Services
At Get Reading! LLC, we offer the most effective and joyful tutoring service Scottsdale AZ for children (and even adults) who want to become confident, successful readers. We can teach anyone to read, from age 4 to 104 — with no failures.
Our flagship service is one-on-one and small group EBLI tutoring. Children typically gain four to six years in reading age in just a few months through this remarkable program. The results are truly incredible, and that’s why we are the highest rated and most reviewed tutoring service Scottsdale AZ.
Our Tutoring Options
We provide flexible tutoring formats so every family can find what works best:
- One-to-one tutoring
- Small group tutoring (usually two children, occasionally up to four)
- Virtual tutoring
All sessions are one hour long and follow the proven EBLI program, which consists of a sequence of 140 structured activities. Each activity has a clear literacy purpose focused on reading words, sentences and passages, spelling, handwriting, listening and manipulating sounds, vocabulary, pronunciation, fluency, and sentence/paragraph writing. Most students complete 4–7 activities per session, though this varies depending on the child’s focus and energy. Some days we might only finish three activities with children who need extra patience, while others fly through more. We always meet the child where they are.
In-person sessions are available at two convenient locations: our office at Spaces at Scottsdale Quarter (15169 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85254) and at Barnes & Noble in the Fiesta Shopping Center. For students who live further away, we can arrange meetings at a more convenient location.
A Unique Cafe Experience
We know that many children who struggle with reading dread the idea of another tutoring session. That’s why we’ve created something truly special. We provide snacks and drinks and work hard to create a fun, party-like atmosphere. Our goal is to make children actually look forward to coming each week. We use every creative idea possible to help them enjoy the experience — because when they enjoy it, they stay engaged and progress faster. After just a few sessions, most kids are hooked. This joyful approach is one of the reasons we are consistently rated as the top tutoring service Scottsdale AZ.
The Emotional Experience
We understand the trauma that struggling readers often carry — the damage to self-esteem and confidence that comes from feeling “I can’t read,” “I’m dumb,” or “something is wrong with me.” At Get Reading!, we are deeply committed to rebuilding belief in themselves. We help children rewrite their self-talk with positive mantras like “I am a great reader!” “I am good at spelling!” and “I know how to write well!”
We get to know each student as an individual — their strengths, fears, and passions — and connect the learning to what matters to them. The rapid progress they experience helps transform their self-image faster than anything else.
The Learning Experience
With my extensive international literacy teaching and reading expert experience, I personally selected EBLI as the fastest and most effective program I have ever seen. Every child who has completed the program with Get Reading! has shown 2 to 6 years of growth in reading age, with most finishing in 4–6 months (and all under 8 months). We never give up on a child.
Sessions are led by me (Margaret Bertram) or my carefully trained assistant. I am very selective about who joins our team — only people who share my deep passion for helping children learn to read. The first session is always free so you can experience the magic before choosing the right package.
The Evidence
The proof is overwhelming. Since starting with EBLI two years ago, every student who finished the program made outstanding gains. We have over 100 five-star Google Maps reviews and have been voted the highest rated tutoring service Scottsdale AZ for two years running. EBLI itself has over 25 years of proven success worldwide, with most students learning to read in just 15–20 hours of instruction. No learning disability or diagnosis stops us — every child who persists learns to read.
We also recognize excellent programs like Toe by Toe from the UK as strong alternatives, but EBLI remains our primary method because of its unmatched speed and effectiveness.
Whether your child needs support with basic reading skills or wants to accelerate their progress, our tutoring service Scottsdale AZ delivers life-changing results in a caring, fun environment. We are currently nearly fully booked but have a few openings — especially over the summer.
Ready to help your child become a confident reader? Contact Get Reading! LLC today to book their free first session and see why families across Scottsdale trust us as their go-to tutoring service Scottsdale AZ.
We can teach anyone to read, from age 4 to 104. No failures!
That’s why we are the highest rated and most reviewed tutoring service Scottsdale AZ.
Services include
Tutoring
With Get Reading! students enjoy:
- one-to-one tutoring,
- small group tutoring, or
- virtual tutoring to achieve the goal of becoming a strong reader.
In-person tutoring at two locations:
- Our office in Spaces at Scottsdale Quarter. Address: 15169 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale AZ, 85254.
