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Fall Reading Programs · Pre-K–5th Grade

Most kids read almost nothing.Yours will read every day.

Every week, your child joins a live 50-minute reading class with an IRD teacher — then four short online lessons and a book at their exact level make it a daily habit, about 15 to 20 minutes a day. Your child gets expert instruction and a clear routine. You get to remain the parent.

Outside school, the typical child reads under 5 minutes a day — and only 39% of 9-year-olds read for fun almost daily. (NAEP, 2022)

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A child holding her IRD book, with her live teacher on the laptop holding the same book

Her live IRD teacher, and her book — together, every week.

Before we talk about programs

You can hear it when your child reads.

The pause before a word they should already know. The sentence read twice because nothing stuck the first time. The book closed a little too fast, a little too often. You’re not imagining it. And you’re not the only parent hearing it.

Here’s the part no one tells you: it usually isn’t about effort, and it usually isn’t about your child. Reading simply never became part of the day — the guided kind, a little every day, at exactly the right level.

So here’s what this is

A live teacher, the right book every week, and a few minutes of practice a day — one connected routine that finally makes reading stick.

Not an app. Not a worksheet. A real teacher and a real plan, built to fit your child’s exact reading stage.

The connective tissue

It works because it’s one connected week — not four separate things.

A live teacher starts the week. But what carries your child from one class to the next is the Skilled Readers System — everything a growing reader needs, in one place.

10/10 a skills check you can see

A Skilled Readers System online lesson teaching vowel teams

plus this week’s book to read

The Skilled Readers System

The teaching doesn’t stop when the class ends.

Between live sessions, short online lessons teach the exact skills a reader needs — vowel teams, blends, comprehension — a few guided minutes a day, alongside a book to read at their level.

Your child builds the skill and reads a real book, then comes back to the teacher already further along. That’s the piece that makes the week connect instead of scatter.

So the week has a rhythm

The live class→ this week’s book→ online lessons that build reading skills→ a skills check you can see

And you? You stop being the one who has to make reading happen every night. The rhythm belongs to the teacher and the system — so you get your evenings, and your kid, back.

Then it begins again — same rhythm, one level up. That’s how reading compounds.

The engineering under the fun

A real reading curriculum — that never feels like one.

Each weekly unit teaches reading skills head-on — on a ladder that climbs the same sequence schools follow, worked at your child’s grade this year. This is the arc a skilled reader actually climbs:

Step 01

Short vowels & blending

Sounding out and blending — c-a-t → cat.

Step 02

Digraphs & blends

Two letters, one sound — sh, ch, str.

Step 03

Vowel teams

When two vowels work together — rain, boat.

Step 04

Syllables

Longer words, broken into beats — rab·bit.

Step 05

Long-word decoding

Reading anything on the page — un·for·get·ta·ble.

Every week, your child takes the next rung — and you can see it happen on the weekly skills check.

Phonics through long-word decoding, plus vocabulary and nonfiction as readers grow. The same systematic sequence used in school — just given time of its own.

Matched to your child’s stage

From a love of books, to first words, to real chapter books.

Each fall quarter, your child gets 12 original IRD books — one a week, matched to exactly the stage they’re at, and theirs to keep. These are the stages they grow along:

Pre-K & Kindergarten

Love of stories and books

Grade 1

First sentences, independent reading

Grade 2

Decoding skills and stamina

Grade 3

Fluent reading in longer narratives

Maple The Very Amazing Super Fantastic Problem Solver

Grades 4–5

Deep comprehension, academic success

Wherever your child is today, there’s a next book waiting — and a teacher to meet them there.

Every kind of reader

Whatever reading looks like at your house, there’s a fit.

The child who’s quietly fallen behind — and knows it.
The one who can read, but would do almost anything not to.
The one racing ahead, a little bored, ready for more.
The one who freezes the moment they have to read out loud.

Every one of them has a place here — and the difference is the teacher.

The lessons follow your child’s grade — the same skills their class is working on this year — so home and school pull the same direction. Within that, an expert IRD teacher reads with your child every week, meets them exactly where they are, and tailors each lesson to move them forward from there.

Why it actually reaches your child

Practice only helps when a child is working on the right skill, at the right level, with enough support to succeed — the zone with enough challenge to grow and enough success to keep going. Finding that zone for one specific child, week after week, is the whole job.

In a group of six, no one slips through. The teacher sees every child, every session — hears exactly where a reader gets stuck, and keeps each one at their own right level.

And if your child needs that focused help, it isn’t a verdict on them — or on you. It’s simply the layer that reaches the part of reading that needs a little more attention.

