Rooted in the Science of Reading. Grown with care.

Let’s buildreaders.

Let’s play.Let’s create.Let’s think.Let’s grow.

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Choose what fits your family

Three ways to grow your reader.

Practice at home

Reading Library

A clear reading path your child can use at home.

Short stage-matched lessons
Video, audio, and practice tools
Parent guidance for the next step

$37 / month

Or $197 once.

Explore the Reading Library

Learn with me each week

Live Reading Studio

A learner joining Ms. Ashley for a live online reading lesson

One weekly small-group lesson with Ms. Ashley, plus a practice path between sessions.

Weekly live teaching
Full Reading Library access
Groups from pre-reader through advanced

$149 / month

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Focused individual support

1:1 Reading Coaching

Personalized reading support for what your child is ready to learn next.

30, 45, or 60-minute sessions
Focused teaching and practice
Free 15-minute consultation

From $50 / session

Book 1:1 with Ms. Ashley

Not sure yet? Start with the free Reading Check.

A little less pressure

You do not need to become your child’s reading teacher.

You do not need five apps, a stack of worksheets, or the perfect literacy vocabulary. You need a place to begin and a next step that makes sense.

Reading practice can feel like somewhere your child wants to go.

Read. Play. Atelier. turns reading growth into a world children can see, enter, and explore. The learning is purposeful. The experience still feels like childhood.

Play. Listen, move, notice, build, and experiment.

Create. Make ideas visible through words, stories, and art.

Think. Read for meaning, questions, connections, and deeper understanding.

Grow. Build from what the brain already knows.

Explore the Reading World

What families are noticing

The right teaching changes how reading time feels.

Different readers. Different needs. One thoughtful place to begin.

“I’m doing that with her forever!”

A reader after one online session

“Ms. Ashley’s thoughtful approach has really helped my son. She really understands his learning needs and adapts to what works best for him. He looks forward to spending time with her.”

Eva S., parent

“Ashley has the ability to make learning fun and keep the student engaged. She is creative and passionate about learning, which is infectious for those she is teaching.”

Former learner’s parent

From first sounds to deeper thinking

There is a place for your reader here.

Reading does not begin or end with a grade level. The Reading Library follows what a child is actually ready to learn next.

Pre-Readers

Listening, sounds, letters, rhyme, oral language, and the building blocks that come before reading words.

Explore this stage

Beginning & Emerging

Blending, decoding, phonics patterns, heart words, accuracy, and growing fluency.

Explore this stage

Reading to Learn

Fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, longer words, and reading for meaning.

Explore this stage

Advanced Readers

Complex texts, writing, deeper thinking, organization, interpretation, and independence.

Explore this stage

Ms. Ashley, reading specialist and creator of Read. Play. Atelier.

The teacher behind Read. Play. Atelier.

Hi. I’m Ms. Ashley.

I’m a reading specialist, educator, and lifelong believer that learning should wake something up in a child. I built Read. Play. Atelier. from more than 19 years of teaching real readers, listening closely to families, and asking one question again and again: What is this child ready to learn next?

M.Ed. ReadingCertified Reading Specialist19+ years in educationReal children. Real teaching.

Meet Ms. Ashley

Start where your child is

You do not need the whole reading plan today. You just need the next step.

Take the free Reading Check, explore the Library, join a live Studio, or book individual support. There is more than one good way to grow a reader.

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