Use this summer break
to get your child READY for first grade
Did you know that your child is now expected to master basic phonics and be able to read basic storybooks; spell simple words; read and spell 25-50 basic sight words, and use phonics to read and spell nonsense words BEFORE entering first grade?
With the new education standard, the stakes are higher. But you can prepare your child to succeed. Use the summer break to help your child catch-up or get a head start on first grade.
Let us help!
We’ve designed our Summer Reading Programs to help your child improve his/her phonics, reading fluency, spelling skills, and build a love of reading. Having better reading skills will remove your child’s anxiety and s/he will become excited about reading.
The Summer Reading Program is a 6-week program. Sessions will be held twice a week, starting June 4 through July 13, 2018.
We've helped 4 and 5 year-olds learn to read and spell. Will your child be next?
Only six students will be accepted into our reading program. These six spots will fill up quickly. So, call us now to enroll your child.
Here are some of the skills your child will learn.
Phonics
Blending sounds to form words
Phonemic awareness skills
Word reading fluency
How to blend sounds to spell words
Sentence reading fluency
Sight word reading fluency
Build a love of reading
Our training is multisensory and based on Orton-Gillingham principles – the gold standard in science-based phonics, reading and spelling instruction.
We teach in the easiest way for the brain to learn, so your child can learn and excel faster.
The instruction provided in our Summer Reading Program will give your child the foundational phonics and reading skills needed to succeed in Kindergarten.
It’s aligned with the International Dyslexia Association’s Structured Literacy and Common Core Standards.
How Our Summer Reading Programs Are Different
Your child will learn phonics, blends, basic reading and spelling. Your child will also learn spelling rules and how these rules work. He/she will learn how to read and spell basic sight words and build on reading fluency skills.
We’ve helped beginning readers, students who struggle with reading and/or spelling, and those diagnosed with Dyslexia, ADD, or ADHD improve their reading and spelling skills.
Instruction is targeted, interactive, and engaging so your child stays focused. Our students use learning aids and hands-on activities to help them show and talk about their understanding of what they are learning.
This means they don’t get left behind, and they start to look forward to reading.
“I don’t need your help right now. I can read it myself!” are our favorite words to hear.
Here’s what one previously struggling student told me when I tried to help her during a session: “I don’t need your help spelling the words. I’m an expert now!”
Here’s Proof That
Our Reading Program Works
Ready to help your child become a better reader?
Let’s talk today.
Why Educators and Parent Choose Spark Thinking
What’s Included in Your Summer Reading Program Enrollment
Enroll Now and Get These Ready To Use and Tried and True Reading Resources and Worksheets, FREE.
The Reading Breakthrough Guide
Do you wish you had a step-by-step guide to help your child gradually build a love of reading?
In our digital Reading Breakthrough Guide, I share some of the best ways to do just that.
(Value $50) Included with your Summer Reading Program enrollment
Weekly At-home Practice
Wondering what to review with your child in between sessions? We’ve got you covered. You’ll receive worksheets to help your child review what he or she learned during sessions.
(Value $35) Included with your Summer Reading Program enrollment
Grade Level Reading List
Sometimes finding the right engaging, and grade level reading and spelling materials for your child can be very challenging.
The books included in our list will get your child excited about reading every day.
(Priceless) Included with your Summer Reading Program enrollment
We’re Dedicated to Your Child’s Success
I’m Sylvia Adjeso, founder and instructor at Spark Thinking. I’m a teacher with 18+ years experience. My goal is to give families access to the personalized, targeted tutoring that changed my brother’s life.
When my brother was in Kindergarten, he started struggling in school. My mom waited for his skills to improve, but it got worse. Then she looked to his teachers for help. Frustrated by the lack of resources, she spent several years trying to find the right school and the right instruction before it was too late.
Our breakthrough happened when we finally found highly skilled educators who were able to pinpoint the underlying cause of his struggles.
They saw his strengths and his weaknesses and knew how to help him. After years of struggle, he started to thrive in the classroom. And not just for one year – but continuously. He is now a board-certified ENT Surgeon and a Lecturer.