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Specialising in helping children who are having difficulty identifying letters and sounds, learning sight words, reading, spelling and comprehension and numeracy.

15/06/2026

I hope this video finds you where you are Mums 🤎

11/06/2026

Your brain isn’t actually wired to read.

Speaking is natural. Reading is built, block by block. And if a child is struggling, they’re almost always missing the foundational step at the very bottom: phonemic awareness.

Think of reading like a tower:

Phonemic Awareness (Hearing sounds in words)
Phonics (Connecting those sounds to letters)
Fluency (Reading smoothly)
Vocabulary (Knowing what words mean)
Comprehension (Understanding the whole story)

For years, children were taught to look at the first letter and simply "guess" the word based on pictures. For a child with dyslexia, guessing is a disaster. Honestly, it fails most kids.

When you switch to a systematic, explicit phonics approach instead, reading clicks.

Save this post for later. Next time you sit down to read with your child, watch closely and ask yourself: Which of these 5 blocks is actually missing?

09/06/2026

Let’s bust the biggest myth about dyslexia once and for all.

Dyslexia is NOT about reading or writing letters backwards.

As an educator who has worked with neurodiverse children for decades, I still hear parents and teachers say, "They can't have dyslexia, they don't write backwards."

It is a misconception that needs to stop.

The reality? Dyslexia has nothing to do with intelligence, and it certainly isn't laziness.

Dyslexic children are some of the most capable, hard-working students out there. They simply process letters and sounds differently, meaning they have to work twice as hard as their peers to decode them.

When we use explicit, targeted, and systematic instruction, these students thrive. The key is building skills sequentially, not waiting for them to "outgrow" a challenge.

We need to shift the conversation from what these children "can't" do to how we can better teach them.

Have you encountered this myth in your own school or family? Drop a comment below.

If you know an educator or parent who needs to hear this, share this video with them today.

07/06/2026

Does bedtime reading feel more like a battleground than a bonding moment?

When a child struggles with reading, they rarely just say, "This is too hard for me." Instead, you might notice subtle shifts in their behaviour, like the sudden excuses to dodge the page, or guessing words purely based on context clues.

It is incredibly common for brilliant talkers to face these hidden hurdles, leaving parents wondering why the words on the page do not match the sharp, articulate child they know. If reading time frequently ends in tears, it is not a behavioural issue. It is the exhaustion of a child working twice as hard for half the result.

If any of these resonate with your family, remember: you are not imagining it, and your child is definitely not lazy. The right framework and targeted support can completely rewrite their relationship with books.

05/06/2026

If every evening feels like a battlefield over reading, your child isn't being lazy. Their brain is simply wired to learn differently.

When a child has dyslexia, the standard way of teaching reading doesn't stick, turning homework into a stressful, exhausting experience for the whole family.

Instead of pushing harder with the same methods, try swapping out the frustration for these 4 shifts tonight:

Stop cold reading: Asking them to read aloud without looking at the text first triggers a deep fear of making mistakes. Let them read it quietly to themselves once before reading it to you.

One instruction at a time: Dyslexia directly impacts working memory. Multistep directions like "go upstairs, get your shoes, grab your bag, and brush your teeth" vanish from their mind almost immediately. Give them one single task, let them finish it, then give the next.

Use audiobooks: Audiobooks are not cheating. Their minds are hungry for advanced stories and vocabulary, even if their decoding skills are still catching up. Let them enjoy great books at their intellectual level while they build their reading foundations.

Focus on structured, explicit phonics: They do not need "more practice" reading the same way. They need the alphabetic code taught explicitly, sequentially, and one piece at a time. This is what unlocks reading and spelling.

Save this post to remind yourself of these strategies before the homework routine starts tonight.

01/06/2026

It looks like reading. They turn the pages at the exact right moment. They recite the story word for word, completely confident.

But often, they are not actually reading. They are memorising.

For many children, especially those with dyslexia, memorising the shape of a word or predicting it from pictures becomes a clever workaround. It is a brilliant coping mechanism, but it quietly hides a deeper struggle with decoding.

Why Decoding Matters
Real reading is not a game of memory or guessing. It is the specific skill of turning letters into sounds, and sounds into words. When a child learns to decode, they unlock the ability to read words they have never seen before.

Children struggling with this do not need more practice guessing. They need to be taught the code explicitly, step by step, in the exact way their brains actually learn.

The Reading Spelling Toolkit walks you through this exact process at home. You can help your child move past memorisation and build genuine, lifelong reading confidence.

26/05/2026

Dyslexia has nothing to do with intelligence.

Most dyslexic children are bright, which is exactly why it slips through. They're clever enough to compensate, so no one looks closer.

It isn't a vision problem, and it isn't something they outgrow. It's a difference in how the brain processes the sounds inside words. And because it affects around 1 in 5 people, there's a good chance you've seen it at home without having a name for it:

Words they clearly "knew" yesterday, gone today. The same word spelled three different ways in one paragraph. A real, dug-in resistance to reading aloud.

Left without the right support, that gap tends to widen year on year.

But the way reading is taught makes an enormous difference. Taught explicitly, in sequence, using structured multi-sensory methods, dyslexic children can absolutely learn to read well. It's not about working harder, it's about being taught in the way their brain actually learns.

I've spent over 30 years using these methods, and I've watched them work again and again.

If any of those signs feel a bit too familiar, it's worth getting some answers. The link in my bio takes you to my free literacy assessment.

23/05/2026

Does your child spell ‘said’ as ‘sed’?Almost every child does.

It makes sense - they sound it out (s-e-d) and write exactly what they hear. The problem is the ‘ai’ in the middle, which makes a short /e/ sound here for no good reason. It's a rule-breaker, and telling a child to just memorise it usually ends in tears (theirs or yours).

So give them a hook instead:

Small
Ants
In
Danger

First letter of each word spells S-A-I-D. Now they've got something to hang it on instead of guessing.

Try it this week and tell me if it helps.

What word does your child always struggle with? Drop it below and I'll work out a trick for it.

19/05/2026

If I could go back and raise my adult kids all over again, these are the exact early literacy skills I would never skip.

Too often, we rush straight to flashcards and memorizing the alphabet. But reading readiness actually starts with the ear, not the eye.

Here are 3 foundational habits you can start today:

1️⃣ Sing nursery rhymes: This builds rhythm, rhyme, and phonetic predictability. Try stopping right before the last word to let them finish the line!

2️⃣ Play with sounds: Ask questions like, "What sound do you hear at the start of cat?" or "What happens if we change the /c/ to a /b/?"

3️⃣ Focus on sounds, not just letters: Teach them the distinct sounds in their own name (like /t/ /o/ /m/ for Tom) before worrying about the letter names.

Save this for your next playtime, and let me know in the comments - what’s your child’s favourite nursery rhyme right now? 👇

15/05/2026

Want to set your kids up for reading success without it feeling like "work?” It’s all about the games!

From rhyming challenges to letter treasure hunts, these early skills are the building blocks of literacy.

Check out these simple, low-prep ways to boost oral language and phonics at home with your little ones.

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Redland Bay, QLD
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Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

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http://www.connectliteracyandlearningcentre.com.au/

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