1st grade tutoring

First Grade Reading Tutors

1st grade is the most important year for building reading skills. If your child is behind in reading, the time to act is now!

Viva Phonics provides private online reading tutors for 1st graders who are struggling with reading.

Enroll now! Limited seats available.

Does your first grader need a reading tutor?

Viva Phonics offers online reading tutoring for first grade struggling readers. Our first grade reading tutors can provide a comprehensive review of kinder, and pre-k skills as needed.

Does your child often guess, skip words, depend on pictures to read, and struggle with comprehension? Viva Phonics’ first grade tutors can help!

A first grader is expected to read quickly, accurately, and with expression. Fluency supports comprehension. A student who is struggling with sounding out words will likely struggle with comprehension.

How fluently should first graders read? According to DIBELS, a trusted screening measure, by the end of first grade, students should be able to read about 40 words per minute with 91% accuracy.

If your first grader is struggling with reading, schedule a free reading screening. Our first grade reading tutors can help your struggling reader learn to read!

Enroll now! Limited seats available.

Does your child often:

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Guess at words?

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Skip words?

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Depend on pictures to read?

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Struggle with comprehension?

Enroll now! Limited seats available.

Our Phonics Tutors Are Ready to Help Your First Grader Learn to Read!

Enroll now! Limited seats available.
Based on 13 reviews
Dennis Cho
Dennis Cho
2023-02-11
Our child has been working with Nicole for several months and has shown great improvement in her confidence. She is in high school, but learning English as a second language. Although this program is geared towards elementary school children, the instructor has shown great flexibility in working with our child who is older. Highly recommend Viva Phonics!
chanelle dubose
chanelle dubose
2022-11-30
Viva phonics has been amazing and my daughter LOVES her tutor Ms. Shannon! My daughter is a struggling reader and in just a few short months, I have seen so much progress with her reading. She is also more confident and actually likes reading now. Her teachers have also seen the huge improvement from her test scores to her entire attitude about reading. Thank you so much Viva Phonics!
Angel Abrego Ramírez
Angel Abrego Ramírez
2022-03-07
I totally recommend the Viva Phonics program. It is very well thought and organized and I’m really proud about the progress my son has made. I like the way that each session is structured, and my son loves it too. It has the right combination of games, repetition and practice. I like the way he gets immediate feedback and learning is corrected and or reinforced on the spot. His teacher is amazing and knows very well how to keep him engaged. They’re good. You can see that they are professional and they know what they’re doing.
Diane Weaverdc
Diane Weaverdc
2022-03-02
My daughter is in first grade and hated to read and was behind in her reading. She is now reading daily, enjoying it, and right on track with her progress. Her instructor, Nicole, does great with her and plays a variety of games to keep her engaged.
Amanda Ciesinski
Amanda Ciesinski
2022-03-01
We’ve worked with Viva Phonics for almost three years. We value the instruction, continuity, tailored approach, and feedback we receive from everyone there.
estela jaramillo
estela jaramillo
2022-02-25
Great program! My son had zero confidence when reading, and wanted nothing to do with it. He recently asked if he could pick out books from the library! Ms. Allison has been great with him, and he enjoys his weekly classes with her.
Joanna H.
Joanna H.
2022-01-28
My 7 year old is showing so much progress since we started in November. His 2nd grade teacher began to notice improvements after just 3 weeks of beginning the sessions. I am very grateful that we found this program! Ms. Allison and Mrs. Angelica are awesome!!
LaToya Jenkins
LaToya Jenkins
2021-08-13
I noticed that my daughter was having issues with decoding multi-syllable words. As a certified teacher, I tried to help her, but we were "bumping heads". While being a virtual learner in 3rd grade half of last year, I signed her up for Viva Phonics. Her former tutor Ms. Ellen and her current tutor Mrs. Angelica has helped her to fill in the missing gaps with her reading. I am highly impressed with the growth that my daughter has gained since starting the program. I would recommend Viva Phonics to anyone who has a struggling reader.
K Z
K Z
2021-05-03
We could not be happier with the results for our 7yo son. He was struggling in class, being bored and confused most of the time (especially with virtual learning setting). One-on-One approach helped build his confidence and skills set. Ms. Ellen is wonderful, attentive, supportive and kind. The approach works and we are hoping to meet all the goals!
Sherri Bregand
Sherri Bregand
2020-10-13
My son has struggled in reading from the start. We had tried many different programs and tutors with no success and just more tears and frustration. Within a week of starting with Angelica my son said he liked his meeting with her and was excited to learn. In the time we have been working with Angelica he has come leaps and bounds from where he was. He is reading with confidence and excited about it. He wants to read and is so excited to sit down with a book and read to us, it’s not a fight anymore. Angelica has put a love of reading and learning back into my child. I would highly recommend her for any child who is behind or struggling. She has a gentle approach, yet keeps him very focused and engaged during each session.

Nicole Moyer

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Becky Stultz

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Allison Reed

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Kate Williamson

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With a 1st grade tutor, your child will learn how to:

Quickly recall the names of letters

Competently identify sounds for letters

Accurately blend sounds to read words

Confidently read with ease and accuracy

Correctly retell the events in a story

We could not be happier with the results of our 7yo son.

He was struggling in class, being bored and confused most of the time (especially with virtual learning setting). One-on-One approach helped build his confidence and skills set. Ms. Ellen is wonderful, attentive, supportive and kind. The approach works and we are hoping to meet all the goals!

With early reading intervention, this student will reach the end of year grade-level goals and enter second grade as a confident reader!

Enroll now! Limited seats available.

A first grader is expected to read quickly, accurately, and with expression. Fluency supports comprehension. A student who is struggling with decoding will most likely struggle with comprehension.
How fluently should first graders read? According to DIBELS, a trusted screening measure, by the end of first grade, students should be able to read about 40 words per minute with 91% accuracy.

If you think your first grader might be struggling with reading, schedule a free reading screening. We can evaluate if your child could benefit from one of our first grade reading tutors.

If your child falls behind at any point, get help. With a Viva Phonics tutor well versed in first grade reading expectations, your child will have a chance to keep up with their peers.

A Viva Phonics tutor can help your first grader learn to read!

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