In a small group of six

One expert teacher, a handful of readers at a similar stage — meeting your child where they are and pulling the whole group forward, together.

One-on-one

A different level entirely. It opens with a reading assessment, and the plan is built around your child alone — as tailored as you want it.

In a moment you’ll choose the one that fits. Either way, a teacher who meets your child where they are — and takes them forward.

Reading comes first

Reading compounds — in both directions.

Reading, developed as a skill. Only-reading schoolwork

Reading is a skill, so it compounds: kids who keep building it pull ahead, while kids who only read schoolwork fall behind — a gap researchers call the Matthew effect. (Stanovich, 1986)

Because reading is the floor the rest of school stands on. It isn’t extra. In learning, it’s first. Every subject, every grade, is built on it — and school will keep raising the ceiling whether the floor is ready or not.

So give reading the one thing school never will: a place of its own. Enrollment is open now — the fall term begins September 12th, and you can start any week. The compounding begins the week your child does.

One reading system. Two levels of support.

Choose the format that fits your child.

Both options use the connected curriculum, physical-book progression, between-session practice, teacher training, and skills checks.

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Register by August 16 to start the week of September 12th. Small groups cap at six, and every collection is printed to order in limited batches — enroll in time to claim a seat and be in the first print run. Want to start this week? Add ebook weeks at checkout.

★ Most popular · class of 6

Small-Group Reading Program

A live-online class of six students at most, led by one expert teacher — your child reads, speaks up, and builds real skills every session.

Best for children who

respond well to a small, social setting;
learn from hearing other children read and think aloud;
need expert guidance without full individualization.

$199 / 4 wks

billed quarterly · $597 · auto-renews · cancel anytime

or 3 payments of $209, one every 4 weeks

$50/wk A live class and a new book — every week of the school year.

All 12 books— Free

One a week, matched to your child’s level. $87 on their own.

A live 50-minute class every week — a small group of six, one expert teacher
All 12 books, one a week, matched to your child's level
The online lessons, plus 15–20 minutes a day, every day
A weekly skills check you actually see — plus the Triple Guarantee

Enroll in Small-Group →

✓Start risk-free — every enrollment includes a 14-Day Test Drive. A full refund within 14 days if it’s not the right fit.

1:1 · Most personalized

1:1 Private Tutoring

One teacher. One child. A plan moving at that child’s pace.

Best for children who

need more intensive, individualized attention;
have a more complex reading profile, or read anxiously in groups;
are ready for highly flexible pacing or enrichment.

$349 / 4 wks

billed quarterly · $1,047 · auto-renews · cancel anytime

or 3 payments of $359, one every 4 weeks

$87/wk Your own teacher and a new book — every week of the school year.

All 12 books— Free

One a week, matched to your child’s level. $87 on their own.

A weekly 1-on-1 session — one teacher, only your child, starting with a live assessment
All 12 books, one a week, matched to your child's level
The online lessons, plus 15–20 minutes a day, every day
A weekly skills check you actually see — plus the Triple Guarantee

Start 1:1 Tutoring →

✓Start risk-free — every enrollment includes a 14-Day Test Drive. A full refund within 14 days if it’s not the right fit.

Not ready for a full plan? Two other ways in.

Go 4 weeks at a time

Same classes, cancel any time. Small Group $199 / 4 wks · 1:1 $349 / 4 wks. (Books come with the quarterly plan only.)

Choose 4-weeks-at-a-time →

One 4-week block

Try it once, no renewal. Small Group $249 · 1:1 $439.

Buy a single 4-week block →

Same price either way — the trade is books for flexibility, not money. You choose your plan length at checkout.

Prefer just the books, self-directed at home? See the Skilled Readers System →

Live online, six students maximum or one-on-one · expert teachers supervised every week · quarterly plans auto-renew and you can cancel anytime.

Right outcome · right teacher · right level

Start with a program accountable for fit.

Here’s how you’ll know it’s working — without waiting. A live expert teacher watches your child read every week, and a weekly skills check you actually see means progress is observed, not assumed. Here’s our promise if it isn’t:

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Start risk-free. Every enrollment includes a 14-Day Test Drive — a full refund within 14 days if it’s not the right fit.

Promise 01

The Right Outcome

Do the sessions and the practice, and if your child doesn’t make measurable reading progress, the next four weeks are free.

Promise 02

The Right Teacher

Not the right teacher? We rematch within 7 days. No fees.

Promise 03

The Right Level

Placed wrong? We re-level within 7 days.

