Extra Services for Home Educators
Homeschooling Parents,
Are you choosing to home educate your child?
Does your child need help learning how to read and spell, but you don’t really know where to start? Do you suspect (or know) your child has dyslexia?
Do you think that you’d like to do some of the instruction with your child but not all of it?
Would you like step-by-step guidance, with a proven program, teaching reading and spelling?
If you answered ‘Yes!’ to the questions above, then keep reading to see how I can help.
LITERACY: I offer tutoring to children and parents as a team. Parents are encouraged to attend tutoring sessions with their child at least once per week either online or in person. I do all the new teaching and organise the resources. Then I provide the parent with these resources plus games and activities to do with their child throughout the week. These games reinforce the new concepts that were taught in the lesson. I also teach the parents to use multisensory techniques with their child so the new learning ‘sticks.’
I cover the technical aspects of learning to read and spell. This effectively covers half of the English curriculum. What is left, you ask? All the creative parts: listening to audio books, watching movies, plays, drama; creating their own dramatic pieces or stories if they are so inclined. If you want to document this creativity, you can record them, write for them or even use technology that can convert speech to text.
I home educate my two children. I’m registered with the Home Education Unit (HEU) in Queensland. This means I create my own, individualised home education program for my children and report yearly to the HEU. I’ve been doing this since 2013.
Parents registered with the HEU, whose children work with me, will have support to know what to write in their yearly plan for English.
SUMMARY: As a home educator myself, I can offer parents an understanding and appreciation of a home education lifestyle. This can be a relief for parents because sometimes this appreciation is hard to find when seeking professional services.
I work with all ages. I welcome children, teenagers, young adults and mature people who are eager to improve their reading and spelling skills.
If you would like to talk to me about tutoring, please use my contact form to arrange a chat on the phone. I’d love to help you reach your goals.
“As an experienced reading and spelling tutor highly versed in unschooling and dyslexia, Nicole is able to follow the lead of the child and work within their interest level.”
“Nicole has a thorough understanding of and passion for the Natural Learning approach and is open to working flexibly within its principles while also building a logically sequenced approach to learning.”
Rate and Inclusions
$95 per session. The first consultation is free.
When working with me, this is what is included in one-on-one tutoring:
An initial, informal assessment to determine where to start and what to include in your child’s individual program.
One-on-one, Structured Literacy tutoring
Sessions are 50 minutes to 1 hour
All lessons are pre-planned for your individual child
Discussion with parents at every lesson
Teaching parents multi-sensory techniques, to use with their child at home, so their child’s new learning ‘sticks.’
Extra games and activities provided for assisted homework to reinforce new learning.
Regular progress monitoring including assessment and review administered at the end of each level of the program
All homework materials
Pay for 10 lessons.
Lessons are paid in blocks of ten. These are paid for in advance. This holds your time slot for the term and enables me to plan a detailed, structured program to meet your needs. This block of 10 lessons is $950.
Yearly Program, paid monthly.
After an initial block of ten weeks, you may choose to continue committing term-by-term. Alternatively, if you choose to commit to a yearly program, payments can be divided over the year and paid each month in advance. This is known as a tuition model. This is only offered to families after at least one term of lessons.