TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ
Without the tears, the pressure, the school-at-home vibes, or the sneaking feeling you are getting it all wrong.
A course built by a literacy specialist and educator with over a decade of experience, who also homeschools three boys in a child-led, play-based home.
I want to teach my child to read
$57 AUD · One-time payment · Lifetime access
“This course really helped me feel confident in my ability to support my child learning to read. It felt super low pressure and no judgement.”
β Homeschool parent
Caring deeply about your child’s literacy and knowing how to support it are two completely different things.
You are doing the read alouds. You are giving your child time, space, and an unhurried childhood. You care deeply. And yet reading still just will not click.
You have Googled it at 10pm. You have asked in the Facebook groups and come away more overwhelmed than when you started, with half the thread saying wait and trust the process, and the other half recommending programs that look nothing like your home.
The problem was never your effort or your instincts. The knowledge you actually need, which is how reading genuinely develops and how to support it in a home built on play and connection, is almost impossible to find in a form that fits your life. That is exactly what this course is here to give you.
I’ve spent over a decade as a classroom teacher and hold postgraduate qualifications in language and literacy. When I started homeschooling my own three children, I had all of that knowledge and I still had to completely rethink how to apply it, because a home is not a classroom, and what works in a Year 2 class does not automatically work at the kitchen table on a Monday morning.
So I spent years working out how to make the science of reading work in a real, child-led, low demand homeschool, testing it with my own children and with families just like yours. That is what this course gives you.
What would change if you finally knew exactly what your child needs, and how to give it to them without a single battle?
What would it feel like to close the Google tab and actually know? To stop second-guessing every decision you make about your child’s reading, and to move forward with clarity instead of quietly worrying that you’re missing something. That is what this course gives you: real, specific, evidence-based knowledge that makes you the most important resource your child has.
Teach Your Child to Read
The course that gives you the knowledge to stop second-guessing, stop searching, and start supporting your child’s reading in a way that feels as natural as everything else you already do at home.
9 expert-taught video lessons
Value: $300+ to learn privately from a qualified literacy specialist
- Exactly how reading develops so you finally understand what order to do things in and why
- Why phonemic awareness matters and how to develop it through play, conversation, and the moments you are already having with your child, long before a single letter needs to appear
- How to teach phonics in a way that fits your home and your child so that learning to read words feels like a game, not a battle
- Why the way most people teach sight words does not work and what to do instead, so your child actually remembers them and reading starts to flow
- Why rich conversations, read alouds, and real life learning are deeply important for comprehension and how to be intentional about it without adding anything to your day
- How to use simple games to give your child repeated, joyful practice with the words and patterns they are learning
- How to weave literacy into the ordinary moments of your day without a lesson plan, a schedule, or a single worksheet
- How to protect your child’s relationship with books and reading throughout the whole process, so that skill and joy for reading grow together
- How to put it all together in your own home with a clear, flexible picture of what literacy support looks like in a real, child-led day, whatever that day actually looks like for your family
Plus three bonus resources to make it even easier to put into practice
The Nestwise PA Games Bundle
Ready-to-use phonemic awareness games that fit into the life you are already living. No prep, no pressure, just play that builds the foundational skills your child needs.
The Nestwise Phonics Resource Bundle
Printable resources that complement the course content and give you something tangible to reach for in the moment, designed for homes that have no interest in worksheets.
The Nestwise Parent Guides
Clear, concise reference guides you can return to again and again as your child moves through different stages of their reading journey.
Everything You Need to Teach Your Child to Read
- The Nestwise Reading Framework (9 video lessons)
- Bonus 1: The Nestwise PA Games Bundle
- Bonus 2: The Nestwise Phonics Resource Bundle
- Bonus 3: The Nestwise Parent Guides
- Lifetime access and growing resource library
Here’s what other homeschool parents have to say
“This course really helped me feel confident in my ability to support my child learning to read. It felt super low pressure and no judgement which works perfectly for our family. I was questioning if what I was doing was right or enough for my 7 year old. I now feel confident that it is, and have gained some low demand ways to enhance our journey to reading too. It has helped with that inner confidence when outsiders question ‘why is your kid not reading yet’ and I can now know we are doing exactly the right things for us, and that it is backed by research and experience too.”
β Homeschool parent
“The Nestwise teach your child to read course is such an awesome foundation that gives you all the information you need to get your child started with reading. I love how it combines the science of reading research in a way that any parent can understand with the practical applications of how to leverage this information in your homeschool, whether you’re completely child led or more structured.”
β Homeschool parent
“What I loved about the course was that it gave me words for what we had started doing already and made me see how our mini informal chats are actually phonics and what she needs. I didn’t think to add in the letter shapes with the sounds, so I will be doing that now.”
β Homeschool parent
“Teaching not testing! I loved this phrase, it reminded me that it’s ok to answer for them, to not rush, to take the pressure off both them and I. I also loved the print outs and the real life examples given. They were really helpful to see how it would play out in real life.”
β Homeschool parent
“The whole course reassured me in how I am helping my child learn to read. He is very curious at the moment and wanting to sound out lots of words he comes across. Most helpful was how to go about the CVC words and going off his interests and play.”
β Homeschool parent
“Really very helpful in understanding how to get started on their reading journey! It helps you feel confident in teaching phonics and makes you feel at ease, that there’s no rush or one way to go about it.”
β Homeschool parent
“Parents who haven’t been trained to be teachers need to know the science bits. Without this understanding, it is difficult to work out where to start. This course is a good place to start. Amity is very lovely too, responds quickly to messages and explains things clearly.”
β Homeschool parent
Hi, I’m Amity.
I’m a qualified teacher with postgraduate qualifications in language and literacy, over a decade of classroom experience, and three boys I homeschool in a child-led, play-based home that looks nothing like a classroom.
People often ask how my older boys “taught themselves to read.” That question is the proof: my approach is so natural and joyful that from the outside it does not look like teaching, even though it always is. That is exactly what I teach in this course.
- Postgraduate qualifications in language and literacy
- 10+ years classroom teaching, prep to upper secondary
- Homeschooling three boys, child-led and play-based
- Specialist in the science of reading applied to real homeschool homes
The Happiness Guarantee
No complicated process.
I believe in what this course offers. If you work through it and it is not what you hoped for, reach out and we will sort it out together. You are always in control.
This course is for you if...
- You believe in child-led, play-based learning and want support that honours that. You are tired of advice that asks you to sit your child down, follow a script, or make your home look like a classroom.
- You want to understand how reading actually develops so you can adapt what you know to your actual child, in your actual home, at every stage of their journey.
- You want to feel genuinely confident, not just hopeful. You are ready to stop second-guessing every decision you make about your child’s reading and start moving forward with clarity.
- Your child has different needs, learns differently, or resists anything that feels like a lesson. This course was built for the kind of home where one-size programs simply do not work, and where understanding the principles matters more than following a script.
- You are watching your child start to notice print, ask about letters, or show the first signs of reading readiness and you want to meet that moment with knowledge instead of panic.
I hear these a lot...
You are probably already doing more right things than you realise.
What this course gives you is the framework to see that clearly, build on it, and know exactly what comes next, without a script, without pressure, and without any expectation that your home should look like anyone else’s. Just real, evidence-based knowledge that makes you the most important resource your child has.
Teach Your Child to Read
- The Nestwise Reading Framework (9 video lessons)
- Bonus 1: The Nestwise PA Games Bundle
- Bonus 2: The Nestwise Phonics Resource Bundle
- Bonus 3: The Nestwise Parent Guides
- Lifetime access and growing resource library
