Colorado Reading Center

🎉Registration is now open!🎉

Are you looking to give your child an academic boost over the summer that focuses on literacy skills? Check out the different programs we will be offering at the Colorado Reading Center this summer!

💪Strong Start: is a small group, reading readiness program for children entering kindergarten or 1st grade. The program focuses on building the foundational skills that support reading success in a supportive, age-appropriate environment. Our skilled tutors use the Science of Reading to help young readers explore literacy and develop the confidence to start the school year strong!

🧪Summer Skills Lab: Academic Boost: designed to combat the summer slide and give your student an academic boost. We focus on Reading, Spelling, Writing, and Comprehension – tailoring the program to your student’s specific needs. We recommend 20 hours over the summer, meeting twice a week for targeted skill development.

⭐Level Up: For students needing more intensive support, this program offers a concentrated intervention. Level Up is 2 hours per day, 3-5 times per week, totaling 80 hours over the summer. Level Up is designed to help students catch up and advance grade levels in key reading skills.

📚Bridge to School: August Reading Boost: Get your student ready for a seamless transition back to school with our Bridge to School program. Offered in August only, this program provides a focused boost to reading skills, minimizing the summer slide and building confidence before the school year begins. Choose from 5 or 10 prepaid sessions, currently 5% off!

Click the link in our bio to learn more or contact us at:
📞: 303-781-9800
📧: [email protected]

What is ✨phonemic awareness✨?

Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate sounds in spoken words. This is an essential skill that is required for a fluent reader. Phonemic awareness is developed through wordplay. These are auditory activities that do ✨not✨ require any writing or written language.

Some examples of exercises that can be used for developing phonemic awareness are:
✨Phoneme Segmentation: breaking words into individual sounds
✨Phoneme Blending: combining/blending individual sounds to form a word
✨Phoneme Isolation: identify beginning, middle, or ending sound(s) within a word
✨Phoneme Manipulation: adding, deleting, or substituting sounds to create a new word
✨Rhyming and Alliteration: identifying similar sounds at the beginning or ending of words

✨Developing phonemic awareness is one of our goals for our summer, reading readiness camp: Strong Start!✨

✨If you believe your child could use a boost and they are going to be entering kindergarten or first grade next fall, consider enrolling them in our Strong Start Reading Readiness Camp this coming summer!✨

✨Use the link in our bio to sign-up for live updates like when registration will open!✨

Reading readiness is a term that indicates a stage in a child's development typically occurring between the ages of four and six. If a child has reading readiness, they have developed the basic cognitive, linguistic, and motor skills to learn to read. This stage will lay the groundwork for future literacy success.

Some examples of reading readiness are:
*letter identification (even if only a few letters)
*The ability to hold a book
*phonemic awareness
*an interest in books
*the ability to sit and listen to a story for short periods of time.

If your child is going to be entering kindergarten or first grade next fall, consider enrolling your them in our Strong Start Reading Readiness Camp for the summer of 2026!

Use the link in our bio to sign-up for live updates like when registration will open!

This summer, CRC is launching Strong Start, a reading readiness Camp for children entering kindergarten or 1st grade.

Strong Start focuses on building the foundational skills that support reading success — in a supportive, age-appropriate environment.

Registration opens soon! Visit the link https://forms.gle/mQVdQSYj6EmvmKz46 to register for live updates. We hope to see you there!

Winter is almost here! Not sure what books to get for your emerging reader? Or for a teen who isn't a big fan of reading? Check out our "resources" tab on our website for book recommendations for all ages! Christmas is right around the corner and books are always a safe bet. ☃️🎄🎁

Our website is linked in our bio!

Happy Holiday Break!

We will be closed beginning today, November 26 through Friday, November 28. Our regular business hours will resume on Monday, December 1.

We hope that everyone has a safe holiday season!

When it comes to reading comprehension, vocabulary knowledge is essential. Without a strong vocabulary, readers may struggle to make sense of the texts they encounter.

Reading aloud together, playing words games, and encouraging a variety of texts can help a child develop a larger vocabulary and world view which ultimately helps their reading comprehension!

For more information about vocabulary and its importance to reading comprehension, check out our blog post on our website!

Check out our Clinical Director, Robert Windle III talk about dyslexia.

"Learn about Dyslexia from Robert Windle III, the Clinical Director of the Colorado Reading Center, in this informative interview that challenges common misconceptions about dyslexia with accurate information, including that 20% of people are dyslexic and that they have unique skills to offer the world."

Dyslexia Awareness: An interview with the Colorado Reading Center Learn about Dyslexia from Robert Windle III, the Clinical Director of the Colorado Reading Center, in this informative interview that challenges common misco...

Dyslexia impacts more than just a person's ability to read and write; it also impacts their mental and emotional well-being. Oftentimes, the avoidant behavior and unexplained outbursts could be an indicator of something else going on beneath the surface.

We are still in October which is Dyslexia Awareness Month! If you know someone with dyslexia, remember that they're more than their learning difference! They're unique and complex just like you.

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Navigating the differences between 504 Plans and IEPs can be difficult for a lot of parents. Which is best for your child? How do they qualify? What type of support will they receive? These are common questions that parents or guardians end up having once they begin the journey of pursuing academic support for their child. Check out some of the key differences between 504 Plans and IEPs that we have listed here. For a more detailed breakdown, check out our most recent blogpost at our website coloradoreading.com (which is also linked in our bio).

Fall is here and it's the perfect time to jump into a new book! We have book recommendations for all ages listed on our website under our 'resources' tab. Head on over to coloradoreading.com (also linked in our bio) to find a book for your child, today! 🐝🍂🍁📖