The Literacy Keys - Dyslexia resources and structured literacy tips by an Orton Gillingham tutor

If you’re raising a child with dyslexia or a kid who’s struggling to read, write, and spell, stop guessing what to do next. I’m Tracy Young, a Certified Orton-Gillingham tutor, dyslexia specialist, and this podcast will empower you to unlock reading, writing, and spelling success for your child. You’ll uncover structured literacy tips and practical advice about dyslexia (in plain English) to help you turn I can't into I can.Follow our weekly episodes and share them with others! Contact TheLiteracyKeys.com for a dyslexia tutor.

The Literacy Keys - Dyslexia resources and structured literacy tips by an Orton Gillingham tutor is a kids podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 58 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #33

  Read Alouds: What Nobody Explains To Parents (+ Unlocking The Question: Why Is It Important To Read To Your Child After Age Eight?)

  Aug 20, 202621 minS2

  This episode is all about read alouds and unlocking why oral reading is important for your child. Hint: Because their ears are years ahead. By the end of this episode, you’ll: Know why picking up books for read alouds does more for your child than another thirty minutes of sounding out words. Explain why your child's listening brain is years ahead of their reading brain, and exactly how long that head start lasts Use the stop, swap, and go method to hand your child a new word in about six seconds, without turning the story into a vocabulary quiz Pick the right book for a read aloud, Run the whole plan in fifteen minutes a night, three nights a week If you're wondering whether read alouds are enough, or if your child also needs decoding work, book a free 15-minute consultation at https://theliteracykeys.com/contact/ No pressure and no pitch, just a clear next step. If you know another parent who quietly put the bedtime book away too soon, please share this episode with them, follow the show so next week's episode finds you, and leave a quick rating. Cheers, Tracy Young, Orton Gillingham Tutor Find The Literacy Keys Instagram: @theliteracykeys Facebook: theliteracykeys YouTube: @theliteracykeys Website: TheLiteracyKeys.com Resources mentioned: Core Knowledge, Listening and Learning research summary: https://www.coreknowledge.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Listening-and-Learning-research.pdf Key Points: 00:00 Unlocking Success with Read Alouds 03:06 How Listening Comprehension Outpaces Reading Until Early Teens 10:11 How Read Alouds Combat The Matthew Effect For Struggling Readers 12:43 Engage Your Reader With Stop, Swap, and Go 18:42 Tips For Older Kids

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  Episode #32

  Robots for Education: Should You Panic? Probably Not (+ what parents need to know about the robot teacher)

  Aug 13, 202625 minS2

  A school district in New York just spent $57,590 on a humanoid robot named Sally, then hit pause days before the robot reached the classroom. The story behind robots for education is messy, and a lot more useful to you than the headlines made it sound. By the end of this episode, you'll know which tools can actually help your child read, and which ones to keep at arm's length. Here's what got lost in the noise. The robot was never the scary part. What matters for your child is who's in charge, and what the technology is really being used for. In this episode, host Tracy Young breaks down what happened in that New York classroom, why the backlash had less to do with the robot than you'd guess, and what it signals for the school your own kid walks into this fall. She also shares a quieter story: a group of students who built and programmed their own robot years ago, with nobody panicking at all. That one detail will change how you see this entire debate. After listening, you'll: - Tell the difference between a tool that builds your child's thinking and one that just hides the gap - Ask your school the question that reveals whether robots for education are actually being supervised - Use AI at home for practice without letting it replace the real teaching - Protect the human connection your child needs most, in ten minutes a night - Feel calm, and in control the next time an artificial intelligence in schools headline lands in your feed About Tracy: I'm Tracy Young, an ALTA certified Orton-Gillingham Educational Therapist, founder of The Literacy Keys, and mom to a dyslexic daughter. If you're worried your child is falling behind, reach out: https://theliteracykeys.com/contact/ If this episode helped in any way, please tap follow and share it with another parent. Together we can make a difference. The Literacy Keys: Instagram: @theliteracykeys Website: https://theliteracykeys.com Apple Podcasts: http://bit.ly/4fFa92F Spotify: https://bit.ly/4ascryE Resources: New York Focus, "NY School District Hits Pause on Robot Teacher": https://nysfocus.com/2026/07/24/new-york-robot-teacher-plan-paused #RobotsforEducation #StrugglingReaders #Dyslexia #OrtonGillingham #AIinSchools #DyslexiaInTeens Chapters 00:00 Unpacking Robot Teacher Headline 01:50 What Really Happened? 08:46 Control Factor 16:13 Role of AI and Robots in Education 21:34 Three Tips for Parents transcript

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  Episode #31

  High School Tutoring: Why Do Teens Hate Tutoring? Blame the Alphabet (+ The Fix)

