A practical guide and recommended resources for teacher assistants and learning support staff on everyday reading and writing strategies that help struggling readers build up their skills and reading confidence.
Helen Walls explores her four-book writing intervention, offering practical, research-based tools to help teachers rebuild writing foundations and boost student confidence.
Discover how interest-based writing can re-engage reluctant writers in your English classroom. Inspire creativity, confidence and joy, and see your students fall in love with writing again.
Discover how the How to Teach Writing, Spelling and Grammar course helps teachers build confidence, align practice and boost student success through structured literacy.
Help your struggling readers build confidence and comprehension with Story Seekers Activity Books. These structured, dyslexia-friendly literacy resources combine phonics, oral language and comprehension activities to make reading enjoyable and effective for every learner.
Give young writers a strong start. Dr. Christine Braid breaks down sentence structures and construction, and the power of simple, complex and compound sentences taught well.
Lay strong foundations for lifelong literacy success. Explore how to build literacy-rich early learning spaces where children play, talk, read, and connect.
Explore why the revised Story Seekers Series 1 is an essential, effective reading resource for struggling readers in primary schools across Australia, and how it offers targeted support for students with diverse needs.
In her latest blog, teaching expert, Dr Helen Walls emphasizes the importance of foundational writing skills. Foundational writing skills are essential for student progress. Discover why spelling, handwriting, and sentence writing are critical and how to support struggling writers in your classroom.
Introducing How to Build Writing Success Sentence by Sentence by Dr Christine Braid. Explore structured techniques and mentor texts and get help improving student sentence writing.
Find out how Story Seekers has been expertly designed to support reluctant readers in schools. Foster a love of reading with engaging stories and fun activities.
Writing is not just a skill; it’s a way for children to make sense of their world. Learners who struggle with writing may feel disempowered,
Empower your teacher assistants with professional development courses on writing instruction. The evidence-based approaches provide a strong foundation for literacy teaching.
Dawn McMillan is an internationally recognised writer of picture books and educational texts. Her background is primary school teaching, with a special interest in writing and reading processes. She offers an insider’s guide to narrative writing.
Dr Helen Walls, The Writing Teacher, explains why we should move away from constructivism and towards explicit teaching.
Professor James Chapman reviews How to Teach Writing, Spelling and Grammar by Helen Walls with Christine Braid