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1139 Prospect Avenue, Brooklyn

4.9 56 reviews

  • Avatar Emily Matles ★★★★★ a week ago
    We would highly recommend Ally! Our son always asks about her, so very thankful to Brooklyn Letters for introducing us.
    ~ Emily, mom of Brooklyn 2 year old
  • Avatar T Ainsley ★★★★★ 5 months ago
    I cannot express how grateful and rewarding my experience with Brooklyn Letters has been. Her tutor Ms. Daria is so knowledgeable, amazing, kind and awesome. My daughter has made so much progress in Literacy and Math and it's all … More thanks to Ms. Daria. I know my daughter is sad that she can no longer work with Ms. Daria, as she looked forward to their sessions every week. Thank you again!
  • Avatar Natalie Levon ★★★★★ 4 months ago
    Nicole has been an amazing therapist!! She played a tremendous role in our daughter’s speech progress and overall development. She has come such a long way and we are so happy with the therapy she received!
  • Avatar Colin Peters ★★★★★ 6 months ago
    We could not be happier with the services Valerie provided! She is very thoughtful and knowledgeable and provided significant guidance to support our daughter's speech development outside of our scheduled sessions. She established … More a great working relationship with her, and she will definitely be missed! Your business model is amazing and it was an absolute pleasure working with Valerie. I've referred your organization and Valerie to the Executive Director of our daughter's school and friends/colleagues who are in need of speech therapy services.
  • Avatar Lil Amatore ★★★★★ 7 months ago
    Christina was absolutely wonderful. She went out of her way to win my son over and it worked. He looked forward to her visits and his speech improved so much under her care. She was super flexible and it’s clear she truly cares. We adore … More Christina and we’re going to miss her. Almost sad he improved so much! She’s simply amazing and we can’t say enough how great she is. I would recommend her services to anyone and everyone, without hesitation. Thank you so much for connecting us with her!
  • Avatar Heather Liljengren ★★★★★ a year ago
    We cannot say enough good things about Effie, the ASL teacher, who was so engaged and effective with our 2 year old daughter from the very first session! Effie gladly included our whole family in the sessions! Her expertise and fantastic … More personality gave our daughter a way to communicate that she was so desperately seeking. The coordinators at Brooklyn Letters were so helpful and communicative…I would highly recommend their services!
  • Avatar Brigid Bower ★★★★★ 11 months ago
    Samantha Dalmas was fantastic! We saw her for a feeding therapy evaluation and while she doesn’t think my daughter needs more feeding therapy sessions at this time, but she gave me lots of tips to try. If my daughter's doctors want … More to see more progress at her next appointment, I wouldn’t hesitate to reach out to Samantha again.
  • Avatar Duygu Başaran ★★★★★ 11 months ago
    Brooklyn Letters was recommended to me through a friend's speech therapist friend in NJ. The articulation evaluation for my daughter went well. We were pleased with Kristin's services.
  • Avatar Kelley Peters-Patel ★★★★★ a year ago
    Melissa was wonderful. Our daughter warmed to her immediately and by the time she left, had already started "practicing" some of the techniques Melissa had shown her. I will not hesitate at all to reach out to Melissa again, should … More the need arise.
  • Avatar R Elmore ★★★★★ a year ago
    Aileen was INCREDIBLY helpful to us, both in assessing possible origins of my grandson's food aversions, as well as informing us of various available interventions to consider.
    I can’t thank you and Brooklyn Letters enough for connecting
    … More us with Aileen. In all our feeding therapy journey we have not gotten anything near the kind of benefit that we did from her. Her knowledge, professionalism, and responsiveness have put us on the path of progress with my grandson and has also made us feel genuinely well cared for.
  • Avatar Christine Weiher ★★★★★ 2 years ago
    We were amazed with Allison! She met my son at 2 1/2 years old, not speaking much at all, and over a computer, and she was able to develop a bond and friendship, so much so that he would look forward to his weekly computer time with Allison. … More I was not sure how the speech therapy would go- but we are so happy that we tried it out and continued. It allowed my son to gain confidence in his speech, make a new friend :), and also give him the skills and a bit of understanding of how to shape his mouth or where to place his tongue to make the proper sounds. We were extremely happy with Allison- she was fantastic to work with.
  • Avatar Andrea Saffady ★★★★★ 2 years ago
    My sessions with Karen have been extremely helpful. My speech has improved tremendously. In fact, I just finished 2 hours of conducting interviews with a consulting client via MS Teams and I have an upcoming conference call. Both my … More neurologist and neurosurgeon remarked about how good my speech is. Much of the day it is perfect, although I still have some rough spots when I get tired or speak too quickly. One of my granddaughters is a speech pathology student at Ithaca College. She sat in on 2 sessions while she was home for winter break, and she was very impressed with Karen.
  • Avatar Jacob B ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    We were delighted with Christie. First, and most importantly, our son made great strides under her guidance. So great, that we felt he no longer needed help! She was incredibly patient and kind with him and our son really responded to … More her. Christie was also great with me and my wife. She provided thorough and informative updates on our son's progress and which exercises she was using with him, so we could reinforce what she was teaching him. All in all, we had a fabulous experience with Christie and would highly recommend her.
  • Avatar Jessica C ★★★★★ a year ago
    Theo was wonderful and his work with my son has produced some progress. I am grateful for the services Theo provided.
  • Avatar Melissa Stevens ★★★★★ 2 years ago
    Highly recommend Jill. She is a total pleasure to work with. After a few months working with Jill, my son is reading above grade level and LOVES to read. Mission accomplished!
  • Avatar Demet Evren ★★★★★ 2 years ago
    Paige was great and we had been really happy with her. I would highly recommend her! I recommend Brooklyn Letters to whomever asks for a speech therapist.
  • Avatar Jeizel Rosenthal ★★★★★ 2 years ago
    Isabel was WONDERFUL and our son absolutely adored her, and he is making great progress with his reading and writing.
  • Avatar Lesley Duval ★★★★★ 3 years ago
