Nina McElhone / 2023
Danielle Steendam from Literacy Advance has been working with my son who is in year 2. She has provided fantastic concrete directions to both my son and myself so that we know exactly what to do to develop the skills required! We have been working on the development of correct letter formation and the progress has been remarkable with my son now confidently forming his letters after the explicit instruction provided by Danielle.
I have been involved - observing every session and have been able to implement the home plan on the days between our weekly sessions. This involvement in the daily learning has had a really positive impact on my son and personally, it has been wonderful to know and understand the process of my son’s learning as opposed to having to guess how he is going with his learning in the school classroom.
Lauren Sawers / 2022
Danielle at Literacy Advance has been instrumental in my daughter’s progress to be able to learn to read and write. I am very grateful that we found Literacy Advance. It scares me to think where we would be now if we did not seek help! My daughter’s school informed us towards the end of her first year in prep that she is in the lower bracket for reading and writing.
It all started to make sense as we were struggling to read the readers that were sent home without frustration and angst from both myself and my daughter. It was not enjoyable. My daughter was finding the transition into school life difficult and was always upset when it was school drop off time and now it all makes sense because she was struggling silently.
Danielle is brilliant with my daughter and just knows how to engage and make learning fun for kids so that it is an enjoyable experience. I really felt helpless as the parent as there was a massive disconnect for my daughter and her ability to learn and process what is being taught in the classroom. After each session with Danielle, I felt so empowered to help my daughter and her progress has been nothing short of amazing.
We all shed a little tear when my daughter finally read on her own! The one on one sessions have been invaluable for me as the parent. I have learnt so much from Danielle specifically how to help my child learn to read and write. Having this knowledge has helped my daughter as I am able to continue the learning at home each day rather than just a weekly one on one session.
I recommend Literacy Advance to anyone who is experiencing a child that is struggling with reading and writing as Danielle is a wealth of knowledge… and a lovely person!!
