What
In this interactive workshop, rising 2nd and 3rd graders will boost their foundational literacy skills in a fun group environment with games and learning activities.
All activities are designed and led by licensed/certified speech-language pathologists with in-depth knowledge of written language (literacy) development and intervention strategies.
Maria Tavani, MS, CCC-SLP, will lead this year’s workshop. She’s super jazzed about using her clinical knowledge to boost your child's reading skills!
“The bottom line goal of Word Nerds is to give each child a sense of success and confidence in their own reading skills. The kids that come to Word Nerds often have felt mostly failure and difficulty associated with reading, so it can be really refreshing and powerful to be around kids that have the same challenges that they do and to be able to build new associations of reading with fun and success!”
- Maria Tavani, MS, CCC-SLP, principal creator and lead SLP for Word Nerds 2025
Who
Kids going into 2nd or 3rd grade in Fall 2025
This workshop focuses on foundational reading and writing skills for success in the 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms.
If your kiddo is going into 2nd grade, this is their opportunity to lock in the literacy concepts they were introduced to during the school year.
If your kiddo is going into 3rd grade, that’s the big year when kids move from learning to read toward reading to learn. This is their chance to make sure they’re ready for the jump!
So, we’re talking about skills like...
Strong speech sound/letter knowledge
Knowing 200+ sight words
Reading longer words (2 syllables)
Understanding some English reading/writing patterns (like vowel teams)
When
Monday through Friday | July 7th - 11th, 2025
LUNCH BUNCH (optional informal lunch time) | 12:30pm-1:00pm
WORKSHOP | 1:00pm-3:00pm
PICK-UP/HANG OUT TIME | 3:00pm-3:15pm
How much?
$500 per participant, which includes a $50 non-refundable deposit. Five (5) total sessions. Two (2)+ hours per day.