    Theo was fantastic with our 4yo son. We were very worried that his progress would fall off when we had to switch to remote sessions, but Theo kept our son happy and engaged through the screen. Highly highly recommend!
  • Avatar Samantha Packard ★★★★★ 3 years ago
    We've been working with Theo from Brooklyn Letters for close to 4 months now and the results are apparent; our daughter has vastly improved her speech in a relatively short amount of time. We make "Theo Day" a celebration … More in our house with pancakes for breakfast, and the enthusiasm is matched in the sessions. Theo is fun, patient, professional, and caring, and he gives us the tools to take the lessons beyond the session. Thank you Theo, and Brooklyn Letters, for helping our daughter express herself.
  • Avatar Travis Ricca ★★★★★ 3 years ago
    I worked with Alina to enhance my pronunciation, tone, and pacing while communicating socially and in a work environment. She was great to work with and clear about goals and learning objectives. The improvement from day 1 has been tremendous! … More
  • Avatar Enrico Bermudez ★★★★★ 3 years ago
    Cathy has been excellent with us and our son. We will sorely miss her. He has improved significantly with Cathy’s help. Cathy was a true partner with us, especially as we pursued additional help through our son’s school system.
  • Avatar Kayne Elisabeth Wilk ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    We really loved working with Alina, she is so fantastic. Patient yet firm, and determined the best course of action very clearly and succintly for us. And it all transitioned so well to Zoom as well. I will definitely be back in touch for … More services for our other child after summer break!
  • Avatar Jen S ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    Vera was amazing! My 11 yo daughter made progress so quickly and really looked forward to her sessions. She was kept motivated and engaged.
  • Avatar susie tofte ★★★★★ 3 years ago
    The work that Allison P. did with our daughter over the years has been invaluable to us. Our daughter had such a good relationship with Allison, and it allowed them to work really well together - even remotely these past 6 months. This … More year, Allison went above and beyond by helping us throughout the neuropsych eval we did, trying to re-open our daughter's IEP at her school, and eventually landing her at our chosen school. She was in contact with our daughter's teachers, with the neuropsychologist, and made herself available as a reference to speak on behalf of our daughter's learning differences.
    Allison stopped by our house last week to give our daughter cupcakes and say goodbye, and I literally cried with appreciation for what an amazing speech therapist she has been. She has been our daughter's biggest champion. The new families that she will work with this year are lucky to have her.
  • Avatar Alicia Perez-Katz ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    Sydney was great! Our son was sad to end his sessions with her, which says a lot. We appreciated her honest assessment of his skill level, and he now has materials to self monitor and practice. Thank you!
  • Avatar Kristin Ames ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    Our experience with Theo was terrific. Theo was great with my son. He developed a positive relationship with him based on sincerity, respect, trust and a deep personal connection. In their lessons, Theo was encouraging, creative and kind. … More He helped our son understand how to differentiate the sounds he made when he spoke, and gave him great exercises to practice every week between lessons. Our son was sorry to have the lessons come to an end, but recognized that Theo had helped him as much as possible and it was time for him to stop. Theo explained to him (and us) how to keep working to get the last 5%, and encouraged him to keep working on the exercises on his own. I have recommended Theo to another parent who noticed my son's improvement and inquired for her own son.
    We are all grateful to have gotten to know Theo, and we greatly appreciate all the work he did to help our son.
  • Avatar Aisha Holder ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    "I have nothing but wonderful things to say about Michelle Macroy-Higgins. We are extremely pleased with her work with our daughter. I was so grateful for my daughter to have a speech therapist who is a researcher (specialty in late … More talkers), graduate professor and practitioner. Her expertise was clearly evident in our conversations and work with our daughter. She was very responsive to my questions and often sent articles and other materials about language development that I found helpful. Thankfully, my daughter's speech improved tremendously. Michelle developed such a warm relationship with my daughter. My daughter was always excited to see Michelle and would greet her at the door with a big hug. Lastly, I would add that Michelle always demonstrated empathy with me as a mother who was initially worried about her daughter's language development. I could go on and on about how pleased we were with Michelle's work."
  • Avatar Andrea Peartree ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    Theo is a wonderful Clinton Hill speech therapist. We were really pleased with him. Our son showed drastic improvement, not only in his speech but in his confidence.
  • Avatar mario costa ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    Alexa has been an enthusiastic, reliable, well prepared and caring teacher for our 6 year old daughter. She has been able to improve and increase our daughter's confidence lesson by lesson with patience and competence; through varied … More and productive didactic practice. Alexa has engaged our daughter in several activities that always kept her motivated and eager to learn literacy. My wife and I, both of us are educators, feel so fortunate to have had the opportunity to observe Alexa's pedagogical skills. Alexa has had a big impact on our daughter literacy growth. Thank you Brooklyn Letters!
  • Avatar Lily Alt ★★★★★ 4 years ago
    We were absolutely DELIGHTED with Marsha's services. She was wonderful. We found her to be kind, fun, engaging, very knowledgeable. She provided us with clear instructions and additional written handouts each week. She engaged our … More son with different techniques and toys, and showed us how to use her techniques when we were interacting with him. I actually just texted her on Saturday - Our son finally said "more" - one of the target words we had been working on with her. It was a total joy to hear, and I had to share it with her - she wrote back immediately to congratulate us. I am so appreciative of her expertise, and wish we could have seen her for longer. I recommended her to another family in our neighborhood who is looking for a speech therapist.