- Barnes and Noble, Fiesta Shopping Center,
- Some students further away meet our tutors at a more convenient location.
The tutoring experience
At Get Reading, we know the trauma associated with being a struggling reader, and the damage this does to a child’s self-esteem and confidence. We are committed to helping rebuild the student’s belief in themselves, and reshape their self-image. We affirm them as capable readers, and help them rewire their self-talk. The speed of their progress helps this as well as the student sees themselves reading, writing and spelling effectively.
“I am a great reader!”
“I am good at spelling!”
“I know how to write well!”
become the mantra we develop.
A CAFE EXPERIENCE
Get Reading! is unique.
We know kids who hate reading don’t want to come and do the thing they hate most in the world for an hour each week!
We use bribery to trick our students into loving to come to tutoring. Genius, isn’t it!
NO WONDER WE ARE THE HIGHEST RATED AND MOST SUCCESSFUL TUTORING SERVICE SCOTTSDALE AZ, THE WORLD, THE SOLAR SYSTEM, THE GALAXY, THE UNIVERSE!
We have snacks and drinks for students to enjoy a cafe experience. We create a party atmosphere, so students look forward to their lessons. We try anything to help the child enjoy the experience and keep coming. After a few sessions, they’re hooked. Most of them. There are some tough nuts out there! We try everything.
We get to know each student as an individual and form a connection with each one. We learn their strengths to affirm them and their fears to assuage them. We connect the work to their areas of passion, or familiarity. We talk about how great it will be when they are reading and writing like a champ. And it won’t take long. They just need to really want it and go after it. “You won’t believe what you are able to do in just a short time.”
THE EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE
Many of our students come to us feeling badly about themselves.
“I can’t read,
I’m dumb,
Something is wrong with me,
My brain can’t do it,
I can’t be bothered,
It’s too hard,
I’ll never be able to read.”
We have heard it all.
It’s heartbreaking. And infuriating when you know they should be reading if they were taught the right way.
It’s not the teachers fault. They are doing their best and misinformed. So are administrators and most district personnel. It’s the people at the top who have big egos, even bigger bank accounts and control over the system.
We help students feel successful and confident as they quickly realize that they CAN read. We work with the sounds of the language and help students to recognize how letters are organized to represent the sounds in a word.
Our belief in kids and confidence- building activities make us the logical choice for you for tutoring services in Scottsdale AZ, even if you are somewhere else across America or in fact anywhere in the world.
THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE
- Each class is one hour.
- Either one to one or small group.
- We follow the EBLI program which is a sequence of 140 activities.
- Each activity has a literacy purpose that facilitates a child learning to read, write or spell effectively.
- Activities focus on reading words, sentences, then passages. spelling, handwriting, listening and manipulating sounds in words, vocabulary pronunciation, fluency, handwriting, sentence and paragraph writing.
- We complete as many activities as we can in one hour. Most students do 4-7 activities per week.
No wonder we are the fastest and most effective tutoring service Scottsdale AZ!
EBLI’s evidence
EBLI itself has over 25 years experience changing lives across the world. EBLI teaches kids, teens and adults, trains teachers in EBLI’s amazing program, hosts and presents at conferences related to effective reading instruction, and advocates for kids who can’t yet read.
EBLI has similar results to brag about! EBLI claims most students learn to read with only 15-20 hours of instruction.
All children who persist learn to read.
No learning disability or diagnosis will stop us.
THERE IS NO PROGRAM IN THE WORLD THAT CAN CLAIM THESE RESULTS!
Most reading intervention programs for beginner readers or non-readers help SOME students but not most, occasionally help a child become a reader, most take a year but many take many years to see improvement. Never YEARS OF GROWTH in reading age in a few months. Most teachers would laugh if you told them about these results. Especially reading intervention and special education teachers.
(As a byline, EBLI is actively thwarted from being adopted in schools! “Heaven forbid we have every child reading!”)
A very close second in my opinion is Toe by Toe. toebytoeusa.com
A reading program from the UK.
- 20 mins per day
- 1 to 1 teaching
- 1 book, 1 pencil, 2 people
- No teacher needed
- Mom, grandpa, neighbor or a teenage buddy can teach it.
- Instructions each page
- 1000s of success stories across the world.
- 6 months ish and they’re done. Reading on or above grade level
- Dyslexia friendly.