K-2 Teachers and homeschooling parents: do you need guidance teaching the world’s hardest written code to beginning readers? 

Join us for a 3 hour in-person workshop where you'll learn the basics of teaching beginning literacy. There will be hands-on activities and lesson demonstrations, as well as a question and answer period. You'll come away inspired, and more capable of teaching vital skills and knowledge to young learners.

Sign up now through April 30 for $120. After that it’s $150. Space is limited. 

You’ll learn about:

• The nature of the English alphabet code - why it’s so hard to learn and tricky to teach

• The prevalence of bad teaching practices that lead to dyslexia - and how to avoid them

• What it means to teach in a sound-to-print orientation, and why it’s so crucially important that we do

• Child development - how children learn best, and what that means for literacy instruction

• How to keep the logic of the code clear

• The learning objectives for literacy development - grade by grade, K-2

• Scaffolding the code’s complexity for young children - how to teach the simple parts of the code first, then build as the child’s intellect grows.

• The supreme importance of phonemic awareness

• The essential sub skills for reading and writing, and how to build them with specific lessons, games, and activities

• Why early success with literacy is so important for the development of confidence

• How to create opportunities for young learners to gain success with the code

• Why confidence is so important to the development of literacy skills

• How to help dyslexic kids