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In-Home Reading and Math Tutoring in Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood

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Private, one-to-one tutoring for Pre-K through 7th-grade students who need clearer, more individualized support with reading, spelling, writing, handwriting, or math. Our South Florida specialist brings structured literacy, Wilson and Fundations training, and multisensory math instruction directly to your home in Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, and select Broward County communities.

Specialized Tutoring Built Around How Your Child Learns

When a child is struggling, more worksheets or repeated practice may not address the underlying skill gap. Some students need reading and math taught explicitly, step by step, with visual, auditory, tactile, and movement-based supports.

Brooklyn Letters provides individualized in-home tutoring that meets your child at their current level. We identify the skills creating difficulty, teach those skills directly, and connect each lesson to classroom expectations. Sessions can focus on one area or combine reading, writing, and math according to your child’s needs.

Our tutoring may be a good fit if your child:

  • Guesses at unfamiliar words or has difficulty sounding them out
  • Reads slowly, avoids reading, or struggles to remember what was read
  • Has persistent difficulty with spelling, sentence writing, or handwriting
  • Struggles with number sense, math facts, calculations, or word problems
  • Understands concepts during instruction but cannot apply them independently
  • Becomes overwhelmed, distracted, or anxious during homework
  • Has dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, ADHD, autism, or another learning difference
  • Needs more individualized instruction than a classroom or general homework tutor can provide

Structured Dyslexia Literacy and Tutoring

Our reading instruction is explicit, systematic, cumulative, and multisensory. Instead of asking a child to memorize or guess, we teach how spoken sounds connect to letters and how words can be decoded, spelled, and understood.

Depending on your child’s age, current skills, and instructional needs, sessions may include:

  • Phonological and phonemic awareness
  • Letter-sound relationships and sound-symbol mapping
  • Blending and segmenting sounds
  • Systematic decoding and encoding
  • High-frequency and irregular word practice
  • Syllable types and syllable division
  • Spelling patterns, morphology, and word structure
  • Reading fluency, accuracy, and automaticity
  • Vocabulary, syntax, and reading comprehension

Wilson Reading System and Fundations Support

Darielle is formally trained in Wilson Reading System and Fundations approaches. Fundations-based instruction can reinforce foundational reading, spelling, and handwriting skills for younger learners. Wilson Reading System principles can support students in grade 2 and above who have persistent word-level reading and spelling difficulties, including students with dyslexia.

