Support beginning readers
Grounded in Literacy Research
Tools, teaching moves, and professional learning that help educators take the next step.
Built for the realities of classroom life
Research offers direction.
Curriculum provides a foundation.
But teachers have to make the moment-to-moment decisions that bring both to life.
(That’s where The Six Shifts can help.)
The Six Shifts approach
Start with one thoughtful shift and a bit of courage.
Make sense of reading research, consider familiar practices with fresh eyes, and find meaningful opportunities to strengthen the instruction you already provide.
Connect what you’re learning to practical teaching moves, routines, and everyday decisions you can use to support your readers and writers right away.
Build shared understanding with colleagues, learn from one another, and strengthen everyday instruction through reflection, collaboration, and ongoing support.
Who we serve
Start here: free resources
Explore free articles, teaching resources, and ideas you can put to work right away.
Explore The Six Shifts
Self-paced professional learning for educators who want the research, classroom examples, and practical tools together in one place.
Explore online classes
Focused resources such as Blending Magic and Heart Word Success that solve specific instructional problems without adding unnecessary complexity.
Explore classroom tools
Two practical books that help K–5 educators examine familiar practices in light of reading science and identify concrete next steps.
Explore the books
Customized support for schools and districts that need more than another workshop, built around the priorities your team is already carrying.
Explore professional learningFor principals, coaches & district leaders
Online classes, webinars, workshops, and classroom support.
Literacy Systems Reviews, consultation, and implementation planning.
“So many practical and easy ways to change my literacy practice in my classroom.”Diana W., Grade 5 Teacher, Alberta, Canada
The books that started the conversation
Use the books as an accessible entry point into reading science, a shared text for professional learning, or the foundation for deeper work with the online classes and study guides.
Explore the booksA clearer next step
Whether you’re planning tomorrow’s lesson or supporting educators
across a district, we help you connect research with practice,
take your next step with confidence, and build from there.
