Learning Language Through a Different Lense: The Orton-Gillingham Approach

Thank you for your interest in SBN Dyslexia etc. I provide tutoring services using the Orton-Gillingham Approach and guidance to parents looking for a network of professionals that can be of assistance.

Explore Our Decodable Stories

Explore a selection of decodable stories inspired by June Lyday Orton’s A Guide to Teaching Phonics (1976, The Orton Reading Center). The stories begin with the short vowel and the five consonants, b, s, f, m, t and continue to introduce one new concept at a time, as is typically done when using the Orton-Gillingham Approach.  Therefore, readers should start with the oldest post first for the simplest of stories.  For questions, contact me HERE.

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    June Orton states in her A Guide to Teaching Phonics: “Many of the consonant letters are somewhat alike and therefore may be confusing to the…

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    June Orton’s A Guide to Teaching Phonics, affectionately known to many as The Little Yellow Book, uses a scope and sequence written for struggling readers, based…

Orton-Gillingham is an instructional approach intended primarily for use with persons who have difficulty with reading, spelling, and writing of the sort associated with dyslexia.

Shelly Nicotra, Certified/OGA Orton-Gillingham Practitioner

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