Is your child struggling with reading and writing?
Whether it’s dyslexia or another challenge, we give you answers and a proven path forward.
Our Programs for Children, Parents and Teachers
At Genesis Reading, we know that every learner and every parent or teacher walking beside them, deserves real answers and lasting support. Dyslexia doesn’t have to define your child’s future. With the right approach, struggling readers can unlock the code and thrive.
Dyslexia Programs For Children & Parents
Our dyslexia programs are grounded in the Science of Reading and designed to teach the brain how to decode, not just memorize. With step-by-step guidance for both children and parents, we help struggling readers build real skills and real confidence.
Writing Program
Our Writing Program transforms blank-page anxiety into clear, confident writing. Perfect for students who need support with planning, organizing, and expressing their ideas especially those with dyslexia or executive function challenges. Flexible, empowering, and backed by results.
Teacher Development Program
Our professional development program empowers educators to deliver reading instruction that actually works grounded in the Science of Reading and the Orton-Gillingham approach. This flexible training equips teachers with the tools, strategies, and confidence to support all learners, especially those with dyslexia or other language-based challenges.
Explore our exciting educational games
Our literacy games are more than just fun, they’re transformational. Designed for struggling readers and grounded in brain science, each game helps kids build real reading skills while laughing, moving, and playing. Whether at home or in the classroom, these games help children finally get it and start enjoying learning again.
Focus: Every strand of Scarborough’s Rope, unleashed. Six syllable types, one lightsaber.
Picture Candy Land meets a Jedi training course. Players travel a winding “snake” board, wielding a phonics lightsaber that slices through closed, open, magic-e, vowel team, r-controlled, and final stable syllables. Phonology, decoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension weave together, just like Scarborough’s Rope. Kids see where they shine, teachers spot where support is needed, and everyone wins in a relaxed, laughter-filled round.
Confidence soars, guessing disappears, and the whole room shifts.
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Focus: Schwa mastery & “permission to say but."
Think BINGO with attitude. Just like a corgi’s butt, the schwa in ‘button’ and ‘butter’ is soft, fluffy, and full of surprises. It makes a vowel sound that doesn’t play by the rules.
Fast, cheeky, wildly addictive and suddenly it’s perfectly okay to yell “BUT!”.
Focus: Mouth mechanics, be a sound detective, no reading required.
Kids place their hands on their throat, mirror faces, and sort sounds by voice and movement.
Fast and funny creature prompts keep everyone laughing while zero-stress speech-sound mastery
sneaks in behind the fun.
Focus: Code Crackers: Digraphs, Trigraphs, and Quadragraphs on a Secret Mission!
Two, three, or four letters, one brand-new sound.
Train like a top spy a foreign land using nonsense language to sharpen fluency, prosody, syntax, and punctuation… without blowing your cover.
Focus: Match fast, ditch the rogue Q (classic Old Maid energy).
The rush is real: make matches, unload cards, and avoid being stuck with Agent Q. Each pairing forces precise decoding, no guesswork allowed, while the brain chases the dopamine hit of clearing your hand.
Bold visuals, quick rounds, and nonstop strategy retrain readers to lock onto all the sound clues on the page.
Who thrives with Genesis Reading?
(Spoiler: the kids everyone else wrote off.)
Genesis Reading is built for the child who’s drowning in “try harder.”
For the parent who’s running out of pep talks.
For the teacher who knows something’s missing but can’t name it.
The Learners We Lift
Dyslexic & Dysgraphic Warriors
Kids who’ve been told they’re “behind” finally get a road map that makes sense to their brains.
Confidence-Crash Survivors
Children who once loved school but now fake stomach aches to avoid reading aloud.
Newly Diagnosed & Totally Overwhelmed
Families staring at a neuropsych report wondering, What now? We turn that question into a plan.
Educators & Schools Ready for Real Tools
Teachers tired of endless programs with zero proof. We train you in methods that actually move the dial.
We fuse rock-solid neuroscience with playful strategy
– so progress feels like discovery, not drudgery.
A couple of recent examples of success include spontaneously sight-reading during theatre auditions and confidently reading from a teleprompter while anchoring at her school news show.
Why work with us?
At Genesis Reading, we understand the daily frustration and heartbreak that comes with watching your child struggle to read. We’ve been there, literally. Our founder, Sheridan Hotung, is not only a Certified Academic Language Therapist with over 20 years in Montessori education, she’s also a mom of two dyslexic children.
When traditional schools couldn’t meet their needs, she home-schooled them, navigating every obstacle you’re facing now. One of her children recently graduated from university with straight A’s; the other is thriving in college. That lived experience fuels everything we do.
We don’t just teach reading, we tailor each lesson to the learner. We combine science, empathy, and creativity to break through barriers and help kids thrive. Parents often tell us that the connection we build with their child is what makes the difference. They don’t just learn, they enjoy learning.
