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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
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 〰️
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Access to over 28 minutes of educationally backed, easy to digest videos. Detailed chapter summary available below.
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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
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Details of answers to Home Reader questions commonly asked by parents in the First Year of primary school.
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Details of what is assessed by your kiddos teacher & how they asses reading.
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Details of how best to bring up a query or concern with your teacher so you can work together in supporting your kiddo.
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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.
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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.
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Details on how to inject a sense of calm & enjoyment into reading so that regular practise is not only easy, but also treasured.
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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 〰️
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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
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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
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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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