Reading: The Bedrock of Learning
Reading: The Bedrock of Learning
The webinar focuses on reading and explores how parents can kickstart their child’s reading or move them up two reading levels at school.
The webinar covered the following:
- How to give your child in nursery the right foundation in learning to read
- How to teach your child the sounds of the alphabet
- Kickstart your child’s reading before starting reception
- Support your child in year 1 & 2 who is struggling to read
- Ace year 1 phonics assessment
- Hear from parents whose children have attended Ant Learning reading programmes

Lara Okpor
Lara is an Education Consultant, a Certified Reading Therapist with over seven years’ experience in Child Development and Education. Lara is also director of Ant Learning, a tailored private tuition provider of reading, maths, English, science and entrance exam prep. She specialises in working with teachers, children and parents to find innovative, exciting and sustainable ways to transform teaching and learning. Her areas of expertise include online learning, Early Years Reading Programme, designing state of the art learning experiences for children, professional training, and community building.
In the early stages of her professional career, she worked with one of UK’s top 5 retail companies as a Senior Human Resource Consultant and garnered more than 18 years’ experience in management, resourcing, business development, learning & development, training, coaching, and mentoring. Lara believes that every child can make progress with the right support, skills and environment.
- 27/02/2024
- Reading