You've been told to wait and see, but your gut says something is off.
Here’s how to find out what’s really going on.
This is for you if your child:
- Guesses a word from the first letter or looks at the picture instead of the word
- Knows a word one day and has no idea what it is the next
- Says each sound (c-a-t) but can’t put the sounds together into “cat”
- Cannot spell words they can read, or leaves letters out when spelling
- Knows high frequency words on flashcards, but misses them in a book
- Avoids, cries, or suddenly needs a snack every time the reading homework comes out
It’s also for you if you have a parent teacher conference or report card coming up. Your report arrives within 7 days, so you’ll walk in knowing what to ask for instead of nodding along.
What you get
- My personal review of your child’s work. I look at every word your child wrote and read, so you can trust the report is about your child and not a computer score.
- Your child’s Skills Report in plain language. Each skill shows how many your child got right, marked Mastered or Keep working, so you can stop guessing and know what to practice.
- My professional opinion on whether to be concerned and what your next step should be, so you can stop lying awake wondering.
How it works
- Your videos are ready the moment you buy. Give your child a pen (not a pencil, so I can see every try) and press play on the first of five short videos. I guide your child through everything. They spell some words and a couple of sentences, read some words out loud, and do a one-minute read and tell me what it was about.
- Snap a photo of your child’s paper and record the reading parts on your phone. Upload everything privately in the last module.
- Within 7 days, your child’s Skills Report is in your inbox.
You don’t teach, test, or grade anything. You press play and sit close by, whenever it fits your week.
Ranzie Callahan
Hi, I’m Ranzie.
I’m a Certified Structured Literacy/Dyslexia Interventionist (C-SLDI) and a reading specialist with 14 years in the classroom. I’m also the mom of a son with dyslexia, and he’s the reason I do this work.
I’ve sat on the other side of the table at a school meeting. I know how scary it is to hear those things about your own child. Last year, my son went to reading intervention and worked with me at home. In six months, he went from reading 11 words per minute to over 60.
FAQs
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The early grades are when reading skills are being built, so it’s the easiest time to help. A Snapshot shows you what’s mastered and what needs more practice before the next grade asks for more.
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Teachers are doing their best with a whole class of readers. Some patterns only show up when one person sits down and looks closely at one child’s work. Your report gives you and the teacher something to look at together.
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Click here for the free level check..
It tells you which level fits your child in a few minutes.
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Right away. Every level is ready the moment you buy, so you can start tonight.
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There’s nothing for you to get right. I tell your child what to do on the video. Your job is to press play, record, and snap a photo.
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The Snapshot is split into five short videos, and you can do them on your own schedule.
You can pause anytime and come back another day.
When I practiced these videos with my own son, we paused the spelling video halfway through and finished it on a different day because he was having such a hard time. That’s completely okay!
If one part takes more than one recording, send them all. I’ll get what I need. The only part that can’t be paused is the one-minute read, because it has to be exactly one minute.
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A private evaluation often costs hundreds of dollars and comes with a long wait. For $47, you get a specialist’s review of your child’s work.
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No. This is an educational skills check, not a formal evaluation, and it does not diagnose dyslexia or any other condition. It gives you a clear picture of where your child is right now and a starting point you can bring to their teacher, their school, or an evaluator.
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You’ll know what to practice at home and what to ask for at school.
If you want to talk it through, you can book a follow-up chat with me by Zoom or phone. Ask me anything about your child’s Snapshot, their reading, or what to do next.
I keep your child’s files for 3 months, so you can book a chat anytime in that window. Booking details come with your report.
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Only me.
You upload everything privately, and no one else sees or hears anything your child does.
After 3 months, I delete the files. If you’d like a new report after that, you’ll purchase a new Snapshot.
I will never use your child’s work in my content, or anywhere else, without your permission.
Reading Skills Snapshot
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1Module 1: Start here
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2Module 2: Beginning Readers
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3Module 3: Level 1 Readers
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4Module 4: Level 2 Readers
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5Module 5: You're done! Submit everything here.