Further Reading & Downloads

The First 10 Minutes: Five reset cards for the ten minutes after school

The bag hits the floor before hello does, and a wrapper or a forgotten library book becomes the biggest problem in the world. It’s rarely about the object – your child is putting down what they’ve carried all day. Five cards, one scenario and one script each, ready for that window.

The Homework Stall Decoder: What six common avoidance tactics are really about

Homework rarely gets refused outright. It gets stalled; a sudden trip to the bathroom, an urgent snack, an important story about the bus. This card decodes six of the most common stalls and gives you the one line that moves each one along.

The Cost of Holding It Together: What's really going on during a normal school day

From the first bell to the last, someone is watching; the teacher, the class, often both at once. Sitting still and being liked don’t look like work from the outside, but they’re both jobs. This explainer walks through five of them, and why the wrong cup can undo all five by 3:45pm.

A Prompt Collection - Eight Things to Say: Words to borrow when the day finally lets go

The tears arrive over something too small to explain, and you have about four seconds to say something before it gets bigger. You don’t need the right words to fix it; you need words that tell your child you’ve noticed, and are still here regardless. Eight lines, ready to borrow word for word.

Say This - The Parent Anti-Freeze: A script for when you freeze at the reading table

The book is open, your child is looking at the page, and your brain has gone quiet. You know you should say something, but the right words won’t come and the moment passes. This collection gives you the exact words for eight of those moments, so they’re ready before you need them.

The Three Questions Bookmark: Simple prompts that build reading skills at every session

Reading the words aloud is the easy part. Knowing what to say when the page turns is where it gets harder. These three questions close that gap; ask them with any book, at any age, and your child starts building meaning, reading pictures, and thinking ahead.

Literacy Activities: Eight simple ways to build your child's reading skills at home

Parents want to support their child’s reading but often don’t know where to start, and every program they try feels like another thing to manage. The truth is, you don’t need a system. You just need a few simple activities you can slot into your day, starting tonight.

The 10-Minute Reading Habit: A starter kit to help busy families

Most families don’t struggle with reading because they’re not trying hard enough. They struggle because reading hasn’t found its place in the day yet. This practical guide shows you how to build a simple 10-minute routine that fits into your family’s life, and actually sticks.

Brain Breaks: Simple, science-backed ways to help your child reset, regulate, and refocus

When your child struggles to focus, it is often a sign their brain needs a reset, not more pressure. This free guide gives you simple, science-backed brain breaks you can use at home to help your child regulate, recharge, and return to learning with more ease. Each activity is quick, practical, and designed for real family life.

Storytelling: Helping children find their voice

Some children find a blank page daunting. When asked to write, they stall, not because they lack ideas, but because getting those ideas out of their head and onto paper feels overwhelming. Simple techniques that help children organise and arrange their thinking can make a remarkable difference. 

AI and Homework: Is AI helping my child learn…or just giving them the answer?

In a world where any question can be answered in seconds, the risk isn’t that children are using AI, it’s that they can get an answer without ever having to think. These six simple prompts will help your child use AI to explore and understand, rather than simply copy and move on.

The Brain and Screen Time: Why Kids Struggle when Screen Time Ends

Screens aren’t just entertaining, they activate powerful brain systems responsible for emotion, reward, and self-control. Understanding what happens inside your child’s brain will help families support calmer transitions.

The Brain and Screen Time: Why do screens spark such big emotions?

Discover the simple brain science behind dopamine, self-regulation, and those tricky post-screen outbursts. Explore how understanding the “emotional vs thinking brain” loop can help families navigate screen time with confidence.

Building Phoneme Awareness: Know What Matters

With an understanding that research in the future may provide even more powerful pathways for reading success, this fact sheet presents guiding principles for instruction informed by what we know from research today….