Instruction is selected according to the student—not simply by grade or diagnosis. A formal dyslexia diagnosis is not required to begin tutoring.

Writing, Spelling, and Dysgraphia Support

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Writing can become exhausting when a child is simultaneously managing handwriting, spelling, sentence construction, organization, and idea generation. We break the writing process into manageable parts so students can build skills without becoming overwhelmed.

Support may address:

  • Letter formation, spacing, alignment, and writing fluency
  • Pencil grip and paper positioning when appropriate
  • Spelling patterns and sound-to-symbol connections
  • Sentence expansion and sentence combining
  • Grammar, punctuation, and syntax
  • Paragraph structure and organization
  • Planning, drafting, revising, and editing
  • Reducing avoidance and building independence with written assignments

Tutoring can support students with diagnosed dysgraphia as well as children who simply find handwriting or written expression unusually difficult.

Multisensory Math and Dyscalculia Tutoring

Math intervention should build understanding—not just teach a child to copy steps. Our multisensory math tutoring moves from concrete objects to visual models and then to numbers and symbols. This helps students understand why a strategy works before they are expected to use it independently.

Depending on grade and need, instruction may include:

  • Early numeracy and foundational number sense
  • Quantity, magnitude, place value, and number relationships
  • Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division concepts
  • Math fact fluency and flexible calculation strategies
  • Visual models and manipulatives
  • Multi-step word problems and mathematical language
  • Fractions, decimals, ratios, and proportions
  • Measurement, geometry, and data concepts
  • Early pre-algebra skills
  • Organization and error-checking strategies

This individualized approach can help students with dyscalculia, math-processing difficulties, working-memory challenges, or persistent gaps in foundational math skills.

Support for ADHD, Autism, and Other Learning Differences

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Children with ADHD, autism, processing differences, or executive-function challenges may know more than they can consistently show in a busy classroom or during homework. In-home one-to-one tutoring provides a quieter environment, predictable routines, and instruction that can be adjusted in real time.

Sessions may incorporate:

  • Short, clearly defined learning tasks
  • Visual directions and worked examples
  • Repetition with purposeful variation
  • Movement and multisensory activities
  • Reduced language load when introducing a new concept
  • Organizational systems and checklists
  • Planned breaks and positive reinforcement
  • Gradual release from tutor support to independent work

Brooklyn Letters provides educational tutoring, not medical treatment or behavioral therapy. We are happy to coordinate with a child’s school team or outside providers when the family authorizes communication.

Florida FAST and School-Curriculum Support

Florida’s FAST assessments measure progress in ELA Reading and Mathematics three times during the school year and are aligned with Florida’s B.E.S.T. Standards. Tutoring can reinforce the underlying reading and math skills reflected in classroom instruction and FAST progress monitoring without turning every session into test drilling.

Support may include:

  • Reviewing schoolwork and recent assessment results
  • Identifying unfinished foundational skills
  • Teaching strategies for multi-step questions
  • Building reading stamina and comprehension
  • Strengthening mathematical reasoning and problem-solving
  • Practicing grade-appropriate question formats
  • Helping students explain their reasoning and check their work

We can align instruction with Broward County Public Schools coursework or the curriculum used by your child’s private, charter, or homeschool program. Families from schools such as Pine Crest, NSU University School, American Heritage, Bethany Christian School, and Saint Mark’s Episcopal are welcome; school affiliation is not required.

In-Home Tutoring Across Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, and Broward County

We bring specialized reading and math tutoring directly to your kitchen table or home learning space. Current in-home coverage includes:

  • Fort Lauderdale: Las Olas, Victoria Park, Coral Ridge, Rio Vista, and Colee Hammock
  • Hollywood: Hollywood Lakes, Emerald Hills, and Hollywood Beach
  • Nearby Broward communities: Plantation, Davie, and Dania Beach, subject to schedule and travel availability

Not sure whether we will travel to your neighborhood? Send us your ZIP code and cross streets, and we will confirm current in-home availability. Remote sessions may also be available when a student is traveling, mildly ill, or temporarily unable to meet in person.

Meet Your South Florida Reading and Math Specialist

Darielle | Literacy and Math Specialist

Darielle is an experienced instructional director and educational leader who has overseen curriculum, academic outcomes, and teacher development in Florida schools. After working with a full roster of Brooklyn Letters students in New York, she permanently relocated to South Florida and now provides in-home tutoring to families in Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, and nearby Broward County communities.

