Ember: Building a Strong Foundation

Building a strong foundation

An ember has started—but it needs the right fuel to keep growing.

At this stage, children are beginning to connect sounds and letters and use those connections to read words. They need explicit instruction, repetition, and plenty of practice to make those skills stick.

Students build foundational phonics, decoding, encoding, and syllable skills.

Your child may be at the Ember if they:

• Know many letter sounds but struggle to put them together
• Can read some simple words but not consistently
• Guess at unfamiliar words
• Have difficulty blending sounds
• Need additional phonics practice
• Are beginning to read but don't yet have a strong foundation

The goal: Give the ember the fuel it needs to grow.

Year Two continues to strengthen your child’s reading foundation with more advanced phonics, syllabication, and decoding strategies. Using a structured, multisensory approach grounded in the Science of Reading and Orton-Gillingham principles, students build fluency and confidence while tackling more complex words and patterns.

Whether your child is moving up from Year One or needs targeted support beyond the basics, this class offers the tools and strategies they need to grow as independent readers.

Registration is now open for fall session. We will announce when the winter session opens for registration. Dates are in the images. Each session includes 24 one-hour classes. Classes are limited to 10 students. Students from the fall session will be able to register for winter session before it opens for new students.