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Noticed gaps in your child’s learning since homeschooling? We offer a solution.

We hear it all the time — education is the key to success, so what options are there when your child struggles to learn to read and spell? Homeschooling may have revealed gaps in your child's learning during this education disruption.

The Problem: Gaps

More often than not, the problem doesn’t actually lie with your child. Most reading...

Literacy for Boys: NEW topics to engage your kids in literacy!

The internet is the defining technology for literacy and learning in the 21st century. Approximately 4.5 billion individuals use the Internet (Internet World Stats, 2020). Never in the history of civilisation have we seen a new technology adopted by so many, in so many different countries...

The School of Mum and Dad due to Coronovirus

By this Friday all schools in Australia will have closed their doors, and there's no timetable for when they might re-open.

Working parents, who may need to work and juggle childcare, will have to fill the gap. While no-one expects them to replicate school, there is plenty of online help to avoid boredom.

Will schools provide the resources?

If your school already p...

Parent Checklist: How to support student learning at home

As schools clamber to prepare for remote learning, many parents are fearful that there will be gaps in their children's education. Try not to let this disruption cause stress in your household. We have asked teachers for some tips and also parents who are pros at home schooling. Here are some simple strategies for coping with this change, to make sure that learning continues effectively.<...

Easy Tips and Tricks for Homeschooling due to Corona Virus

Parents, if you're feeling anxious and overwhelmed at the thought of homeschooling your kids, know that you're not alone! Here are some simple tips and excellent options for keeping continuity in your child's learning. There are also some free resources for activities that kids will love.

1) Don't panic

Our kids and teens need to see that we are coping well and showing r...

An effective, engaging online program that improves literacy

Literacy is at the centre of your child's development

Literacy should be engaging for kids, not a chore. Frustrated and disheartened at the number of boys who were achieving poorly and disengaged with literacy, we developed a program that is tailored specifically to boys, their interests and how they learn. Quality content is essential, which is ...

How to encourage and motivate a middle primary reader

By the age of 8, most kids are able to read fluently on their own. This can be when the next level can be exciting (Yay, they are independent readers!) or worrying (without assigned, nightly readers many boys drift away from reading). Left to their own devices, we hope that boys will want to read. We all know the research: reading builds vocabulary, improves reading co...

Is it ever too late? My older child still isn’t reading books!

One of the most surprising things that you might hear from successful writers is, "I don't remember reading much as a kid". These comments are reassuring for parents of older kids and teens who don't seem to take any interest in books.

Let's look at Matt de la Pena, an American writer of children's books who specialises in books for young adults. He was the winner...

Literacy For Boys Scores 100%

We are so excited to have every one of our school subscribers back on board for 2020! Surely there is no better testimonial than a 100% retention rate!

"In all my years of teaching, this is the first-time boys have willingly used an English programme. I am getting great feedback from the boys, which I have not experienced using other platforms." (T Hi...

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Literacy Toolkit 2020: Some fresh ideas to inspire your students to read

What if every one of your students loved reading? It is a teacher’s most common worry: How do I inspire my students to read often and read well?

"The path of a reader is not a runway but more a hack through a forest, with individual twists and turns, entanglements and moments of surprise." (John Holden, literacy author, 2004)

As a teacher and tutor with 20+ ...

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