As a former owner-manager of nurseries rated Outstanding by OFSTED, and later appointed by the UK government as an OFSTED Inspector, I have seen first-hand that the first few years of life are a period of extraordinary brain development. This unique experience led me to develop the concept of Birth to Four Guided Giftedness.
 

For the first time, I am sharing online what I have previously shared only in teacher training: how adults can support communication, speech, reading and spelling from birth, and even during pregnancy. I can identify children who may be at risk of reading and spelling difficulties as early as six months, but I can also recognise children with exceptional, untapped potential.

When parents understand how to Show the Code and support bidirectional word mapping from birth, children can develop confidence with speech and print in ways often assumed to be possible only much later, with some children becoming confident readers by the age of two or three. We can also overcome dyslexia risk.