Lexia® at Home

Be sure your child is developing strong reading foundations, no matter what is happening in school.

Lexia® locks in foundational reading skills for every child

The program adapts to each student with a personalized learning path that includes extensive built-in supports, plus 1:1 teacher instruction when needed. So every child builds strong reading foundations, with no unfinished learning and no gaps to widen. It’s also an effective early screener for dyslexia and other LDs, so you know your child won’t fall through the cracks.

As fierce reading advocates, we want Lexia in every school, for every child. But for now, let’s start with yours.

Benefits all students from SK to 5th grade

Where is your child at? Lexia meets them there

The best time to start is SK. The second-best time to start is now.

Starting strong

SK-2

Build solid early reading foundations in the critical SK-2 Window

For Beginning Readers

Lexia provides a fun and engaging environment to build foundational literacy skills. The program's adaptive placement test ensures each child starts at the right level. The activities, like matching sounds and blending syllables, are presented with visual themes that keep young learners motivated.

The program's three-step instructional branching provides scaffolded support when a student struggles, giving them the extra help exactly when they need it. And when that's not enough, our tutors are watching the data, ready to jump in with timely, targeted intervention as needed (Lexia Lessons) to ensure the skill is fully developed.

Building skills

Grades 3 to 5

Solidify foundations with enrichment to unlock your child's potential

For early enrichment

Lexia serves as an accelerator, helping them move from "learning to read" to "reading to learn." The program's individualized learning paths allow them to advance quickly through skills they've mastered, while also reinforcing and strengthening areas where they might have minor gaps. The activities become more complex as they progress, incorporating structural analysis, vocabulary, and comprehension tasks. This ensures they're not only fluent readers but also understand what they're reading.

Filling gaps

Grades 3 to 5

Systematically build the exact skills your child needs to catch up

For filling gaps

Lexia provides the systematic and explicit approach an early reader needs to fill gaps with confidence. The program's adaptive nature means it slows down when a student is having trouble, providing multiple opportunities for guided practice and direct instruction on specific error types. It works to fill in foundational skill gaps in areas like phonological awareness and phonics before moving on.

The program's three-step instructional branching provides scaffolded support when a student struggles, giving them the extra help exactly when they need it. And when that's not enough, our tutors are watching the data, ready to jump in with timely, targeted intervention as needed (Lexia Lessons) to ensure the skill is fully developed.

French immersion

Grades 1 to 5

Prevent English learning loss and fill important gaps

For French immersion students

Lexia's focus on foundational skills like phonics and phonological awareness is crucial for students who are not getting explicit English literacy instruction. Lexia gives them an independent space to practice and build their English reading skills, filling in any gaps that may arise from their bilingual learning environment.

The program's three-step instructional branching provides scaffolded support when a student struggles, giving them the extra help exactly when they need it. And when that's not enough, our tutors are watching the data, ready to jump in with timely, targeted intervention as needed (Lexia Lessons) to ensure the skill is fully developed.
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Getting STarted

Lexia at Home with Radical Reading

Step 1

Get on board

Initiate the enrollment process and book your private onboarding session with Lexia Auto Placement® assessment.

Lexia 1:1 Plan

For extra support

We’ll recommend this plan if there is catching up to do. A weekly Lexia Lesson is included.
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Step 2

Start your plan

Choose your subscription plan and get started with your weekly ‘Lexia time’

Step 3

Expert guidance, guaranteed results

We got you with weekly monitoring, timely Lexia Lessons, parent check-ins, email support and detailed monthly progress reports.

See our Lexia Basic Plan

See Lexia® Core5® in action

Videos produced by Lexia Learning for education professionals.

Lexia uses the science of reading to wire up young brains for written language processing

How it works

Lexia Core5 helped 3.7 million kids last year

Developed and refined over decades, extensively researched and proven. Here's what makes it so powerful.

Personalized learning paths

Each child starts at their just-right level, adapting instruction to target specific strengths and weaknesses.

Adaptive support and feedback

Provides in-the-moment scaffolding when a child struggles, so they learn from mistakes quickly and build confidence.

Comprehensive skill development

Systematically builds skills across six pillars of reading, and ensures every skill is fully developed before moving on.

Continuous assessment

Lexia's Assessment Without Testing® tracks progress in real time using detailed and timely data to avoid gaps.

Engaging interactive activities

Keeps children motivated and actively learning through fun activities and achievement recognition.

Tag teams with teacher

Lexia provides powerful scaffolding. But when that isn’t enough we jump in with targeted 1:1 teaching to fill the gap fast.

Tested and proven in over 20 studies

Life-changing results

In one 2023 study of K-3 students in Utah, the percentage working in or above grade level went from 46% at the start of the school year to 90% by the middle of the school year!

What Radical kids are saying

I like getting my certificates and fidgets and stickers. They are really cool. I like getting mail.

