Oakdale & the East Metro

Dyslexia tutoring in Oakdale, close to home for the east metro

Most reading specialists are a long drive to the west side of the Twin Cities. Our Oakdale center brings one-on-one, structured-literacy tutoring to families in Woodbury, Maplewood, North St Paul, Stillwater, and beyond.

Our Oakdale center

A specialist on your side of the metro.

You will find us at 7815 3rd Street N, Suite 103, Oakdale, minutes from Woodbury, Maplewood, and Lake Elmo, and an easy drive from Stillwater and White Bear Lake. For east-metro families, real structured-literacy help no longer means crossing the cities.

Sessions are one-on-one and by appointment, with the same tutor each week so your child builds momentum instead of starting over.

Live in Woodbury? Our center is about ten minutes away. See our Woodbury tutoring page.

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Families we serve nearby

The east metro

  • Oakdale, Woodbury, Maplewood, North St Paul, and Landfall
  • Lake Elmo, Stillwater, Bayport, Pine Springs, and Grant
  • White Bear Lake, Mahtomedi, Vadnais Heights, Hugo, and Newport
What we do

Structured literacy that finally sticks

We teach the way dyslexic brains actually learn to read, with explicit, hands-on, step-by-step instruction.

Reading & spelling

Taught with the Orton-Gillingham based Barton Reading & Spelling System. Students build words with color-coded tiles, turning the sounds and patterns of English into something they can see, hear, and move with their hands.

Math, writing & homework

Hands-on, mastery-based math with Math-U-See, plus support for dysgraphia and patient homework help that builds the study skills to work independently.

Who we help

Children with dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and ADHD, from early elementary through high school. See the signs we look for ›

How it works

Every child starts with a free consultation and an assessment, then a plan built around their specific gaps. See our approach ›

Students from every school

Reading help for east-metro students.

We work with students who attend North St Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale, Stillwater Area, Mahtomedi, White Bear Lake Area, and South Washington County schools, along with private and home-school families across the east metro.

Our tutoring does not replace what happens at school. It fills the specific reading and spelling gaps with the explicit, one-on-one instruction a busy classroom cannot give. You do not need a diagnosis or an IEP to start, and if your child has one, we build around it.

Reading · Spelling · Writing · Math

Built around your child

Every plan starts with a free consultation and an assessment, so we begin exactly where your child needs us, not with a generic curriculum.

Proof it is working

We measure reading, so you can see the growth.

A standardized assessment shows where your child starts, and we reassess along the way. You get an honest, concrete picture of progress, not just a feeling that things are better.

More ways to work with us

Also in Saint Paul, and online across Minnesota

Common questions

Oakdale tutoring, answered

Which east-metro towns do you serve from Oakdale?

Our Oakdale center at 7815 3rd Street N, Suite 103 serves Oakdale, Woodbury, Maplewood, North St Paul, Lake Elmo, Stillwater, White Bear Lake, and the surrounding east metro. Sessions are by appointment.

Is there a dyslexia specialist near Woodbury and Stillwater?

Yes. Most structured-literacy specialists sit on the west side of the Twin Cities. Our Oakdale center brings one-on-one, Orton-Gillingham based Barton tutoring to the east metro, close to Woodbury, Maplewood, and Stillwater families.

Do we need a diagnosis to start?

No. A diagnosis is never required. Every child begins with a free consultation and an assessment, then a plan built around their exact needs.

Let’s talk

Tell us what you’re seeing.

A conversation about your child and how we can help, at our Oakdale center or online. No cost, no pressure.