The Right Outcome is assessed over at least four weeks and requires 90% session attendance and 90% practice completion. The remedy is one additional four-week block of instruction at no charge — not redeemable for cash.

The long arc

Twelve books this quarter. A whole childhood of them ahead.

One quarter is a set of twelve books, matched to exactly where your child reads today. Behind it sits a complete library — around 240 original books that can carry a child the whole way from sounding out a first page to disappearing into a chapter book. Each new set of twelve books represents another step on the journey to becoming a reader.

A Love of BooksPre-K & K

Independent Reading1st grade

Decoding Skills & Stamina2nd grade

Fluency in Chapter Books3rd grade

Deep Comprehension4th & 5th

Where they are todayA confident reader →

A path this long only works if it’s livable.

So it’s built to be small: about 15 to 20 minutes a day, laid alongside the school year — not another assignment stacked on top of an already-full week. A new week unlocks each Saturday, and it moves at your child’s pace, not a deadline’s.

Reading comes first, and everything else in school gets lighter for it. That’s the whole idea: give reading a little time of its own now, and it keeps paying you back every year after.

Questions

Common questions, answered plainly.

Is this online, or in person?

Fully online, from wherever you are. Your child meets a live IRD teacher over video every week — in a small group of six or one-on-one — and short online lessons in between build the exact reading skills a reader needs. The printed books arrive by mail: real books in your child’s hands, not one more screen.

What’s the difference between the Small-Group and 1:1 programs?

Small-Group Reading Program ($199 every 4 weeks) is a live online class of six students at most, led by one expert teacher — best for children who thrive in a small, social setting and learn from hearing other kids read and think aloud.

1:1 Private Tutoring ($349 every 4 weeks) is one teacher and your child alone, starting with a live reading assessment, with the plan and pace built around them — best for a more complex reading profile, or a child who reads anxiously in a group.

Both include all 12 books, the online lessons, the weekly skills check, and the Triple Guarantee.

How much does it cost, and how does billing work?

Small-Group: $199 every 4 weeks, billed once a quarter ($597), auto-renewing — or 3 payments of $209, one every 4 weeks. 1:1: $349 every 4 weeks, billed quarterly ($1,047), or 3 payments of $359. Cancel anytime.

Either way, all 12 printed books are included free — they’re $87 on their own.

Can I try it without committing to a full quarter?

Yes, two ways. Go 4 weeks at a time — the same classes at the same per-4-week price, cancel any time (the books come with the quarterly plan only). Or buy a single 4-week block — Small-Group $249, 1:1 $439, no renewal.

Same price either way — the trade is books for flexibility, not money. You choose your plan length at checkout.

How much time does it take each day?

One live class each week, plus about 15 to 20 minutes a day of online lessons and reading in between — self-paced, and built to sit alongside the school year rather than pile on top of it.

What reading level is my child placed at?

You choose the stage that fits: Pre-K & K, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th & 5th. The teacher meets your child where they actually read — matching the books and lessons to their level, then stepping up one small notch at a time. If a placement isn’t right, we re-level within 7 days.

When can we start?

Enroll any time — you’re not waiting for a season. The fall term begins September 12th, we place your child in a section that fits your schedule, and you can start any week. Your printed books arrive by mail before you begin.

What if it’s not the right fit?

Every enrollment includes a 14-Day Test Drive — a full refund within 14 days if it’s not right. After that, the IRD Triple Guarantee: the Right Outcome (do the sessions and the practice and if your child doesn’t make measurable progress, the next four weeks are free), the Right Teacher (rematch within 7 days, no fees), and the Right Level (re-level within 7 days).

The Right Outcome is assessed over at least four weeks and requires 90% session attendance and 90% practice completion; the remedy is one added four-week block at no charge.

Do the books belong to us?

Yes. The printed books are your child’s to keep — whatever you decide to do next quarter. They stay on the shelf, ready to be read again.

Just want the books, self-directed at home? See the Skilled Readers System. Still have a question? Get in touch with our enrollment team — real people, quick answers.

The next school week is already coming

Give reading a place of its own — starting this fall.

A live teacher every week. Twelve books matched to your child’s level. A daily habit that finally sticks — and the Triple Guarantee behind all of it.

All connected. All planned. None of it asks you to become the reading teacher.

Register by August 16 to start the week of September 12th. Small groups cap at six students, and every collection is printed to order in limited batches — so enroll in time to claim your child’s seat and be in the first print run. Want to start this week? Add ebook weeks at checkout.

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Small-Group $199 / 4 wks · 1:1 $349 / 4 wks · all 12 books free · cancel anytime