Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Low readers I am wanting to start an after school program to help struggling readers. How do you suggest to approach the instructional aspect of this program? Meaning, what skills are essential for struggling readers? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) The biggest area that I see with students that struggle with reading is phonics. Students cannot sound out words if they don't know them. I would say that a program that does focus solely on phonics but gives them a good base in the area. Then you can slowly implement reading books, articles, or magazines that the students are drawn too. Really the only way to improve reading is to read more and progressively harder material too.