The Milestone difference
Mastery-Spiral Hybrid
New concepts are taught to mastery, then reviewed systematically over time. Deep understanding without forgetting.
Open and go
Everything you need is on the page. You don’t have to learn a long list of phonograms and rules before you can get started. New skills are introduced gradually, as they’re needed, so you and your child can simply work through the lessons one step at a time.
Portable
Self-contained workbooks with a lay-flat spiral binding make learning portable. As one customer said, we’re “perfect for road school!”
Works for neurodivergent learners
Short, multi-sensory lessons designed to reduce friction, not add to it.
Classic wisdom, informed by evidence
Our early literacy lessons are based on the centuries-old syllable method, with pacing and sequencing adapted in line with modern cognitive load theory.
Clean layout, no distractions
The focus stays on the learning, not on extraneous decorations.
It’s very gentle and makes logical sense. It has an easy flow, it’s easy to read, and has clear directions for both the teacher and student. I also think you have chosen quality literature. I would have been happy to use this if it was around when my children were younger.
Cassie — Homeschool Parent
The story
When it came time for my eldest to learn to read, I thought I was prepared. I’d done teacher training, researched “the best” methods and was sure that an Orton-Gillingham approach was the gold standard.
My eldest took to learning the seemingly endless phonograms quite well and quickly became an excellent speller and even writer. But he couldn’t read. In fact, he could write beautiful, complex sentences that he couldn’t read back to me a few moments later.
What my son needed was decoding fluency. He could identify the individual sounds, but he was unable to blend them together quickly enough to read words in real time. I did more research into historical methods for teaching reading and discovered the syllable approach, which had been used extensively across Europe and the US for centuries. I tried it with my son, and he started experiencing success. By the time he was seven and a half, he was reading my old encyclopedias on his own.
With my focus on tutoring and developing Milestone Maths for much of his early school years, my youngest fell a little “behind” on the reading front. As soon as I realised this, I pulled out the old syllable tables again. It occurred to me that other families could benefit from this matter-of-fact, straightforward approach. So I basically wrote down what I did with my sons, and Milestone English was born.
Once the early literacy curriculum is complete, Milestone English will grow to include the eclectic methods I used to teach my boys excellent written and oral communication skills.
Take a look at our samples and see if Milestone English could work for your family.
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Samples
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