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Available January 2023

Common Reader is happy to have you leaning on us for advice & reliable information as your kiddo learns to read.

Choose from two payment options for our First Term course & upcoming membership. Select either an annual or per term price, whichever suits you best.

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Video Course

First YeaR

Essentials Membership
$4.00
Every month
$40.00
Every year

This subscription paid member area provides parents with videos, tips, ideas & information to help better navigate the first years of primary school as their kiddo learns to read.

SPECIAL PRICE

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SPECIAL PRICE 〰️

  • Access to over 28 minutes of educationally backed, easy to digest videos. Detailed chapter summary available below.

  • C1. Home Readers 101

    C2. Reading Assessment 101

    C3. Approaching your Teacher 101

    C4. Basic Decoding Part A & Part B

    C5. Self Correcting 101:

    C6. Joy & Fun Factors

  • Details of answers to Home Reader questions commonly asked by parents in the First Year of primary school.

  • Details of what is assessed by your kiddos teacher & how they asses reading.

  • Details of how best to bring up a query or concern with your teacher so you can work together in supporting your kiddo.

  • Split into two parts, here are details of the initial skills to use alongside your kiddos as they read aloud those Home Readers. Includes phonemic awareness, blending & chunking.

  • Details of one of the most important skills a reader will need over the course of their life. Includes how to prompt your kiddo into realising when they make an error & how to fix the mistake.

  • Details on how to inject a sense of calm & enjoyment into reading so that regular practise is not only easy, but also treasured.

  • Total - 28 minutes 31 seconds

    Chapter 01 - 2:06

    Chapter 02 - 4:46

    Chapter 03 - 3:43

    Chapter 04a - 5:11

    Chapter 04b - 3:48

    Chapter 05 - 4:25

    Chapter 06 - 4:32

Coming Soon

First Year Membership

AVAILABLE MID 2023

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AVAILABLE MID 2023 〰️

    • Access to over 28 minutes of educationally backed, easy to digest videos

    • Corresponding scripts to assist with ideas of exactly what to say as you do the Home Reader

    • No fuss literacy games applicable to almost any book

    • Book lists tailored to various genres, interests & reading levels

  • Key topics covered:

    • Home Readers 101: what, where, when, who, how & why

    • Reading Assessment 101: what & how reading is assessed in the Early Years

    • Approaching your Teacher 101: tips on how to make the most of any meeting with your classroom teacher

    • Basic Decoding Part A & Part B: Covering phonemic awareness, CVC words, blending, chunking, common questions answered & common snags experienced by parents

    • Self Correcting 101: What, when & how to support one of the most important strategies of competent readers

    • Joy & Fun Factors: how to ease the burden felt by many parents as their kiddo learns to read

  • Applicable to those members who signed up for the First Year Videos only & wish to upgrade to the full access membership.

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