— Alex, age 8

What Radical parents are saying

 I used Lexia with my younger son, after my older daughter was diagnosed with dyslexia at the end of grade 3. I had missed some signs with her and didn’t want that to happen again. Doing screening and using Lexia with Lark ensured that if Bryson struggled he would get the immediate help he needs. That in itself is worth a lot to me. I don’t want to jump the gun and pay $800 in OG tutoring per month but I also don’t want to use the ‘wait and see’ approach.

— Hannah, Toronto

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Get started with ‘Lexia time’

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3. Watch your child thrive

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Lexia Core5 FAQs
What's the background on Lexia?

Lexia is a leading ed-tech company that creates research-proven, computer-based literacy programs for students of all abilities, from pre-kindergarten through high school. It's used in many thousands of schools to help kids become confident and successful readers.

The backstory

Lexia was founded in 1984 by Bob Lemire, a father whose son was struggling with dyslexia. Instead of relying on traditional methods, he sought a new approach and partnered with experts: Dr. Edwin Cole, a noted neurologist and head of the Reading Clinic at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Dr. Littleton Meeks, a technology expert. Together, they developed software to help with reading, initially focusing on students with dyslexia.

Their work was heavily influenced by the Orton-Gillingham (OG) approach, a highly structured, multisensory method for teaching reading that was developed in the 1930s. Lexia's innovation was to take this proven, one-on-one teaching approach and apply it to computer-based learning, making it more accessible and scalable. This groundbreaking work was even supported by a significant research grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, a renowned NIH institution.

Over time, Lexia expanded its mission beyond dyslexia to help all beginning and struggling readers. The company's focus on the "science of reading"—a body of research encompassing decades of scientific knowledge—has been a constant since its founding. Lexia's programs are built to align with this research, ensuring they are not just effective but also backed by solid educational and neurological principles.

How and why it works

Lexia's programs are built on the "science of reading," which means they use a structured, systematic approach to teach the foundational skills kids need. It helps through:

  • Personalized learning: The program adapts to each child's specific needs, creating a unique learning path that moves at their own pace. If they struggle with a concept, it provides extra practice and support. If they're excelling, it moves them ahead.
  • Assessment without testing: Lexia's technology constantly monitors each child's progress without stopping for formal tests. This provides teachers with real-time data on exactly what skills each child has mastered and where they need more help, saving valuable instructional time.
  • Systematic building of core skills: The programs focus on all the key areas of reading: phonological awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. This ensures that every child develops a strong, complete foundation for reading success.

Learn more about Lexia History or Why Lexia is such a powerful tool.
How does Lexia fit with what my child is doing in school?

Lexia is designed to supplement and reinforce the reading instruction your child gets at school, not replace it.

Lexia Core5 is built to align with educational standards set by states and provinces. This ensures that the skills your child works on in Lexia are the same ones they're learning in the classroom. This alignment helps in a few key ways:

  • Targeted Practice: Lexia's adaptive technology pinpoints a student's specific skill gaps. For example, if a child is struggling with a particular phonics rule, Lexia will provide targeted practice on that exact skill.
  • Data for Teachers: The program provides the teacher with real-time data on student progress, so they see exactly what skills a student has mastered and what they're still working on. Lexia sends out alerts to the teacher when a student needs hands-on support, which allows for timely, personalized intervention.
  • A "Blended" Approach: Lexia is not meant to be a child's entire reading curriculum. Think of it as a powerful tool for differentiated instruction, ensuring every student gets exactly the right level of support they need for success.

State/Province Alignment

To see how Lexia aligns with the specific curriculum standards in your jurisdiction, you can visit the company's dedicated web pages.
How much ‘Lexia time’ will my child need to do?

General guidelines are 60-80 minutes per week, depending on age and proficiency level. You can see their weekly target on their Lexia dashboard. Lexia time is best done in chunks, not all at once, especially for younger students.
I don't want my child having any more screen time!

We hear you! We’ve been rallying against child screen time since before the pandemic. But Lexia isn't the typical zombie-game dopamine drip of most online activities. It's hard core reading instruction with real-time customization and assessment - something classroom teachers are hard-pressed to deliver to each student in the same painstakingly thorough way. That's why it is so popular with professional educators, it's like their literacy teaching assistant watching every detail for every child while the teacher tends to more creative group activities.

Most online activities are low-value, and too much can be harmful. But some applications are powerful and valuable. Think social media vs spreadsheets. You need to pick and choose for your child.

If your SK-2 child has only one online activity, Lexia should be it. This is the program every school should be using, and one day will be, because it just makes sense.
Why is the SK to Grade 2 window so important?

It has to do with the exceptional neuroplasticity of a young brain and how quickly it starts to solidify.

The renown UCLA neuroscientist Dr. Maryanne Wolf puts it this way: “The brain's ability to wire itself for reading is most malleable in the early years, specifically from Kindergarten to second grade. Waiting until a child fails to read in third grade is like waiting for a fever to become a life-threatening illness before seeking a doctor.”

It's not that a child can't learn beond this of course, but simply that this is the easiest, most optimal path to learning written language.
Does Lexia have a ‘Scope & Sequence’?

It sure does! Download the PDF.