What Makes Our Strategies So Effective?
Our methods are rooted in Multisensory Language Therapy (MSLT), a powerful approach that activates all learning pathways in the brain: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic.
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MSLT – the gold standard for remediating reading and writing disorders.
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Brain-Based Games that slip past resistance and spark curiosity.
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The Fun Zone – a regulated learning space where trust blooms and progress sticks.
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Step-By-Step Guidance for parents and teachers, so no one second-guesses the process.
No wasted years. No trial-and-error worksheets. Just measurable wins, faster than you thought possible.
This structured, evidence-based technique helps struggling learners:
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Master phonemic awareness
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Overcome dysgraphia
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Tackle sight words
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Build vocabulary
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Improve fluency and comprehension
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Develop strong study and testing skills
And because we bring in games, visuals, and storytelling, students don’t just progress they thrive with confidence.
What is dyslexia?
Is it an illness?
Dyslexia is not a disease so there is no cure.
What is dyslexia?
Dyslexia is a neurobiological brain difference that affects people’s ability to use and process alphabetic letters and symbols.
Who does it impact?
Children and adults of all intellectual abilities can be affected by dyslexia. The exact cause of dyslexia is unknown, but it often appears to run in families.
What does it affect?
Dyslexia does not only affect reading. It also affects writing, spelling, math and many other areas of life and learning.
How does it make you feel?
People with dyslexia often suffer low self-esteem because they feel stupid, struggle in school and often bullied.
How does it impact education?
One-third of students with learning disabilities have been retained in a grade at least once.
The statistics
It is important to remember that many students not identified as having a learning disability are not included in the statistics below and therefore, true numbers are likely much higher.
1 in 5 children are at risk of dyslexia and dysgraphia
8.5 Million American students have dyslexia.
85% of students with learning disabilities have dyslexia.
One-third of students with learning disabilities have been held back (retained) in a grade at least once.
Only 68% of students with learning disabilities leave high school with a regular diploma while 19% drop out and 12% receive a certificate of completion.
Statistics data source:
Research Excellence and Advancements for Dyslexia Act (READ Act) H.R. 3033
“The State of Learning Disabilities.” Third Edition, 2014. Pgs. 16-17. National Center for Learning Disabilities
The American Academy of Pediatrics, International Dyslexia Association, and the International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council.
Reading is a skill that can’t be taken for granted
You may be asking yourself many questions:
Do you have a gut feeling that your child is not picking up reading the way other children are?
Have you already received a dyslexia diagnosis?
Has your child been in the pull-out system for a few years and still not caught up?
Is the school suggesting retention?
Is your child frustrated and considering dropping out?
I take parents and children from frustration to freedom by tutoring students based on thousands of hours of research and real-world application to make up for lost time and to get them ahead.
The dyslexic brain
I understand how your child’s brain actually learns and will empower you to advocate your child’s needs throughout their educational journey.
Strategies that work
The time-saving strategies I use will fit into your day-to-day life and will give you actionable steps NOW to promote connection and comprehension.
Overcome illiteracy
How does it work?
Book a FREE discovery call with me
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What people are saying
As a reading specialist, I’ve used the VOWEL POWA(R)™ series (Levels 1 through 3) with students across diverse learning needs, and I’m incredibly impressed with the results. These games are more than just fun, they’re a powerful tool for helping all readers master critical literacy skills.
Whether supporting struggling readers, multilingual learners, or students seeking to strengthen foundational reading abilities, the VOWEL POWA(R)™ series tackles key reading challenges in an engaging way.
As a literacy professor, I’ve seen firsthand how these games address the unique needs of diverse learners. They provide an interactive approach that develops phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension. The visual elements and game-based learning make understanding more accessible and enjoyable for every student.
What truly sets these games apart is their ability to do more than just teach, they encourage critical thinking and verbal expression. Students stay motivated, and learning becomes an interactive, collaborative experience.
For educators looking to support language acquisition and literacy growth across all student populations, VOWEL POWA(R)™ is an invaluable resource.
Sheridan has altered the trajectory of our daughter’s education and the proof is in the data.
We found Sheridan to have a strong knowledge and real world understanding of the Orton-Gillingham Intervention Program for dyslexic children.
Sheridan quickly built a genuine connection. She used this effectively throughout the program to teach concepts & keep material interesting.
We just received the winter assessment results. In Fall 2021, on the Reading MAP my child scored 25% and in just 4 months, she scored 44%. That is an improvement of 56% (and is more than 1 standard deviation). I can never thank The Literacy Blueprint enough
A couple of recent examples of success include spontaneously sight-reading during theatre auditions and confidently reading from a teleprompter while anchoring at her school news show.
Sheridan really takes her time to help me understand what I’m doing. I will always recommend her to anyone who needs help with reading and writing.
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