Darielle is formally trained in the Wilson Reading System and Fundations methodologies. Her instructional experience includes supporting students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, ADHD, autism, and other learning and processing differences.

Because she supports both literacy and math, Darielle can address one primary subject or coordinate instruction across several areas when a child’s needs overlap.

Current format: Weekly one-to-one in-home tutoring
Grades served: Pre-K through 7th grade
Service area: Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, and select Broward County communities

What Getting Started Looks Like

Fort Lauderdale Reading & Math Tutors | Brooklyn Letters
  1. Tell us what is happening

Share your child’s grade, school setting, learning concerns, location, and availability. If you have recent school reports, evaluations, IEP goals, or assessment results, you may also share them for context.

  1. Meet the specialist

We coordinate a complimentary consultation so you can discuss your priorities, ask questions, and determine whether the match feels right.

  1. Begin individualized tutoring

Your child’s first sessions help clarify current skills and immediate priorities. Instruction is then adjusted based on performance, school demands, and progress over time.

  1. Stay informed

Families receive practical feedback about skills addressed, progress observed, and appropriate ways to reinforce learning between sessions.

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. Do tutoring sessions take place in our home?

Yes. South Florida sessions are designed to be in person at your kitchen table or another appropriate home workspace. Travel is available in Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, and select nearby Broward County communities. Remote sessions may be arranged when appropriate.

  1. What ages and grades do you serve?

Our South Florida tutoring currently serves Pre-K through 7th-grade students. The specific instructional approach and materials are matched to each student’s age and skill profile.

  1. Do you provide tutoring for dyslexia?

Yes. We provide explicit, systematic, multisensory reading and spelling instruction for students with dyslexia or persistent word-reading difficulties. A formal diagnosis is not required to begin.

  1. What is the difference between Fundations and the Wilson Reading System?

Both use structured, multisensory literacy principles, but they are designed for different instructional needs. Fundations supports foundational reading, spelling, and handwriting skills, especially in the early grades. Wilson Reading System is an intensive intervention designed for students in grade 2 and above with persistent word-level reading and spelling difficulties. We determine the most appropriate approach based on the learner’s current skills.

  1. Can tutoring address dyscalculia or persistent math difficulties?

Yes. Math sessions use manipulatives, visual models, explicit language, and step-by-step instruction to build number sense and conceptual understanding. Support is available for diagnosed dyscalculia as well as unresolved math gaps without a diagnosis.

  1. Can one session include both reading and math?

Yes. Because Darielle works in both literacy and math, a session may focus on one subject, be divided between subjects, or rotate priorities from week to week. The best structure depends on the student’s goals, stamina, and school demands.

  1. Do you help students prepare for Florida FAST assessments?

Yes. Tutoring can strengthen the reading, writing, and math skills aligned with Florida’s B.E.S.T. Standards and reflected in FAST progress monitoring. Our emphasis is on durable academic skills and strategic problem-solving rather than test tricks alone.

  1. Can families use Step Up for Students, FES-UA, or PEP scholarship funds?

Eligible families may be able to use scholarship funds for qualifying part-time tutoring services. Brooklyn Letters can provide itemized invoices or receipts containing relevant service and provider information for a family’s reimbursement submission. Eligibility, documentation requirements, and approval are determined by Step Up for Students and may change by scholarship or school year. Families should confirm current requirements before beginning services; reimbursement is not guaranteed.

  1. Can you coordinate with my child’s teacher or other providers?

Yes. With written parent authorization, we can communicate with teachers, therapists, evaluators, or other members of the student’s support team to improve consistency across settings.

  1. Do you accept insurance?

Tutoring is an educational service and is generally private pay rather than insurance-based. Contact us for current rates and payment details.

Give Your Child Clearer, More Individualized Support at Home

If your child is struggling with reading, spelling, writing, handwriting, or math, the right instruction can replace confusion with a workable path forward. Tell us what your child needs and where you are located, and we will help you determine whether our in-home South Florida tutoring is a good fit.

Serving Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Plantation, Davie, Dania Beach, and select Broward County communities.

Prefer to call or email? Text or call (917) 426-8880 or email info@brooklynletters.com

You’re Not Alone  –  We’ll Guide You Through Every Step

Parents often feel unsure about whether their child’s literacy challenges are typical or indicators of deeper decoding or spelling difficulties. Our literacy specialists will walk you through the entire assessment process-from reviewing prior evaluations to creating targeted, individualized literacy goals informed by available assessment information. We make the process clear and supportive, so you know what your child needs next.

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