Learn To Teach

Parent Courses

Three free courses, one journey: understand dyslexia, learn to teach the curriculum at home, and stand up for your child at school. No teaching background needed.

Your Path

Three courses, one journey

Understand what's going on, learn to run the program, then stand up for your child at school. Start where you are. Each course works on its own.

Understanding Dyslexia: the What Is Dyslexia? lesson on a desktop, more of the course on a laptop, tablet and phone, and printable one-page guides fanned around them
Step 1 · Start here
Free · ~40 minutes total
Understanding Dyslexia

The night-one course: what dyslexia actually is, the signs, the strengths, the myths to retire, and the words for talking to your child about it. Short, honest, and built for the parent who just got the news.

ParentTutor Training on a desktop, laptop, tablet and phone, with printable guides fanned around them
Step 2 · The training
Self-paced · Free
ParentTutor Training

Learn to run the curriculum at home, start to finish. Short narrated lessons, one idea each, built for a parent who has never taught reading.

  1. 1 Your First Week
  2. 2 Teaching the Sounds
  3. 3 The Drills
  4. 4 Run Lessons 1–4
  5. 5 Writing, Editing & Story Time
  6. 6 Is It Working? (checking progress)
20 short lessons · 8–12 min each Narrated slide decks Interactive & AI tools
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Advocating for Your Child: the Do We Need Testing? lesson on a desktop, more of the course on a laptop, tablet and phone, and printable IEP and accommodations guides fanned around them
Step 3 · Advocate
Free · ~50 minutes total
Advocating for Your Child

Testing, IEPs and 504s, the meeting, and the accommodations that actually help dyslexic readers. School as an ally, with your rights held gently but firmly. Five short lessons, every script included.

What Makes It Different

More than watch-and-nod videos

Every lesson is built for doing, not just watching, the way the best online courses feel.

Interactive Sound Cards in orange, teal and rust, two of them flipped to show their keywords

Experiential lessons

Flip cards, tabs, expandable signs, interactive Sound Cards, and instant-feedback knowledge checks. You learn by doing.

The Decodable Word and Sentence Generator prompt from the AI Prompt Pack

AI Co-Tutor prompts

Ready-to-use prompts you can drop into ChatGPT or Claude to plan lessons, spot signs, and generate decodable practice for your child.

A still from the Phonemic Awareness Drill lesson video: a tutor and student at the table with colored blocks

Three ways into every lesson

Watch the demo video, print the one-page session guide, or listen to Sandra's audio narration in the car or while making dinner. Same lesson. Pick the way that fits your day.

The Resource Hub: the Video Library on a desktop, Sound Cards on a laptop, a picture-match game on a tablet, the Virtual Tile Mat on a phone, and letter practice sheets around them
Always free
Companion
Resource Hub

Your one stop for the video library, syllable songs, printable session guides, the scope & sequence, Sound Cards, and the AI prompt pack, everything that supports the lessons.