Give the gift of confidence
and set your
child up for successful,
life long learning!
Cleverly designed for busy parents, our educational products combine play-based and explicit literacy education to foster knowledge, confidence, and excitement around learning.
By investing in your child's early education today, you're laying a foundation that can foster confidence and success throughout their educational journey.
After all, I don't want your child to just begin school, I want them to Begin Brilliantly!
Hello,
I'm Miss Jo
I am passionate in helping children develop a love for learning, and that learning starts as early as pre-school.
With over 30 years of hands-on experience in education and my undergraduate in Primary Teaching followed by a Master of Education, specialising in Literacy, I knew I had found my calling.
Teaching in a Victorian School and running tutoring centres has given me the knowledge and commitment to create programs driven by the overwhleming need to see every child reach their full potential, but more importantly, see themselves as a confident little learner!
"Achieve your dreams for your child and give them the best head start to their school life".
Miss Jo's free resources to get you started!
School
Readiness Checklist
A comprehensive school readiness checklist covering
literacy and numeracy academia,
fine and gross motor skills,
personal and interpersonal skills.
This checklist will identify areas for development and assist with creating a supportive plan for your
child's school readiness.
Reducing stress and anxiety around
those beginning stages of learning
phonics for reading, for both you
and your child is essential.
Give them the headstart that they deserve!
Alphabet
Point & Say
This is no ordinary alphabet activity!
A crucial role in the foundation of reading success is the ability to attach a sound (phoneme) to a written letter (grapheme) also known as the alphabetic principal. My exclusive alphabet point and say charts are one of the most valued parenting tool in our school readiness suite. Reducing stress and anxiety around those beginning stages of learning phonics for reading, for both you and your child is essential.
Let's stop the confusion around the alphabet song and singing
'el-em-en-oh-pee'!
Read, Play, Learn
30 home activities
A set of easy-to-implement activities you can do with your child, at home. All designed to develop some of the many literacy tasks your child will need as they transition to school.
By spending just a few minutes each day, you'll feel more prepared and confident, and your child will be ready to start school with confidence and excitement!
Well balanced activities developing essential literacy skills, combined with important fine and gross motor skills, and of course, personal and interpersonal skills.
Start your child's learning journey today!
5 Simple Steps
to
Reading Success
Designed specifically for children embarking on their school journey or those encountering challenges in the reading process, this resource seamlessly integrates play-based learning with explicit literacy instruction.
By dedicating just 10 minutes a day, you can enhance your child's literacy skills through our comprehensive program, featuring
over 45 pages of carefully crafted content. Our innovative five-step process guides you through:
✔ Learning Sounds
✔ Connecting Written Letters to Sounds
✔ Understanding the Importance of High-Frequency Words
✔ Blending Sounds Together
✔ Choosing the Right Books
Each step is thoroughly explained and accompanied by engaging activities, helpful Q&A sections, and strategies to navigate common challenges. This resource is designed to enrich your daily routine while fostering a love for reading in your child.
Alliteration Handwriting &
Arts 'n' Crafts
Ideal for children beginning to develop their fine motor skills and attaching sounds to a written letter, also known as the alphabetic principal.
An ideal resource to support the 5 simples steps to reading success.
Over 50 pages
Our innovative activity book designed specifically for children aged 3-5 years. Featuring large, engaging images, this book not only encourages artistic expression through coloring but also serves as an excellent platform for various creative activities such as paper scrunching and sticker placement.
These activities are specifically crafted to enhance
✔fine motor skills
✔improve hand-eye coordination
✔ fostering creativity and imagination
✔and the alphabetic principal
✔cognitive growth
all essential components of early childhood development.
Sounds
and
Spelling Success
This resource is ideal for children who are advancing their reading skills and are beginning to blend sounds successfully.
It is also well-suited for students who have started school and need additional practice for consolidation.
Featuring over 60 pages,
each page includes:
✔ Upper and lowercase writing practice
✔ Four CVC words
✔ Two additional challenge words for advanced learners
✔Cut, paste, and match activities
✔ Tracing exercises for word recognition
This resource serves as the next step in the reading process, complementing the foundational five steps to reading success. It provides engaging activities designed to reinforce and enhance literacy skills in a fun and interactive way. By integrating these components, the resource not only supports literacy development but also fosters a love for reading in young learners
⏩ ⏩Any purchase includes instant access to Miss Jo and her team
via email, to ask any education related questions, offer support and reassurance.
Continue your child's learning journey
Sounds and Spelling Success
Stage 2
Suitable for children confident with reading, writing and spelling 3 letter words and are reading for the challenge of 4 letter words and a well rounded set of literacy skills.
We will walk you through the learning intention of each activity
✔ spelling
(10 most common digraphs)
✔ reading
✔ comprehension
✔ grammar punctuation
✔ word bank sentence writing
✔ re-tell using sequence order words
✔ student self-reflection
👉 Over 60 pages of activities
👉 Create a strong foundation of all round literacy skills
5 Simple Steps to Writing Success
Ideal for children in second to sixth grade who have started their writing experiences at school and would like to increase the engagement of the reader through their writing.
An easy to use approach for students to develop their writing skills through
✔ starting with a BANG!
✔ how to use vibrant verbs
✔ the art of short and long sentences
✔ what is show, don't tell?
✔ Adding 'a positives' to sentences
These writing strategies can be adapted for many different writing genres, perfect to upskill the most basic of written text, making writing interesting and exciting.
Included are 15 PDF excercises for practise with answer sheets to demonstrate effectiveness.
5 Simple Steps to Comprehension
Success
Perfect for children as they begin their reading journey through to upper primary years, including exam preparation. Reading comprehension is essential in any learning process.
The 5 steps guides students through a successful comprehension process of
✔ word meanings within context
✔ key words and how to summarise
✔ depth of understanding
✔ identifying key words in questions
✔ what are misleading answers
These reading comprehension strategies can be used for any writing genre including narrative, persuasive, informative and even poetry!
Included in this pack are the 5 steps to reading comprehension, together with an easy to use template and 12 reading passages (various levels) with comprehension questions to practise.
Kind words from parents
My son absolutely loves the lunchbox notes I do for him. I used to have to google or think of something to write, but these cardshave made it so easy. I have downloaded and cut all of them. They sit in my kitchen drawer and once I have packed his lunch, I just pop one in. We always chat about his 'special note' when i collect him from school. It's a great way to show him that I am thinking of him and believing in him.
- Janey Z
This program was so easy to use. My son loved every activity. He would ask every morning 'When are we seeing Miss Jo?'.
- F McGowen
"We as parents feel it is a fantastic investment in our child's learning journey, ensuring that he will have a strong foundation for future academic success."
- I Khan
"My daughter's school report has improved dramatically in 6 months."
- S Rocco