This online portal contains thousands of resources suitable for kids of all ages.
Try out the online demo and you’ll see why so many people turn to the LTK for their distance learning needs!
This online portal contains thousands of resources suitable for kids of all ages.
Try out the online demo and you’ll see why so many people turn to the LTK for their distance learning needs!
This program offers intervention for students who may be falling behind or struggling with basic literacy skills. It can be done individually or as part of an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for kids who have been evaluated as having a learning disability by their school district. Among the types of student who can benefit are those with:
About the LTK
The purpose of the LTK at Home for Kids with Dyslexia is to provide basic reading skills to non–reading (functionally illiterate) children age 6 and older. Many of these students do not respond to traditional teaching methods. Instead, they need an explicit, intensive, sequential, and structured phonics method of instruction. They typically require three to ten times the number of usual repetitions to achieve mastery. Until now, these teaching methods have been available most often from only highly trained reading specialists.
The LTK is a programmed instructional platform that applies proven and explicit, intensive, sequential and structured phonics techniques redesigned for non-readers. The LTK uses these techniques to help students encode the sound–symbol correlation of letters and words. The basis for instructional delivery within the LTK is the renowned Orton-Gillingham approach, a highly successful worldwide process used since the 1930s with thousands of students with learning disabilities. Some major features of the LTK include:
The LTK uses the time-tested Orton-Gillingham Method to guide its instruction philosophy. This technique has a few main pillars: multimodality, repetition, and sequence. Mulisensory engagement is achieved through such activities as having students trace over letters with their fingers as they hear words spoken, so as to associate the tactile with the audible senses. Repetition simply reinforces student learning to make common pathways perform automatically. Additionally, the Orton-Gillingham Method follows a well-structured curriculum that increases in complexity in gradual steps and at appropriate times. Special education teachers know the value of Orton-Gillingham techniques, but training new staff in this method can be costly and time-consuming. This is one of the main reasons the LTK is so invaluable.
See LTK for Groups if you are a tutor, teacher, or a parent with multiple students. This version comes with access to the Tutor Portal that provides additional powerful eLearning options.
Specifications
Yes, LTK is phonics based and teaches all major phonemes/graphemes of the English Language.