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Magical
Making Reading
At Yellow Tree Reading Academy, we’re passionate about making reading magical—and we’re here to help you do the same! Whether you're a teacher, therapist, or homeschooling parent, we’re here to equip you with powerful, research-based strategies to help struggling readers thrive.
We know that reading challenges can feel overwhelming, but with the right tools, learning becomes an adventure!
Empowering All Educators & Parents
With science-based knowledge, reading tools,
games, activities, and a
Touch of Magic
Story
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Founded by Annemarie Roux, our courses and games are based on research-based remedial principles within the Science of Reading approach to reading instruction.
Annemarie is a veteran Remedial Specialist and Educational Psychologist with decades of experience and qualifications within the field of Specialised Education. She founded the Yellow Tree Learning Centre to address the needs witnessed firsthand while working in Education in South Africa for more than three decades.
She is passionate about equipping teachers to confidently support children with reading delays and language difficulties.
Annemarie Roux
Remedial Specialist, Educational Psychologist & Co-Founder
Transform Struggling Readers
into Confident Explorers of Language
At Yellow Tree Reading Academy, our mission is to provide effective strategies and resource material to support struggling readers while equipping educators, parents, and therapists with research-based, fun, and practical literacy tools.
Grounded in the Science of Reading, we nurture fluent, confident readers through a holistic and multi-sensory approach that supports the complexities of the reading process.
In the modern age where boring classroom worksheets and screen-based digital games often dominate, we champion the power of hands-on, physical manipulatives. By doing this we take learning “out of the textbooks” to bring fun and authentic reading experiences. This improves decoding skills, it activates new cognitive pathways, deepens understanding, and reinforces crucial foundational reading skills.
Through interactive, tactile learning experiences and thoughtfully designed literacy games, we ignite the magic of reading instruction—engaging the eyes, ears, hands, bodies (movement) and hearts of children as they journey into literacy.
Literacy Tree
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Empower
Growth
The Literacy Tree is no ordinary tree—it is a living map of the reading mind. Its roots reach deep into Phonological and Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Mastery, anchoring learners in the foundations of language.Our Literacy Tree does not grow in soil, but in minds nurtured by practice, patience, and play.
Flowing through the trunk of Reading Fluency and reaching the Branches of Vocabulary and Language Structures, each leaf flickers Comprehension and improved understanding.
Fun-filled Resource Materials provide an abundance of Fruit on the Literacy Tree.
As the Fruit ripen, Reading Success unfolds.
Warm sun rays ignite Reading Motivation and a love for books.
Under the nurturing guidance of a caring and dedicated teacher, holding the Key of Reading Success,
the Literacy Tree flourishes.
Creating a safe, colourful, supportive Classroom Environment, filled with new life experiences, unlock and stimulate Background Knowledge necessary for successful reading.
Reading skills are cultivated, and when they bloom, learning to read is no longer a boring experience but becomes fun, interactive, and transformational.
All our resource materials, games, and courses are based on the Science of Reading approach to reading instruction - represented by our unique Tree of Literacy.
Community
Are you a home-schooling parent or educator looking for fresh inspiration and practical support in teaching reading?
Join our Yellow Tree Community - a welcoming space where you can connect with like-minded parents and teachers. Here tips, ideas and reading successes are shared and celebrated.
Whether you’re navigating the challenges of teaching struggling readers or searching for engaging activities beyond worksheets and screens, our group offers encouragement, expert tips, and a wealth of creative resources designed to lighten your load and spark joy in your teaching journey.