Play on Words | literacy services

Play on Words offers services to those who:

  • find learning to read, write, and/or spell challenging

  • seek literacy intervention before an educational psychology assessment

  • require intervention after a diagnosis – or have a family history of – specific learning disability, dyslexia, and/or dysgraphia

  • have had time away from school and want to strengthen their literacy skills

  • are homeschooled and looking for explicit literacy instruction.

Play on Words provides:

  • scientifically-backed practices

  • explicit and structured learning

  • 1:1 intervention in a private setting

  • multi-sensory learning

  • a neurodiverse affirming environment

  • growth mindset practices

  • progress monitoring and reporting.

Who is Play on Words?

Kate Tyson | educator + consultant

BEd (Prim) | BA (BehavSci) | HonsBEd

Kate is a qualified and registered teacher, with experience in both public and private education in Tasmania and Victoria. She has worked as a classroom teacher, team leader, leading teacher, and learning enrichment teacher of reading intervention.

Kate has educated and supported children with varied and complex learning needs. She has a particular interest in the development of literacy skills and enjoys supporting people in making sense of reading, writing and spelling.

Our approach to learning…

Play on Words’ approach to teaching reading, writing, and spelling, is explicit, structured, and multi-sensory. Practices are backed by current scientific research.

We draw on the Orton Gillingham approach and LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) and include the literacy skills of oral language, phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and reading comprehension to develop skilled readers. Our services may integrate cued articulation, explicit handwriting formation instruction, and explicit and structured writing instruction.

Sessions are client-centred, with a gradual release structure of ‘I do, We do, You do’ to develop client skills and abilities while meeting each person where they are developmentally. Play on Words’ approach is holistic and offers a neurodiverse-affirming environment.

To organise an initial meeting or for more information, contact us.