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We teach students in Preschool, Kindergarten and First Grade to read fluently and independently.
The idea for Once was born in the early pandemic when schools closed and the founders taught their kindergarten-age children to read at home with 15 minutes of instruction each day. Within a year their children were reading fluently, eager for weekly trips to the library after which they would squirrel away in corners of the house for days reading their newfound treasures.
Former teachers, they knew from experience how many years schools typically spend teaching phonics to elementary students with mixed success. Like teachers across the country, they had struggled to differentiate instruction to the students in their classes who still had basic phonics gaps.
What if, they wondered, every child had the opportunity to learn how to read in kindergarten or 1st grade one-on-one, side-by-side with a trusted adult?
Former teachers, they knew from experience how many years schools typically spend teaching phonics to elementary students with mixed success. Like teachers across the country, they had struggled to differentiate instruction to the students in their classes who still had basic phonics gaps.
What if, they wondered, every child had the opportunity to learn how to read in kindergarten or 1st grade one-on-one, side-by-side with a trusted adult?
