Literacy Builders
A fun, inclusive group program where early readers grow strong through sound, play, and connection! Pathways Literacy Builders creates foundational skills to support early readers in their journey to successful reading and writing!
Looking for a supportive space where your child can grow their early literacy skills with confidence?
You're searching for more than just a reading group — you want a program that nurtures your child’s unique learning style while building a strong foundation in literacy. Pathways Literacy Builders is designed to do just that. Through playful, engaging, and meaningful activities, children develop essential early literacy skills like sound identification and blending, syllable segmenting, rhyming, decoding, and much more — all within an environment that values and celebrates that not all children learn the same way.
Led by two Specialized Teachers, this program combines expert guidance with a creative, inclusive, and science-based approach to developing literacy foundations. If you're looking to help your child thrive in their literacy journey — while being accepted and encouraged just as they are every step of the way - Literacy Builders is the place to start!
Who should attend the Literacy Builders program?
At Pathways, we care deeply about ensuring each child’s success and safety in each group program we offer. As such, choosing the right group for your child is important. Please read through the registration criteria listed below before registering your child. If you are NOT sure if this group is a good fit for your child, contact our team at: ally@pathwayslearning.ca
Your child is a perfect fit for the Pathways Literacy Builders program if:
They are 6 - 9 years of age (or grade 1 - 3 reading level).
They like to participate in groups such as organized activities, sports, and recess.
They would benefit from support in their early reading / literacy development.
They can be safe and successful in a group setting with a 1:4 adult-to-child ratio. (e.g., they are not dysregulated when in large groups causing them to become unsafe, upset, aggressive, or disruptive). Please note that we care deeply about the safety and success of every child and so this criteria is very important to follow, as we are not able to provide 1:1 support in this program.
They are able to effectively communicate (either via speech or augmented modalities) for a variety of purposes (e.g., making requests, protesting, commenting, asking/answering questions) to ensure that they can follow along, engage in conversations and group activities, and so that our team can ensure their emotional and/or sensory needs can be met.
Please read this criteria carefully and ensure your child is the right fit for our program. We respectfully need to ensure that all participants are able to be safe and successful at the staffing ratio and benefit from the programming. We reserve the right to discontinue children from the program who do not meet the registration requirements due to safety and/or participation concerns. Children who need to be removed from the group once it has started will not be refunded for the fees paid.
What this program will build in your child:
Literacy Builders is a 6-week group program led by a TWO Specialized Teachers, and is designed to offer kids a safe and inclusive space to be themselves while also building foundational literacy skills. Core skills targeted over the 6-week program are:
Sound identification, segmentation, blending
Rhyming
Syllable segmentation
Decoding and chunking words and word parts
This group is led by neurodiversity-affirming teachers using philosophies and methods that support, understand, and accept neurodivergent children within a safe and inclusive space.
The Important Details:
How it works:
Literacy Builders involves a weekly 60-minute group session over a 6-week program.
Your child will attend our group classes on each scheduled day of the program; a caregiver does not stay with them. They, and a group of same-aged peers, will work together with our team to participate in a variety of fun and engaging activities to build foundational literacy skills.
Each class will be led and facilitated by two neurodiversity-affirming Specialized Teachers.
Investment:
The program fee for Literacy Builders is $480; this equates to a fee of $80 per class.
The Teachers running the Literacy Builders program are listed service provider on the provincial Autism Spectrum Disorder Individualized Funding registry.
Please note: The program fee is refundable, less a $75 cancellation charge, until three weeks before the program’s start date. Cancellations made within three weeks of a program’s start date WILL NOT BE REFUNDED. Missed sessions during the program are not eligible for reduced fees or refunds. Programs may be cancelled if sufficient enrollment is not achieved; refunds will be given in such a case.
SUMMER 2025
Literacy Builders Sessions
WEDNESDAYS, July 9th - August 13th, 2:30-3:30pm
THURSDAYS, July 10th - August 14th, 4:30-5:30pm
How to Register - PLEASE READ THIS FULLY:
Registration will occur online through our Jane Online Booking site. Click the REGISTER HERE button below, click on Literacy Builders, and select the SPECIFIC START DATE for the session in which you wish to register your child. If you are NEW to our clinic, and have never been to Pathways for services before, you must contact our Clinic Manager to be set up in our system for registration and online booking! Just hit the CONTACT US button in the top right corner of the page!
**IMPORTANT** You only need to select just the start date and complete the booking for your child in that single session; our team will complete your booking for the remaining 5 weeks of the program.
Once you have completed the booking you will receive an intake form via email from our booking system Jane. You will need to complete this form AND ENSURE you provide your credit card onto your Jane account. A FULL PAYMENT will be collected at the time of registration once our team receives your booking and processes the charge on your credit card. The full $480 will exist on your Jane account as a credit until the sessions are completed, then the credit will be applied $80 per class after each class is completed.
** You will NOT receive session receipts (for insurance/funding) until AFTER each session is done. Session receipts, to show therapist details and service dates, will be automatically emailed after each session. We can NOT provide service receipts in advance of the service.