online. She also advises on the program, bringing two decades in public elementary education to how Word Logic supports struggling readers.
Since 2004 she has worked as a teacher, Reading Specialist, instructional coach, and principal, and served as the ASU iTeachAZ Site Coordinator and Clinical Instructor for the Osborn School District. She now also teaches part-time as a Faculty Associate for the Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation. That classroom-tested understanding of how children learn to read shapes the way she works with each Word Logic student.
Renee holds a B.A. in Philosophy from UC San Diego and two master's degrees from Arizona State University, in Education and in Educational Administration and Supervision. Her grounding in the Science of Reading, inclusive practices, culturally responsive teaching, and strong family-school partnerships informs how she helps Word Logic families navigate their child's path to grade level.