For parents of 3β6 year olds
Is my child
ready for school?
You've read the posts. You've bought the flashcards. You still don't know.
Rod has watched 35 years of first days, and the children who settle aren't the ones who can read. They're the ones who can manage a wobble, open a lunchbox and say βcan I play?β
We'll show you how to grow those skills at home, through play in a few minutes a day.
How much help do you want?
Three ways in
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Find out tonight
The free one-page checklist: nine things that matter before school. Ten minutes, and you'll know where your child is strong and where to put your energy.
Download free02
Get a plan this month
One hour live with Rod on this month's big topic, your questions answered, six games to start this week. Next: Ready for Big School, Tuesday 24 November. A$7.99, replay included.
Save my spot for A$7.9903
Stop winging it for a year
The Happy Preschooler Club: every month, a new topic, a live Q&A about your child, and printable games. Tantrums in December, the first weeks of school in January, friendships in February. A$99 a year or A$9.99 a month.
See inside the ClubWhat actually matters
Happy first. Then ready.
Schools teach reading and counting, and they're good at it. What they can't do in term one is teach a child to cope with disappointment, make a friend or try again when it's hard. Those are grown at home, and they're grown through play.
Curiosity
Asking why, having a go, trying again
Empathy
Noticing how others feel, and caring
Gratitude
Noticing the good, and saying so
Self-regulation
Big feelings, calmer bodies, coping with “no”
Agency
“I can do it myself”: choices, chores, confidence
Play
How all of it is learned, at home, in minutes a day
Who's telling you this
Hi, we're Rod & Mel
Rod Soper has spent 35 years asking one question: what helps children flourish? He's been a teacher, head of primary years and assistant principal, and co-founded a play-based preschool. He trains the people who teach preschoolers. Now he's telling parents what he tells them.
Mel Browne is an ex-accountant, ex-financial advisor and now financial educator and five-time author who has helped tens of thousands of families. She's the one making sure this costs less than a coffee a week.
More about Rod & Mel
Tuesday 24 November · 7:30pm AEDT
Do it before the first day, not after
Thirty-five years of first days say the same thing: the parents who felt calm were the ones who knew what mattered. One hour, A$7.99, replay included.
Can't make it live? Watch the replay at 10pm like everyone else.
