Testimonials
SCHOOL READINESS CLASS FEEDBACK
The program is excellent preparation for school. L__ was always keen to complete his homework and show it to the group. I found it really helped him with the formation of his letters.
The resources are great, L___especially enjoyed the beginning readers. These really helped his sight word development.
(Mother and Primary School Teacher)
This was perfect for J. It was the 'top up' she needed from preschool and I could clearly see the difference in her.
Highly recommend it!! Great Donna and team. Thank you so much.
The program was excellent. It was a great way of increasing N’s confidence and sparking his interest in learning. The classroom environment has also been an asset for promoting school etiquette skills. The best part of the program is that N always said he had fun and was always so happy and smiling when I picked him up! Thanks so much.
I just wanted to say a huge thank you for all the work that you put into the program this year. T has really enjoyed the program, and looked forward to each week. His letter recognition has increased dramatically and he is now able to tell me the name of his letters and all the sounds that they make. The resources that support the program have been fabulous. Each night he reads one of his books to me, then when we read together he is able to pick out words that he knows and recognize them. His confidence in himself has increased and he knows that he can do it. To start school next year with this confidence I think gives him such an advantage. There are so many changes that the children need to adapt to in the first year of school that to have an ‘I can’ attitude will help them immensely. Thank you for making the sessions enjoyable and fun, T is looking forward to starting ‘big school’, and I knowpart of this is due to your school readiness program.
RESOURCES FEEDBACK
The 2 new students that are in my class have had some input into beginning reading and number work. I began using the star letters last week and they just love it. The most amazing thing is 2 other students that come out in the severe range are taking a very keen interest. One of these students has got a few words and he has begun repeating words , especially alligator, diamond and star.
Thank you again. I'm just so impressed with the new ideas you come up with.
Sue (IO/IS Teacher in SSP Sydney)
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The kids love your products - the visuals for the songs are really working well.
The phonics song is just wonderful- it is paced beautifully and the clarity and brevity of the words is perfect for my kids- One of my students with Downs Syndrome has never joined in singing anything and now he will accompany the CD by himself- it is really interesting as I have tried alot of different Phonics songs with him over the 2 years I have had him.
Nola - Teacher IO class
The letter and name book has been very useful. A____has been happy to trace all the letters and his name, and it's great that it wipes clean.
These are great. I have purchased the number cards 1-10 and N____, at 3 years is able to identify numbers 1-10.
The resources are fun and engaging.
I think the resources are great!
To the brilliant lady who created ED Specially 4U
Congratulations on a fantastic program, how refreshing;not only has my sons literacy improved dramatically, but also his behaviour and maturity. I feel this is directly connected with his lift in self esteem. Having previously tried many endeavours, I searched frantically for another proposition that might offer a solution!
I feel truly blessed to have been introduced to the highly successful 'abc 4 me'. From my first impression of the resources, it was clear to me that this was a 'dynamic' approach to literacy.
Bright, colouful, appealing tasks to complete and each one included a fun aspect. My son actually looked forward to completing this work! This was an amazing transformation as in the past experiences with other options, he would cry at the sight of 'school work'!
I truly have a transformed child who 6 months ago would pretend to be sick to avoid attending school. He was teased at school and felt very alone and different!
He now loves school and he has moved up 2 reading levels. Our life is wonderful and I owe it all to you.
My son's class teacher wrote me an informal note discussing his progress after using the abc 4 me resources; 'Just a quick letter to tell you how proud I was of ________ today. His knowledge of sight words has improved tremendously . His sounding out of words was excellent. Well done __________!'
No wonder my heart swells with pride whenever the name ED Specially 4U is mentioned.
My heart felt gratitude to you.
Thank you
Leanne
(Parent)