Reserve a place on one of our popular
'Early Literacy
Development' Workshops
Vist the Read Australia™ Home Page
Learn How to Help the Highest Number of
Children Learn to Read and Spell with Confidence
- Workshops for Parents & Teachers of Young Children
( 2-8yrs )
All of the following course are
delivered by
the
Read Australia™ Director
- also known as The Child Listener™
Emma Hartnell-Baker BEd Hons. MA Special Educational Needs
Emma is the only Jolly Phonics Accredited
Jolly Phonics Trainer based within QLD
and
is a QLD registered teacher with a BEd Hons and MA in Special Educational Needs.
'How to Teach ALL Children to Read, Write and Spell with Confidence'
Instructional DVD
for sale- $79
- please
note that this is not a professionally created DVD. Due to the high number
of requests for an instructional DVD (with focus on synthetic phonics, and especially for
parents of young children) the
Read Australia™ Director has
videoed this herself,
to offer our site visitors something
before
our 'official' video is released.
A percentage of procedes will go into our free services and resources for
parents- including the Parents Aboard program. Thank you for your support.
(the date on payment buton is incorrect- pls disregard)
Jolly Phonics Training Delivered by
Jolly (Literacy) Solutions- on the Gold Coast QLD
Jolly Phonics is introduced and resources explained - also
visit this page for info
Jolly Phonics is a program where parents and teachers are able
to teach
children
synthetic phonics
explicitly - therefore ensuring that
all children
are reading and
spelling quickly and with confidence.
Everything we teach is
based on research
and clinical findings
- although Emma, your tutor,
(and the only Jolly Phonics Accredited Trainer
in QLD) has almost 20 years
of practical experience
and can give you all sorts of useful info.
She will talk through ways to quickly assess your
children so you
know in which areas they are
currently, or likely to
experience difficulties etc.
This is only a short workshop but Emma will send you away with lots of
info, and links to where find more info
eg how to make or buy resources etc
It is suitable for parents as well as teachers.
Emma emigrated from the UK where she was an Inspector of
Childcare and Early Years Education
for the
UK Government
- and
has been teaching children under 5 as well as primary aged children,
for many years
She has been
really
surprised by NAPLAN results within
QLD
-the worst state for year 3 and 5
reading scores- these results show
we
have a long way to go if we are
to
meet the needs of all children.
Sharing books etc is great- but parents need to be helping
children
more practively and effectively
- helping them to develop verbal
intelligence and especially to identify sounds in spoken words.
Parents need to be able to
help children learn the symbols that are used
to represent those sounds
and recognise them within the
environment
and use them within everyday activities.
Parents need to
understand that
reading and spelling starts from
language-so children 'hearing'
sounds in words
is where we need to start. Learning the pictures that
represent those sounds on paper
is logical to
children when done
from the 'bottom up' and Jolly Phonics
is a fun way to do this using
a multisensory approach and can be used at home to support what is happening in the classroom.
Many adults have forgotten what it's like to be a beginning reader and don't start with what children know
- for example
they may teach
them the letter names -
asking them
'what sound does this
make' etc
- which can be really confusing
to some children. Many focus on
the letter names which are far less important
than
the sounds they represent- especially for thos ehow will struggle.
This will be discussed.
Please bring 'readers' from your child's school as we will discuss
the impact these will have on
your
child's achievement and self-confidence.
Emma will talk you through why its important that children are
given readers that they can actually de-code
- as well as books they
can share with you- and will tell you
where to get them!
Parents also need to understand how important it is not to teach
children to guess or
memorise- eg
by
learning sight words- and
how to know if the children are really de-coding.
This intensive workshop includes all of the above- and more!-
and is sure you get you talking and
wanting to learn more!
Please scroll further down the page for additional dates for this
popular workshop
Jolly Phonics Training Delivered by
Jolly (Literacy) Solutions- Gold Coast QLD
*Teaching Children to Read, Write and Spell
in the Early Years
Using Jolly Phonics*
This Jolly Phonics Workshop is for Teachers
Working with
Children
aged 2 - 8 however parents
are welcome to attend.
Learn how to use a preventative approach- and help the
highest
number of children
learn to read, write and spell with
confidence
- using synthetic phonics program
'Jolly Phonics'.
Discuss how to involve parents more effectively, and
how to assess from day 1 which are the children more likely to need
extra help, and in which specific areas (eg phoneme awareness- blending, manipulating, segmenting) Find out which resources are the most helpful- especially to
the 20 - 30% of children who will struggle without direct and explicit phonics instruction.
Next Jolly Phonic workshops
Saturday August 20 2 - 4pm
$87 per participant- includes handouts- simply bring pen and paper
(and examples of 'readers' from your class/ school if possible)
Venue: Coomera Anglican College,
Days Road
Coomera Gold Coast
Please park in the Secondary School car park- as if visiting the Administrative Building
This workshop is also offered to schools and childcare centres in-house
$975 for up to 14 staff - includes handouts.
Email Emma to request a private workshop
Jolly Phonics for Parents and Child Care Staff
Next dates TBA- please email us to express an interest -
Gold Coast Queensland
Introducing your pre-school (or Prep) aged child
to the magical world of reading and spelling.
Parents will discover how easy it is to teach
children alphabet 'sounds' (pictures used to represent letters)
and how to blend and segment to develop an early
understanding of reading and spelling!
If you understand why some children fail to read quickly you can put in
place activities to prevent this- starting
as soon as they begin to speak!
Emma will teach you how to teach your child to build words (spelling)
and also break them down (reading)
alongside their individual natural
language development. This will ensure they feel happy
and confident in their ability to
read and spell even before they start school. Instilling a desire to
learn and the skills to
do their personal best is one of the main strands of our workshops and something we
encourage you to proactively develop as early as possible.
A brief overview of Jolly Phonics is given within this workshop
Scroll down for this workshop on other dates.
2.5 hrs - $65 per person
- includes refreshments and handouts
$65 per person -
Next dates TBA- please email us to express an interest
How to help your 7+ year old child at home- if not already reading
and spelling with confidence
(includes info about Jolly Phonics and other quality phonics
programs and resources)
YOU can help him or her overcome these difficulties
regardless of what is happening at school.
In just 3 hours we will show you how to make changes now, and
prevent your child being one of the 1 in 5 children within QLD
who is not reading at the expected level by the age of 10
2.5 hrs - $65 per person
- includes refreshments and handouts
Next date TBA
$65 per person - reserve your place now using Pay Now button- numbers limited
Use the Secure Pay Now button to pay- you can pay for more than 1 participant
within the same transaction- please ensure the names of participants are included,
especially
if you are paying under a different name.
(If you would prefer to pay by EFT please send payment to
Footprint Solutions BSB 064 224 Account 1001 1001 - and drop us an email to confirm)
School? Kindy? Childcare facility?
In-service training- at your facility- 4 hour workshop - $975 inc GST
- or $250 per hour for bespoke training workshops
Please email Emma and outline your training & assessment needs.
Preventing literacy difficulties is far more cost effective long term
- and fairer to our children! 
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