Turn your child into a confident, joyful reader

Little Readers Academy gives parents and teachers a warm, step-by-step roadmap — from sounding out the very first letter to reading full stories out loud with expression, understanding, and a big smile.

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Reading isn't just a skill I teach — it's a joy I refuse to let any child miss out on.

— Learners Lane School-Lilia Burton, Ed.D.

What students say

Additional Comment: Lilia is an absolutely wonderful tutor! She is very talented in teachina children! She explains instructions clearly before the task and summarizes the learnt skill after She is praising the child for achieving and encouraging with her positive remarks. The material she uses for tutoring is of a great quality. She is very attentive to different areas of the child's performance and provides quidance and corrections very timely. My child enjoys the tutoring sessions and I with

Suleman Y.

He improved fluency and comprehension to above his grade level

Additional Comment: Lilia is a wonderful tutor! She is very patient, always provides compliments to encourage the student. Her voice is very engaging! She explains the rules really clearly. trust her expertise and skills. . am very thankful / she is my son's tutor!

Ayat M

She started as Pre-K this summer, and now reading well in Kindergarten.

Additional Comment: Dr. B is awesome, She is knowledgeable and works well with my daughter. We had sessions with her a few months ago, and we requested her again whenever we needed more assistance.

Zoe A

She was below grade level when she joined my sessions. She is now reading at her grade level.

What you'll learn

What you'll be able to do

Sound out and blend letters to decode new words independently
Read simple sentences and short stories with growing fluency
Understand and retell the main idea and key details of a story
Build a personal vocabulary of 200+ sight words by sight alone
Develop a daily reading habit through engaging, age-appropriate books
Answer questions about characters, settings, and plot with confidence

How it works

A school that adapts to you

This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.

We learn your level

A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.

Lessons adapt as you go

Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.

Your AI coach keeps you moving

Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.

The curriculum

What's inside your school

11 modules · 56 lessons

Letters Come Alive: Phonics Foundations

Introduces the alphabet, letter-sound relationships, and basic phonemic awareness so children can begin decoding words from the ground up.

1.1Meet the AlphabetIncluded
1.2Hearing Sounds in WordsIncluded
1.3Blending Sounds TogetherIncluded
1.4Short Vowels and Consonant BlendsIncluded
1.5Long Vowels and Silent EIncluded

Sight Word Superpower

Builds automatic recognition of high-frequency words so children can read sentences smoothly without stopping to sound out every word.

2.1Your First 50 Sight WordsIncluded
2.2Sight Words in SentencesIncluded
2.3Growing to 100 WordsIncluded
2.4Reaching 200 Words and BeyondIncluded

Reading Fluency: Smooth, Confident, and Expressive

Guides children from choppy word-by-word reading to smooth, expressive reading of sentences and short passages.

3.1Reading Sentences Without StoppingIncluded
3.2Punctuation Tells You How to ReadIncluded
3.3Reading with FeelingIncluded
3.4Partner Reading and Echo ReadingIncluded

Story Elements: Understanding What You Read

Teaches children to identify characters, setting, and plot so they can think and talk about stories with confidence.

4.1Who Is the Story About? Meeting CharactersIncluded
4.2Where and When: Exploring SettingIncluded
4.3What Happened? Following the PlotIncluded
4.4The Big Idea: Finding the Main MessageIncluded
4.5Retelling a Story in Your Own WordsIncluded

Vocabulary Building: Words Are Everywhere

Expands children's reading vocabulary through context clues, word families, and joyful word-discovery strategies.

5.1Using Picture Clues to Unlock New WordsIncluded
5.2Word Families and Rhyming PatternsIncluded
5.3Words That Describe: Adjectives in ActionIncluded
5.4My Personal Word WallIncluded

Reading for Life: Building the Daily Reading Habit

Instills a lasting, joyful reading routine by helping children and caregivers choose great books and make reading a celebrated everyday activity.

