Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation Learning Centre - Calgary

Looking for a life-changing volunteer opportunity?

Transform a child’s ability to read and spell ...

Check out our tutor training program to become a literacy tutor.

Upcoming information session is May 22nd.

(Link in our profile)

Want to help a child with dyslexia?

If you have the time, we have the training.

Check out our website (link in profile) for more details on our upcoming information session on becoming an Orton Gillingham tutor.

Hopping versus hoping … no you don’t have to guess, there is actually an explanation.

Hopping into Easter weekend, hoping for spring weather!

No lessons Saturday or Monday.

How do you make 44 different sounds out of 26 letters?

Sounds like a brain teaser doesn’t it!

That’s what the English language involves … permutations and combinations of the 26 letters in the alphabet form 44 distinct sound units called phonemes.

It’s referred to as a code - ‘breaking the code’ can be extremely difficult for people with dyslexia.

Reading is not natural.

Unlike speaking, it is a learned skill.

For those with dyslexia developing this skill takes more effort.

A systematic and explicit teaching approach is effective.

All Tuesday lessons are cancelled today!

Due to the weather the Centre is closed - Tuesday, February 17th.

Stay home, stay safe.

Just a reminder due to Family Day there will be no lessons on Monday.

Enjoy the gift of time.

Collection of random things or tools of the trade?

We have fun here!

No two lessons are ever the same. While the general format of lessons is systematic, tutors have creative license.

Tutors get to know their learners and they do what works best for them to learn.

Draw a square with 3 lines …

Dyslexic thinkers are often ‘outside the box’ thinkers.

The brain is a beautiful thing.

A person with dyslexia has difficulty with phonological processing.

What does that mean?

Basically it involves the sounds of language. This skill is essential for reading and writing.

These cards are just one tool that is used during the lesson to develop and improve phonological processing.