What you receive
- •A personal reading-fluency check
- •A fit conversation with parent and child
- •Three months of reading practice on Pele
Pele
Is reading hard for your child? There is a way to help.
Many children know their letters and sounds — but reading still feels choppy, confusing, and exhausting. Pele brings proven echo-reading practice home, in a calm and manageable way.
When reading does not flow
Many children who struggle with learning disabilities do not reach fluent reading. They recognize letters and sounds, but their reading stays choppy and confusing — so they cannot understand what they read, and they invest enormous time and effort.
Reading difficulty affects their ability to succeed in school, even when they are very bright. It hits their confidence, creates anxiety, and keeps them away from activities that involve reading aloud.
As parents, we worry that if we do not address this, the gap will keep growing.
The good news: reading can improve
Reading is like a muscle. Focused, consistent practice can improve it.
But when a child finds reading hard and the experience around it is stressful, it is hard to build a daily practice habit.
We believe in creating a safe, easy, and manageable environment — one that gives immediate success and builds confidence from the very first session.
Echo reading — research-backed fluency practice
Echo reading is a learning method that has been studied and shown to be effective for developing reading fluency.
How it works
The child reads a sentence aloud with a narrator. The narrator reads the sentence first, and the child repeats after — continuing in the same rhythm. The narrator provides a model of fluent reading and protects the child from getting stuck on individual words.
Why it works
- ✓Easy and manageable — success and fluency from the very first moment
- ✓No corrections for mistakes — only positive reinforcement
- ✓More active than passive listening — the child follows with their eyes, listens, and reads aloud while hearing themselves
- ✓In a closed loop — exposure to many reading patterns, broader letter exposure in context, and automatic word recognition instead of decoding every word from scratch
Meet Pele
Pele is a home reading-practice system built on echo reading. It opens on the foundation of 25 years of experience supporting children with reading difficulties — and 270,000 hours of one-to-one fluency tutoring, validated at the Koren Center.
We are developing this system to make that approach accessible to children across the country — easy, convenient, and calm.
What practice looks like
Practice happens at home, in comfort. Short, focused reading segments prevent cognitive overload, at a pace that fits your child exactly.
Pilot 2 — a focused parent group
To launch Pele, we are opening a small, focused parent group — at no cost.
What we ask in return
- •Join our WhatsApp group and share feedback so we can keep improving
- •Help us learn from your family's experience
Expectations (important)
Reading improves through consistency. The program is designed for families ready to commit for two months, with at least two practice sessions of about 25 minutes per week (minimum). Our goal at this stage: build a success experience and show that improvement is possible.
Is this right for your child?
A good fit if
- ✓Your child already has a basic reading foundation — roughly end of 2nd grade and up
- ✓Your child reads but choppily
- ✓Your child understands words orally but struggles with fluent reading
- ✓Your child avoids reading
- ✓Your family is willing to invest at least twice a week in short practice sessions
Not a fit if
- ✕Your child has not yet built basic reading skills (letter and sound recognition)
- ✕You are looking for a one-time solution, not ongoing practice
- ✕You are not ready for a two-month commitment
Questions parents ask
How long until we see change?
Fluency improves gradually. In the first months the goal is to build a practice habit, a success experience, and an automatic reading foundation.
Who is the program for?
Students with dyslexia, learning disabilities, new immigrants, and students returning from abroad.
Does this replace private tutoring?
Not necessarily. Pele focuses on building reading fluency at home. Practice can complement work with a private tutor and strengthen the fluency foundation — though in cases where fluency is the central need, it may be the primary intervention.
How much time do we need to invest?
To see improvement, plan for at least two or three 25-minute practice sessions per week.
What happens after three months?
At the end of the period we review progress together and discuss options to continue, including paid plans.
What is your clinical experience?
We draw on 25 years of treatment experience at the Koren Center, specializing in reading-fluency development. Along the way we supported 5,000 children with reading difficulties and improved their fluency.
Want to check if Pele fits your child?
Leave your details and we will get back to you to schedule a short, free fit conversation.