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Phonics, word recognition and early literacy training and resources for teachers, teacher aides and whānau.

At Yolanda Soryl Literacy, we believe in giving every child an opportunity to learn and experience the joy of reading. The training and resources we provide include the fundamental components of The Science of Reading: phonemic awareness, oral language, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. All as part of an integrated approach to learning literacy in a structured literacy programme.

We acknowledge that children learn to read in varying ways, requiring their teachers to draw on a broad tool kit of methods to teach them.

Since 2002, Yolanda Soryl and her team have empowered over 25,000 educators with the knowledge, tools and confidence to provide children with the phonics, word recognition and early literacy skills they need.

Structured literacy designed for the New Zealand classroom.

Phonics, word recognition and early literacy training and resources for schools and whānau.

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Practical, evidence-based teaching, tested in the classroom and at home.

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“So much success with my students running your programmes."

“Yolanda is the real deal. You can tell she is still a practicing teacher."

“The guided readers really motivated my students.”

“Most worthwhile seminar I have done in all my teaching years.”

“A game changer for my students.”

"Best and easiest NZ phonics programme."

Upcoming live webinars and in-person courses

“So much success with my students running your programmes."

“Yolanda is the real deal. You can tell she is still a practicing teacher."

“The guided readers really motivated my students.”

“Most worthwhile seminar I have done in all my teaching years.”

“A game changer for my students.”

"Best and easiest NZ phonics programme."

"Teaching children to read and write opens doors for them. It did for me."

— Yolanda

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Yolanda Soryl Literacy5 months ago

Last week I ran an adapted Primary Phonics training for Waitaha School. Specialist schools are required to teach Structured Literacy too, but I was told finding an SL provider to meet the needs of their learners had been problematic. They asked if I would be up for collaborating to create an adapted course that was relevant to their learners.

The answer was yes! I worked with dedicated teachers Kirsty and Rachel who taught me a lot about the needs of their learners and the ways specialist teachers engage their tamariki in literacy. And after months of working together on this project, last week we ran the adapted course at Waitaha which I co-presented with Kirsty. It was so nice to hear the feedback from the staff on how happy they were to get SL training that was relevant to and aimed at their learners, and not the mainstream.

Thanks to Kirsty and Rachel and the awesome team at Waitaha.