Parent Training Zone
How to Save Time
As a parent, your role in helping your child learn to read is going to be crucial. Your child needs 10-15 minutes of practice each day and the school team cannot provide that. It adds up to 5 hours per day for a class of 30 children!
You may feel untrained to teach reading, but in less than an hour we can give you the training you need. Then the process can become fun and easy for both you and your child.
I know life is busy, but please, please try to take a break and watch the videos below. They will save you time and frustration over the coming months.
Anchors Away: An Introduction to Phonics
Phonics Jargon
Phonics is full of terminology which can seem confusing at first but is really straightforward once you get your head around it!
You may start to hear this terminology being used by your child’s school or cropping up in our other training videos. We recommend you take a quick look through our Phonics Jargon videos to become familiar with these terms.
The Top 5 Tips to See Your Child Fly with Phonics
Blast the Blending!
Phoneme Voicing and Actions
Learn how to voice the different sounds correctly. This will make the skill of blending so much easier for your child. You can also learn the corresponding actions for each pictophone to help prompt your child with a visual clue to the sound!
Meltdown Mayhem!
Why some children have meltdowns over home reading practice and how to avoid it!
A Guide to Reading a Decodable Book with Your Child
Eye Tracking Exercise
Segment-Reblend Technique
App Tutorials
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