Lesson 7, Getting Ready to Teach - Introduction and Exploring How You Learned To Read And Write (pt. 1)
Lesson 7, Getting Ready to Teach - Learning The Letters of the Alphabet and The Whole Word Method (pt. 2)
Lesson 7, Getting Ready to Teach - Balanced Literacy and Onset & Rime (pt. 3)
Lesson 7, Getting Ready to Teach - The Ladder of Reading & Writing and Getting Ready to Write (pt. 4)
Lesson 7, Getting Ready to Teach - Ready to Write and Lesson Summary (pt. 5)
Lesson 8, Language & Vocabulary and Word Meaning - Introduction, The Purpose of the Flower and Language & Vocabulary (pt. 1)
Lesson 8, Language & Vocabulary and Word Meaning - Language and Language in Relation to Reading (pt. 2)
Lesson 8, Language & Vocabulary and Word Meaning - Vocabulary and How to Teach Vocabulary (pt. 3)
Lesson 8, Language & Vocabulary and Word Meaning - Language in Relation to Writing, Word Meaning and Lesson Summary (pt. 4)
Lesson 9, Language Comprehension and Mark Making - Introduction and Language Comprehension (pt. 1)
Lesson 9, Language Comprehension and Mark Making - Background Knowledge and Vocabulary (pt. 2)
Lesson 9, Language Comprehension and Mark Making - Language Structures and Verbal Reasoning (pt. 3)
Lesson 9, Language Comprehension and Mark Making - Literacy Knowledge (pt. 4)
Lesson 9, Language Comprehension and Mark Making - Mark Making and Lesson Summary (pt. 5)
Lesson 10, Phonological/Phonemic Awareness & Letter Sound/Alphabet Knowledge - Introduction and Phonological Awareness (pt. 1)
Lesson 10, Phonological/Phonemic Awareness & Letter Sound/Alphabet Knowledge - Phonemic Awareness (pt. 2)
Lesson 10, Phonological/Phonemic Awareness & Letter Sound/Alphabet Knowledge - Letter Sound & Alphabet Knowledge and Lesson Summary (pt. 3)
Lesson 11, Phonics & Handwriting - Introduction and Getting Started (pt. 1)
Lesson 11, Phonics & Handwriting - The First Four Steps and Teaching the Speech Sound 'm' (pt. 2)
Modelled Lesson Teaching /m/ to a Parent
Lesson 11, Phonics & Handwriting - Teaching the Speech Sound 'a' (pt. 3)
Modelled Lesson Teaching /a/ to a Parent
Lesson 11, Phonics & Handwriting - Evaluation and Opportunities to Practise (pt. 4)
Lesson 11, Phonics & Handwriting - Teaching the Speech Sound 's' and Recapping the First Four Steps (pt. 5)
Modelled Lesson Teaching /s/ to a Parent
Lesson 11, Phonics & Handwriting - Saying Words when Two Letters Make a Sound and Letter Shake (pt. 6)
Lesson 11, Phonics & Handwriting - Handwriting and Lesson Summary (pt. 7)
Lesson 12, Fluency & Spelling - Introduction, Getting Started, Fluency and Developing Fluency (pt. 1)
Lesson 12, Fluency & Spelling - Progression from Word Level (pt. 2)
Lesson 12, Fluency & Spelling - Adding the Suffix s, Blending Silently and Rate (pt. 3)
Lesson 12, Fluency & Spelling - Spelling, Letter Names and Consonant Clusters (pt. 4)
Lesson 12, Fluency & Spelling - Capital Letters & Matching Lower and Uppercase Letters, Explicit Spelling Instruction, Thorny Words and Lesson Summary (pt. 5)
Lesson 13, Reading Comprehension & Grammar - Introduction and Prerequisites for Reading Comprehension (pt. 1)
Lesson 13, Reading Comprehension & Grammar - Recognising and Reading Sentences (pt. 2)
Lesson 13, Reading Comprehension & Grammar - Visual Literacy and Reading Fluency Practise (pt. 3)
Lesson 13, Reading Comprehension & Grammar - Reading Comprehension Passages, Grammar and Nouns (pt. 4)
Lesson 13, Reading Comprehension & Grammar - Recognising and Reading Sentences (pt. 5)
Lesson 13, Reading Comprehension & Grammar - Punctuation, Suffixes and Lesson Summary (pt. 6)
Copy of Lesson 14 - Assessment - Introduction and Assessment (pt. 1)
Copy of Lesson 14, Assessment - Summative Assessment (pt. 2)
Online training that provides 8 interactive recorded lessons, a parent workbook with pages that correspond to the course with prompts to support your engagement and reflection. The Rooted in Sounds reading and writing programme - which includes Language and Vocabulary, Phonics - embedded with Phonemic Awareness skills, Handwriting, Fluency, Spelling, Grammar & Reading Comprehension. There are many downloadable resources which provide the support and structure for you to deliver the lessons to your child. These include:
Lesson plans
Three progressive children’s workbooks
Flashcards for teaching
A word bank
Decodable words, phrase strips, and decodable readers
Let us train you how to teach your child to read and write effectively!
Online learning provides ease of access to the course content, making it convenient to view when you are ready. You can access the course independently when required, also enabling you to review the content as many times as you would like to, allowing you to absorb the information, at your own pace.
Whilst we have sought to make this course as interactive and engaging as possible, everyone is different. You will need to be able to work through the content independently and to work through the reflective activities sequentially to get the most out of the course. You will also need to practise the skills taught whilst working with your child to develop greater levels of confidence towards mastery.
The course is delivered online through pre-recorded videos with accompanying downloadable resources.
The target audience for this course are parents/caregivers/home schooling parents/home school organisations who want to teach their child/children to read and write effectively. The beginners course is designed for children from the ages of 2.5-6 years.
The course content is delivered in English. You will be expected to have an intermediate understanding and command of the English language to participate in the course. You also need to be able to download and print resources for the course content (laminating some resources will support their longevity).
There are no set assignments, however we do ask that you complete all of the reflective questions and activities in one lesson before starting the next lesson. Do make time between lessons to review your notes to help the learning ‘stick.’
Access is available for a year (365 days).
