Reading coaching thatmoves at the learner’s pace.
Boldstride is an adaptive AI tutor for learners with dyslexia and other reading disabilities. Each learner starts at the level that actually fits — not their grade — and advances through carefully graduated, multisensory phonics steps anchored in Orton-Gillingham.
Especially tuned for older students, teens, and adults who have struggled for years — and for ESL learners carrying dyslexia alongside a second language. Goals and streaks surface the next small win, so progress feels measurable and setbacks feel like detours, not verdicts.
- 8–15 min
- typical daily session
- 2 / week
- recommended cadence
- COPPA · FERPA
- aligned from day one
Lesson 04 · Multisensory
2 min ago
The sudden storm made the small boat list hard to the left.
Nice catch on storm. Say the whole sentence once more, slowly — I'll listen for the vowel.
Confidence
How it works
Three quiet steps. Not a curriculum sprint.
The goal of a Boldstride session is the same every day: meet the learner where they are, carry one small step forward, leave them a little more sure of the next word than the last one.
We start where you actually are
A short diagnostic places each learner at the level that fits their real ability — words they can sound out, not words someone picked for their grade.
Lessons are multisensory and structured
Each step is anchored in the Orton-Gillingham tradition. The learner sees the word, hears it, says it, and traces it — every sense carries part of the load.
The next lesson adapts in the same session
The tutor notices what stuck and what didn’t. Wins get reinforced; sticking points get a gentler re-teach, not a harder drill.
The approach
Confidence is just as important as decoding.
Two students with the same decoding skill can be years apart in reading growth, because the one who believes the next word is possible will start every attempt differently. Boldstride is designed around that gap — every lesson progression is gated on earned confidence, not just on accuracy.
Confidence is the lever
Honestly named: a learner who believes the next word is too hard will start every attempt already behind. Boldstride levels up only when the streak feels earned.
Decoding that compounds
Structured phonics, taught in a sequence that builds — never a quiz of disconnected rules. Each new pattern connects to the last.
Listening, not just reading
The tutor listens to the learner’s attempt, responds in plain language, and corrects gently. Mistakes are detours, not failures.
Confidence · Goal 7
+3 this week5
day streak
4 / 7
goals hit
Next
vowel diphthong
Fit for the room it lives in
Tuned for households and IEP-driven school purchases.
The same product, configured for where the learner is — and the adults around them.
A practice a parent can finally see.
- Daily 8–15 minute sessions that fit a real evening.
- A parent dashboard that says what happened — not just “they read.”
- Goals framed as wins, with the next focus in plain language.
Built for IEP cycles, not just seat-time.
- COPPA / FERPA-aligned data handling from day one.
- Progress signals in the language a case conference already speaks.
- Pricing that fits a single classroom, a grade, or a district.
Privacy posture
Designed for households and IEP-driven school purchases — the same privacy rules cover both.
COPPA- and FERPA-aligned from day one. We collect only what a lesson needs, we don’t sell learner data, and parents control the account. School deployments are scoped under the same rules — no separate shadow posture.
Questions, honest answers
The five we get most.
Don’t see yours? Write to boldstride-2@polsia.app and we’ll answer in plain language.
Bring Boldstride into the room your learner reads in.
Whether it’s a household evening, a tutor’s office, or an IEP conversation next week — write to us and we’ll figure out the right fit together.
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