Helping you help your children
Learning to read is the most important thing your child will do. It opens the door to their independence. I’m passionate about helping parents build this skill in their children and supporting them every step of the way.
Learning to read starts before you think it does!
A child can’t walk before they can stand.
Do you want to teach your child to read but don’t know where (or when) to start?
Are you trying to teach your little one letters, and while they’re remembering them fine, they’re struggling with putting them together?
Maybe you, or someone in your family has dyslexia and you’re worried that your little one will struggle as you did? (As a dyslexic myself, I fully understand the feeling!)
The truth is that reading starts before we learn letters and words. By ensuring our children have the skills for reading, we can help them overcome barriers and become confident readers for the rest of their lives (yes, even if they have dyslexia).
In my career as an early years and primary teacher, I have seen so many children who’s parents are trying their best, trying to help their children at home, practising letters over and over again and not finding their child is making much progress. Their child recognises letters (though they may confuse some occasionally), but when it comes to reading them in a book, they get frustrated and struggle to blend the letters together to make sense of the words.
Over the years, I’ve helped many parents understand their child’s barriers and find ways to overcome them, making reading easy and enjoyable again. I’ve run workshops, intervention sessions, ‘homework’ classes and parenting sessions, all aimed at teaching parents how their children are educated and giving them the skills to continue their learning at home. Now I want to give you the same thing, in the comfort of your own home, at a time that works for you.
When a child is learning to read, they need to be confident in three things:
- Identifying and using sounds.
- Joining in with songs and stories.
- Understanding stories and asking questions.
In my short course, I can help you encourage your child to develop these skills through exploration, imagination, perseverance, comprehension and most importantly PLAY!
All of these will give your child the building blocks upon which phonetical understanding and reading fluency is built. So how are we to support our children to get there?
There are many courses out there teaching children to read. But so many of them miss the most important step.
A child can’t walk before they can stand.
Learning to read needs a firm foundation too!
I can teach you how to help them develop skills that will give them that foundation, helping them to explore the world around them, comprehend how sounds fit together to make words and persevere when they get stuck, whilst fitting it into their play so that they don’t even realise they are learning!
When they are confident in their understanding of sounds, reading will be as easy as ABC!
You helped them with their first steps.
Now you can help them with their first steps towards reading.
Here's how it all breaks down:
STEP 1: Learn
Understand the 3 main areas of learning that happen before your child is ‘ready to read’ and how to support your child to develop each of them. Learn how to integrate this learning into your everyday lives, making learning fun and engaging for your child without adding hours of preparation to your timetable.
STEP 2: Comprehend
This is the fun part! Explore how to implement your child’s learning in their reading. Introduce them to books in a way that takes the pressure off both of you and encourages them naturally to join in and show off their skills.
STEP 3: Apply
Work out how to fit the learning into your (and your child’s) day in many different ways that require no more than 10 minutes of your time. Understand the different levels of reading and how to assess where your child is against these levels. Gain confidence that you know where your child is in their learning journey.
When you enrol today, you'll get...
Immediate access to my 8-week programme including:
- 1 year access to video lessons and written activities (delivered in 8 modules, one per week)
- A range of games to play with your child to make reading fun with resources you can download as many times as you want
- Access to our private facebook group for parents enrolled on this course
- A basic overview of the different phonics phases and when each child learns them
- How to ensure your child is ready to start Reception.
- The importance of Phase 1 phonics and training on how to help your child be ready to read
- Pronunciation of sounds
- How sounds combine to make words
- An understanding of how to develop your child’s comprehension of stories
- How to teach a phonics lesson
- Ideas for how to fit phonics into your day to day life
- A complete explanation of what your child should be able to do with regards to reading, at what age.
Meet your coach:
I’m Jen, a primary school teacher who specialises in Early Reading and Phonics.
I am passionate about reading and truly believe it is the gateway to all future learning. I know that enabling a child to read is the most important thing I do as a teacher and I love that moment when a child realises they ‘can’ read and suddenly goes from struggling to loving reading.
Those formative stages of reading are so important, when a child is exploring the world around them and developing skills that will set them up for the rest of their lives. I have spent years supporting children with their development and talking to parents about how to scaffold their children’s learning at home.
Over the years I have lead many parent workshops and groups focusing on teaching parents how to support their children. I love giving parents the skills they need to support their children in their learning and demystifying the methods we use in education to ensure that every child gets the best possible start.
With Before ABC I have created the course I wish I could have given to the parents in my very first class.
Ready to join?
Before ABC
Teach your child the skills they need to be a confident reader-
1 year access to my dive into the foundations of reading, teaching you the skills your child needs to become a confident reader.
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An explanation of what happens when your child first starts Reception, from a teacher's perspective.
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What phonics is, why we teach it, and what the different parts of phonics consist of.
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Developing understanding and comprehension in your child, before they can recognise letters.
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Tips on how to check your child's progress and the early signs of difficulties.
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TOTAL VALUE = £250!
Testimonials - find out what others have said!
Fancy a chat?
Every child and every family is different. I believe it’s important that I get to know you and your situation so that I know how best I can help. I LOVE talking to parents (I think you’re amazing) and I get so much joy from helping people like you understand the education system, find joy in working with their children and take the next step towards a better future for both of you. Book a free, informal call with me today to discuss your specific situation and find out what would work best for you.
Want a little taste?
Want a taste of what the games and activities in this course will be like? Sign up for 10 free reading activities that will give you and idea of what to expect, in a condensed format.
In the course you will get many more games like these, as well as video explanations of how to play them and extra resources to make them even more exciting and engaging for your child!
There are some teachers in this world who make a huge impact on a child's life. As a parent you have been a wonderful teacher. We all felt that you really knew our child's personality and were always willing to patiently explain what we could do to help them. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Kirsty S. Parent