  Aug 6, 202636 minS2

  When was the last time anyone asked your teenager what they actually think of high school tutoring? My daughter Alexandrine joins me to provide her perspective. By the end of this episode you'll know why tutoring quietly fails so many in high school, and exactly what to look for and how to: Tell the difference between a tutor with one week of training and one with hundreds of logged hours Ask the three questions that reveal whether someone can actually connect with a teenager Understand why I use spelling, not decks, to find the gaps in an older student's reading Use the three-session rule to save you from spending six months with the wrong fit Choose from four real ways to pay for tutoring, including your state's ESA funds Alexandrine was diagnosed with dyslexia as a junior in high school, and she will tell you plainly that she despised high school tutoring. Her first tutor was wonderful with little kids but had limited experience with a sixteen-year-old taking AP classes. They talked about the alphabet. Alex shut down completely, and stayed shut down. That wasn't a discipline problem or a bad attitude. It was a mismatch, and it's the most common reason tutoring stops working for older students. Virtual tutoring wasn't really a thing and we didn't have many high school tutoring options. If you're not sure whether your teen needs tutoring, testing, or something else entirely, book a free 15-minute consultation. No pressure and no pitch, just a clear next step. https://theliteracykeys.com/contact Resources mentioned: PRIDE Reading Program , a scripted Orton-Gillingham curriculum for parents UFLI, from the University of Florida, affordable and downloadable ESA vendor states Follow the show so next week's episode finds you and if you know another parent whose teenager has quietly given up on tutoring, please share this episode. Cheers, Tracy Young, Orton Gillingham Tutor The Literacy Keys p.s. Check out episodes on YouTube Chapters 00:00 Starting the high school tutoring conversation 08:36 How to choose the right tutor for your child 16:33 Customizing Orton Gillingham for different age groups 25:00 Resources for all parents of struggling readers in high school

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  Episode #30

  Struggling Reader? Think of Swiss Cheese (+ How to Fill the Holes and Reading Gaps)

  Jul 30, 202626 minS2

  Today's thirteen-year-olds read at about the same level teens did back in 1971. If you're raising a struggling reader that explains a lot. By the end of this episode, you'll reframe your child's struggling reading as Swiss cheese, holes you can find and fill. Kids who slip past the early school years get very good at hiding. They memorize, they guess, they lean on others. That isn't laziness. It's a gap in the system, and gaps can be filled. I'm Tracy Young, an Orton-Gillingham trained, ALTA-certified tutor and the mom of a dyslexic daughter. In this episode I walk you through how to help a struggling reader who is already past the early grades. Here's what you'll walk away with: A way to find your child's real reading level The one kind of instruction older kids almost never get A plan for finding books that respect a fourteen-year-old's age and their reading level at the same time If you'd like help mapping your own child's reading holes, book a free 15-minute consultation at The Literacy Keys . No pressure and no pitch, just a clear next step. If this episode resonated with you, please share it, follow the show so next week's episode finds you, and leave a quick rating. Cheers, Tracy Young, Orton Gillingham Tutor at The Literacy Keys p.s. Check out episodes on YouTube Chapters (00:00) The fear every parent of an older struggling reader knows (01:30) You are not imagining it, and you are not alone (04:00) Why so many older kids slipped through (06:30) The myth that steals years: "it's too late after nine" (08:30) How to help struggling readers: five things to do at home this month (14:00) Getting the school to act (18:00) Protecting the reader, not just the reading Checkout Episode 27 Struggling Readers Aren't Broken: Science of Reading for Parents with Brett Tingley & Laura Stewart transcript

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  Episode #20

  Who Kicked? How to Improve Reading Comprehension in tweens, teens and adults (+3 tips to improve comprehension)

  Jul 23, 202627 minS2

  If you've been searching for how to improve reading comprehension for your tween, teen, or even yourself, this episode hands you the missing piece that everyone forgets to share. Plus you’ll find three fixes you can try this week. Somewhere between Middle School and High School the format of our books change. The sentences get longer, twistier, and they start hiding "who did what to whom" inside layers of clauses. So someone who was a perfectly fine reader in the lower grades can suddenly hit a wall in reading comprehension. New research suggests that understanding sentence structure can provide improved comprehension in older students. In this episode, I walk you through that research in plain English, including the sneaky little sentence that inspired this title. After listening, you'll: Know why readers suddenly struggle in the upper grades, and why it's not laziness, attention, or too much screen time. Be able to spot the exact moment a tricky sentence derails your child's understanding, using one simple question that takes thirty seconds. Have three practical ways to improve comprehension at home this week, including the one technique with the strongest research behind it. Understand what not to waste your time on. Walk away knowing a short list of learnable patterns. If your older student is hitting this wall and you're wondering whether this is the missing piece or something more, let's figure it out together. Book a free 15-minute consultation at The Literacy Keys If you know another parent whose child has hit a mysterious reading comprehension wall, please share this episode with them. Don't forget to follow the show so next week's episode finds you. Cheers, ⁠Tracy Young, Orton Gillingham Tutor⁠ ⁠The Literacy Keys ⁠ p.s. - Check out episodes on ⁠YouTube⁠ Resources mentioned: Natalie Wexler, "A (Relatively) Easy Way to Boost Reading Comprehension" Chapters 00:00 How to improve reading comprehension 01:50 Unmasking the problem 08:10 What outperforms vocabulary in reading comprehension? 18:20 Avoid this activity 24:32 Unlock reading comprehension transcript

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