Reading Tutoring
One-on-one reading tutoring from a special education teacher — online, flexible, and unlike any other tutoring: your child’s tutor hears them read every single day.
Why This Tutoring Is Different
Most tutoring is one hour a week — and then six days of nothing. Smart Steps tutoring flips that. Your child practices 10–15 minutes a day in our reading apps, reading out loud and recording themselves. A real teacher listens to those recordings every single day, circles the exact words your child missed, and the app walks your child through fixing them before anything new. Little mistakes get caught in a day — instead of becoming habits.
It’s like piano lessons: daily practice, plus a teacher who actually hears the practice. That’s how struggling readers become readers.
Who It's For
Beginning readers, struggling readers, and older kids (8+) who are tired of programs that feel babyish. Every student works in the Smart Steps app that matches their exact level — from first letters to fluent reading — with a teacher’s ear on their progress daily. All tutoring is online, so it works from anywhere.
Daily Listening — $95/month
Your child practices daily in the apps; a teacher listens to every recording, every day, and makes sure missed words get fixed. Includes the full app subscription.
Daily Listening + Weekly Lesson — $165/month
⭐ Most popular. Everything in Daily Listening, plus a live 30-minute one-on-one lesson each week on Zoom. Because the daily review already happened, live time is pure teaching.
Intensive — $275/month
Everything in Daily Listening, plus three live one-on-one lessons each week. For kids who need momentum fast.
How it Works
- Sign up — pick a plan above, or email me if you’re not sure which fits.
- Get your child’s personal link — I’ll email it personally, usually within a few hours.
- Start today — 10–15 minutes of daily practice, teacher review every day, and (on lesson plans) we’ll schedule your live time together.
Not Sure If Tutoring Is The Right Fit?
Email me at heather@smartstepsreading.com and tell me about your child — I’ll give you an honest answer, even if it’s “start with just the app.” You’ll always get me, not a robot.
