What to expect in a session:

The first session will involve me getting to know your child and possibly completing some assessments so that I am able to track progress. Your child will receive a folder that they will need to bring each session which will contain the work they complete with me, any homework they need to complete and their practise cards.

Sessions follow a similar structure each week to make students feel comfortable and reduce anxiety. Activities are fun and engaging and are based at the level the child is working at

1. Alphabet knowledge and phonological awareness activities

   With the use of wooden alphabet letters students strengthen connection of letter names, alphabet order and develop working memory along with many other skills and concepts.

2. Reading cards and Spelling cards

   Each time a new teaching point is covered the student makes their own card and clue word and picture to help them remember the rule that has been taught. This supports their memory as it is a clue they have chosen. These are revised each week during sessions and practised each day for 5-10 minutes. Practise makes permanent connections in the brain.

3. Revision

   Revision is one of the most important aspects of the program as children need to be taught things more than once or they will forget. Children need a chance to practise and have skills reinforced in different ways that suit them. If a child is needing extra practise with a skill we may even skip learning a new teaching point that lesson and just focus on the skill they need to work on.

4. New teaching point

   When the child is ready to move ahead a new teaching point will be taught. The new teaching point is learned in a way that involves the child such as guessing a new sound by looking at pictures. If they are learning a new sound it will be explored in a multisensory way such as by writing the sound, saying the sound and creating a new card with a clue and picture to be added to their card deck.

5. Game

   The session ends with a game that provides more opportunities for students to practise the skills they have learned so far. The students absolutely love this part, especially when they win!

   Sessions are tailored to each student’s needs and the best way that they learn. Sessions are offered in groups of two as it can benefit kids to see that there are others taking part in intervention also, a little healthy competition goes a long way.