the Big City Readers difference

We help kids break through their reading plateaus and discover true confidence.

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This isn’t just another reading program. This is Big City Readers.

The comprehensive, science-backed system that's helped thousands of children across the globe. No more guessing games, no more anxiety about whether they’re falling behind.

Utilizing a body of research called the Orton-Gillingham method (commonly called “the science of reading”), we do more than just teach kids how to read. We make reading fun, interactive, and exciting — instilling a lifelong love of learning and empowering children with true confidence.

aka: Miss Beth!

Meet our founder and multihyphenate, Beth Gaskill

I spent years working in PK-8th grade classrooms and reading intervention programs and I saw kids facing the same reading problems over and over again. Because we were teaching them the wrong way.

I discovered this wasn't a reading problem I needed to solve. This was a reading problem I could prevent, by closing the gaps in learning in the early years — from babies to third grade and every step in between. And Big City Readers was born!

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Instill a lifelong love of learning... starting with just five minutes a day.

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