6.1Choosing Books That Are Just RightIncluded
6.2Creating a Cozy Reading RoutineIncluded
6.3Keeping a Reading JournalIncluded
6.4Sharing Stories: Book Talks and Read-AloudsIncluded

Independent Practice Activities

7.1Phonics Word Wheel FlashcardsIncluded
7.2Long and Short Vowel SoundsIncluded
7.3ABC Chart: Spelling and Vocabulary PracticeIncluded
7.4Fun-To-Chant Phonics Rhymes and StoriesIncluded

Reading Foundations — A Complete Approach

8.11 Phonics LessonIncluded
8.22 Fluency and ComprehensionIncluded
8.33 WritingIncluded
8.44 From A-Z Teaching and LearningIncluded

Character Values Through Storytime

9.1Friendship — Toy Story 2Included
9.2Cooperation — 101 DalmatiansIncluded
9.3Sharing — UPIncluded
9.4Honesty — PinocchioIncluded
9.5Kindness — CinderellaIncluded
9.6Respect — The IncrediblesIncluded

Bedtime Stories: Reading Together at the End of the Day

10.1Why Bedtime Reading Is MagicIncluded
10.2How to Read Aloud So Your Child Stays HookedIncluded
10.3Making Predictions: What Do You Think Will Happen?Included
10.4Talking About the Story After the Last PageIncluded
10.5Your Child Reads to You: Swapping Roles at BedtimeIncluded
10.6TangledIncluded

Basic Phonics-Spelling Curriculum

11.1Consonant + l Blends FlashcardsIncluded
11.2Consonant + r Blends FlashcardsIncluded
11.3Digraphs: ch, ph, sh, th, tch, thr, whIncluded
11.4R-Controlled WordsIncluded
11.5Words with "ng"Included
11.6Words with "nk"Included
11.7Prefixes and SuffixesIncluded
11.8Words with Silent LettersIncluded
11.9Words with "sion" and "tion"Included
11.10Words with "all", "ear", and "oo"Included

Who it's for

Is this you?

The determined mom

She's ready to sit beside her kindergartner every evening and finally has a clear, step-by-step plan to make it work.

The classroom teacher

She teaches first or second grade and wants warm, structured literacy lessons she can bring straight to her students with confidence.

The hands-on dad

He wants to be involved in his child's reading journey but needs simple, jargon-free guidance he can follow without a teaching background.

The homeschool parent

She's homeschooling her early learner and needs a complete, sequenced reading curriculum that covers phonics all the way through comprehension.

The reading tutor

He works one-on-one with struggling early readers and wants a proven, joyful framework to guide each child from letters to full stories.

The grandparent helper

She spends afternoons with her grandchild and wants fun, easy-to-follow activities that turn their time together into real reading progress.

Questions

Frequently asked

Your teacher

A note from your teacher

Learners Lane School-Lilia Burton, Ed.D.

Hi there, and welcome — I am SO glad you found this place.

If you've ever watched a child stare at a page of words with furrowed brows and a little bit of frustration in their eyes, you know exactly why I created Little Readers Academy. Maybe it's your own child. Maybe it's a student sitting in your classroom. Either way, you want something better for them — something that doesn't just drill and test, but actually lights them up from the inside. That's what this program is all about.

I built Little Readers Academy because I believe learning to read should feel like an adventure, not a chore. Every section of this program is designed to meet children right where they are — starting with phonics foundations that make letters feel like friends, moving into sight words that build real reading speed, then fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, and finally a lifelong reading habit. It's a complete journey, and it's paced so that every child gets to feel successful at every step.

Here's what I know for certain: children learn best when they feel safe, celebrated, and a little bit of silly is allowed. That's the energy baked into every single lesson here. We cheer when a child blends their first word. We do a happy dance for a full sentence read aloud. We pause to ask, "What do YOU think happens next?" — because curiosity is the engine that drives reading forward.

Whether you're a parent doing this at the kitchen table or a teacher bringing it into your classroom, you don't need a PhD in literacy. You just need this program and a willingness to be your child's biggest cheerleader. I'll handle the roadmap. You bring the enthusiasm. Together, we'll turn your little learner into a confident, joyful reader — and honestly? That moment when it all clicks? There is nothing like it in the world.

Come on in. Your reader is waiting.