Let's support children at home with SpeedieReadies
Home Learning (5-8 yrs)
As a tutor we will show you how to support your child at home with Speedie Readies. You won’t have to battle with them to learn to read and spell because it’s fun. It becomes part of their play, indoors and out, and they can learn with very little instruction. We Show the Code, so you don’t need to figure out how to explain the logic of English and they can explore the words and stories they are interested in. We make ALL words 'decodable'.
We need children to connect speech sounds and spelling as a matter of urgency as they approach the danger zone, around age eight, if we are to prevent reading and spelling difficulties. Speech sound processing is easier in the early years because of greater brain plasticity. As children grow older, they can begin to disengage and become distracted by other interests, and are very aware that this is something that is hard for them, makes them feel stupid, making intervention more difficult. And yet we can prevent this if we start to Show the Code and Check the Tech from birth!
They need this connection early, and you simply do not have the time to explain the mapping of high-frequency words in detail when they are aged 5- 8. Just Show the Code so they can pause, write the words, and say the sounds.
They also use the core word mapping activities including the Spelling Routine, and others which you will learn more about in the Spelling Corner! Better still, train as a Speedie Readies tutor to become an expert!
We will show you how to use the tech to work with books they want to read.
However, our tech is getting better and our goal is to keep creating tools that cut down on prep time and Show the Code as quickly and easily as possible.