Literacy Unlocked – Orton Gillingham Tutoring

“My daughter has been receiving literacy support from Subrina for just under a year. In that time, the growth that we’ve seen in both her reading and writing has been nothing short of phenomenal. She has gone from struggling to put her ideas onto paper in sentences that others often couldn’t read, to creating short paragraphs containing very few errors. She is able to self-correct her work, and feels confident that she knows many of the ‘rules and exceptions’ of English. 
Beyond gaining fundamental literacy skills, my daughter’s confidence in her ability has skyrocketed. Writing is no longer a dreaded exercise, both at home in her tutoring practice as well as at school. Her teacher has reported amazing growth in the work that my daughter is producing. 
My daughter consistently enjoys her tutoring sessions, and has never once expressed that she doesn’t want to go. She enjoys her time with Subrina, and never wants to miss her tutoring time. 
We are very thankful that our daughter is a student at Literacy Unlocked, and that she has the opportunity to work with Subrina each week!”

“Our son was diagnosed with dyslexia in Grade 4 after years of struggling in school and despite the best efforts of his very well intentioned teachers. Even after an assessment was complete/ IPP in place he was still making little progress and his confidence in school suffered. Finding Literacy Unlocked is something I can say literally changed our lives. Kaitlyn was reassuring and knowledgeable during our initial meetings. She was very realistic about what she could provide and what work we would have to do at home, and provided a clear plan to move forward.
We have done tutoring for a year now with one of Kaitlyn’s tutors, Subrina (and I could write a whole page about how kind, nurturing and educated Subrina is!), and my son has made significant gains in reading, writing, spelling and confidence.
I have also realized through tutoring how limited the instruction in school tends to be, and how much more informed about the English language I could be as an adult. This content has helped with my son, but also his younger siblings, which has been such a benefit.
I wish we had found this tutoring option earlier and started sooner. I was floundering and I clearly remember when I first spoke to Kaitlyn finally feeling like maybe things would be ok for my son. We have 3 other younger kids, we both work and neither my husband or myself had the skills to teach him how to read in the way he needed it. We were told to “wait and see”, “keep it light and fun”, “just read to him, he will get it”, but this very passive approach utterly failed him, and my efforts to do flashcards, sight words, and curriculum books I picked up on my own just made us both frustrated.
Literacy Unlocked was a game changer for us, and I can’t say enough about the program. Thank you Kaitlyn and Subrina!!”

“I knew I wanted Orton Gillingham based tutoring for my daughter with Dyslexia and came across Literacy Unlocked in my search. After speaking with the kind and knowledgeable owner Kaitlyn, I was confident I had made the right decision. Kaitlyn matched my daughter with a tutor named Anna who we worked with for 1.5 years. Anna became a cherished part of my daughter’s learning journey. Anna was patient, flexible, encouraging, caring, fun, creative and passionate about teaching. My daughter gained confidence and Anna helped my daughter to believe in herself even though reading was/is a lot of work for her. One day, after several months of tutoring, my daughter had friends over and suggested they play a board game that would involve her having to read. I watched from a distance away, worried she would not be able to manage but she did…she played a game, without my help! Those are the moments many parents take for granted but when you have a child with dyslexia it feels like a miracle. That miracle was thanks to Anna.”

“We would highly recommend Literacy Unlocked. It was such a good fit for our daughter who has a reading/writing learning disability. Kaitlyn has been working with our daughter (grade 7) over the past year and we have seen so much progress. She is so good at what she does plus she is warm, patient and very approachable. Our daughter is finally up to grade level reading and Kaitlyn has helped her gain more confidence and skills in spelling and writing. We are so grateful for all her hard work and dedication in teaching kids who don’t learn the traditional way. She is truly gifted at what she does.”