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Now the fun part 👉🏼 building confidence and falling in love with reading!
Ready To Write
A step-by-step video course that turns hesitant little hands into confident young writers.
8 weeks. 10 min per day.
A major writing transformation.
Through our fun & proven program, kids can master:
Use multi-sensory tools like play dough to strengthen tiny muscles for a proper pencil grip.
Learn how to break down any drawing, from dinosaurs to a delivery truck, into simple lines and curves.
Understand that the same "building blocks" used for drawing are the secrets to forming letters.
Confidently "stretch out" words to identify starting sounds and match them to the correct letters.
Move from single letters to planning and writing 3-4 word thoughts independently.
Learn the "House Level" framework to understand exactly where letters live on a page (no more floating letters!).
Build the emotional resilience to work through frustration and view "mistakes" as part of the creative process.
one-time payment, lifetime access
$225 $99
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Meet Miss Beth
I’m a reading specialist and early literacy educator who believes reading is a skill — not a milestone.
I’ve helped hundreds of children build the foundational skills behind reading using research-backed, structured instruction. Kindergarten Ready brings that same step-by-step framework into your home, so you can confidently teach your child the right way from the start.
FAQs
What is included in Ready To Write?
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You’ll get 10 engaging video lessons led by Miss Beth that walk your child through the physical and mental foundations of writing.
Each lesson blends creative drawing with phonetic mapping, ensuring your child is actively building "artist muscles" and literacy skills simultaneously. I
t’s a clear, step-by-step path from scribbles to storytelling.
Is this only for kids who are already writing?
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Nope! This course is designed specifically for preschoolers/kindergarteners and beginners (ages 3-6). Miss Beth meets them where they are. We focus on the pre-writing skills that make formal handwriting easy and frustration-free later on.
What do I get access to as the parent?
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You’ll get the tools to support your child's journey without the guesswork.
This includes direct links to every story read in the course.
You’ll gain the confidence to reinforce these writing habits at home using our simple, expert-backed strategies.
How long do we have access?
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You keep it all, forever! Writing is a skill that takes practice.
You can rewatch the "Silly Simon Says" game or the Dinosaur drawing lesson as many times as your child needs. Move at your own pace and revisit the lessons whenever your child needs a confidence boost.
More Resources to Explore
B the BCR podcast: Play on Words
Kindergarten Readiness: What does it mean to be “Kindergarten Ready”? In this episode, Beth walks you through everything you need to know as you prep for your child to enter Kindergarten.
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D live workshop with miss beth
Join the “start here” course for parents and teachers who want to understand the how and why about the science of reading research in elementary school.
understanding the science of reading: our strategy-backed teaching philosophy
Listen to our founder, Beth Gaskill, walk through the origin of how she began Big City Readers, including our specific approach to teaching kids how to read — utilizing a body of research called the Orton-Gillingham method (commonly called “the science of reading”). We use these methods in our core curriculum. Want to learn more? Start with our Raising Readers workshop!
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