Orton-Gillingham Based Instruction

“The only school in the area that uses similar teaching methods costs over $20,000 a year to attend. Comparable tutoring in our area costs $60 an hour. I can get a month’s worth of tutoring through We All Can Read for less than that.”

We’re only a fraction of the way through the program, but I’ve already seen great improvement in my children’s reading ability. I have multiple children using the program at different levels – some with learning disabilities and some without. I am excited to see how much they are going to progress this year. This program is unique in its approach and its affordability. The only school in the area that uses similar teaching methods costs over $20,000 a year to attend. Comparabletutoring in our area costs $60 an hour. I can get a month’s worth of tutoring through We All Can Read for less than that. I’ve run the program by both a local Orton-Gillingham trained tutor as well as a speech and language pathologist that works with kids with dyslexia, and they both said it looked like a great, comprehensive program. The creator of the program is available for technical assistance, and is very helpful and personable. Many parents are opting for other online, subscription based reading programs that are mostly fluff and games. I’ve tried many of them. Despite the great reviews and the fun graphics, none of them yielded significant results, even with daily use. In contrast, We All Can Read is a no-nonsense program that starts from the ground up, eliminates learning gaps, and does exactly what you need it to do.

Annie Beth Brown Donahue / North Carolina

Read Other Letters Received from Teachers and Administrators Using the We All Can Read Online Program

The above chart presents all of the major letters and letter teams taught in the We All Can Read Program.

The Orton-Gillingham Method

The We All Can Read Program’s focus has been to incorporate the principles of instruction identified in the Orton-Gillingham method and to make those techniques available in our remedial reading program to as wide an audience as is possible including teachers, parents, students, and tutors in a cost-effective manner.

The Orton-Gillingham method for teaching reading has been in use since the 1930’s. In essence its philosophy is to teach intensive, systematic phonics using visual, auditory, and kinesthetic techniques. Traditionally the Orton-Gillingham method has been available only to students enrolled in private schools established for individuals identified as learning disabled or dyslexic and in private language clinics and tutoring centers. The vast majority of these private schools and language clinics are very expensive and generally accessible to only the most affluent of consumers. Only a relatively small number of public schools offer instruction for students using the Orton-Gillingham method.

The Orton-Gillingham principles of instruction as identified by the International Dyslexia Association

  • Multisensory: Students use the senses of seeing, hearing, and touch to learn.
  • Alphabetic Phonics: Students learn the direct and consistent relationship between English letters and the sounds they represent.
  • Synthetic/Analytic: Students learn to blends sounds together to read words and to segment words into their component sounds to spell them.
  • Structured: Each lesson introduces one specific new element at a time.
  • Systematic: The entire system of English phonics is introduced.
  • Sequential: The order in which the system of English phonics is presented is logical and consistent.
  • Cumulative: Once a new element is introduced, that element is systematically reviewed throughout the remainder of the program.
  • Repetitive: Redundancy is built into every instructional unit; students who need extra drill are able to receive it.
  • Cognitive: Students are taught that the English language is logical and rests upon a set of consistent rules. Rules are directly taught.

The We All Can Read Phonics Program organically integrates all of the above principles into its curriculum.

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