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OVER HALF A MILLION STRUGGLING READERS HELPED WITH TOE BY TOE

Toe by Toe is a highly structured phonics-based reading manual to help anyone who finds reading difficult. It requires only 20 minutes of coaching a day and you'll see immediate improvements in your child's reading confidence. It can be used by parents or by teachers - you don't need to be a trained educator to help a child read with Toe By Toe.

Our easy to use workbook has already helped over half a million struggling readers to unlock their potential. Toe by Toe is for anyone who finds reading difficult. This includes weak readers who struggle to decode or those with dyslexia, dyslexic difficulties or ADHD. Regardless of the nature of literacy problems, everyone can be taught to read using Toe By Toe.

Since its publication in 1994, the Toe By Toe reading manual has taught over 500,000 children and adults how to overcome their reading difficulties. Don't take it from us - scroll down to read our testimonials!

Who will Toe By Toe Help TO READ?

Children with reading difficulties

Children who are behind reading age

Children on the autistic spectrum

Children with dyslexia or dyslexic difficulties

Children & adults learning English as a second language

Parents who want to give their child reading confidence

Parents who are home educating

Schools looking for a literacy intervention program

Charities that want to help poor readers

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The Toe by Toe reading manual is the foundation of our literacy programme. We also offer 2 further workbooks, designed to help children improve reading skills, fluency, comprehension and spelling following completion of the the little red Toe by Toe workbook.

See how lives have been changed by toe by toe

Read just a few of the reviews and testimonials of parents and children whose lives have been changed since starting Toe by Toe. Since its publication in 1994, the Toe By Toe reading manual has taught over 500,000 children and adults how to overcome their reading difficulties.

“Before Toe by Toe, I was living in a deep dark hole. Everyone else understood things and I didn’t. When I was given Toe by Toe, I felt a rope ladder had been thrown down to me. It didn’t have any rungs… I had to build them myself and that has taken time. Now I feel I’m near the top and I can see daylight. I feel sorry for anyone stuck at the bottom.”

Edward Charlton (aged 10), Nantwich, Cheshire

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"Toe by Toe has helped my son so much! In fact his reading level improved 2 years and 4 months (in the 6 months it took us to complete). We began seeing results after the first two weeks. I remember my son telling me "mummy, I think this is working". It takes hard work and persistence, but results were amazing!"

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“My name is Alfie. I am 10 years old and in my spare time I enjoy boxing, building with lego and reading. I am currently reading a book called Shadowhunters written by Cassandra Clare. I am writing to tell you that I have just completed Toe by Toe. It has helped me massively to read more difficult words and I am getting higher marks in my spelling test so I would like to thank you.

Letter from Alfie (aged 10), Bradford, West Yorkshire

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"Yesterday, despite not wanting to do her class reader with me, daughter managed to read 'gobbled', 'husband', 'doorstep', 'terrible' and 'watched'. None of these words were even faintly decodable to her before TBT (began in May). She successfully used the TBT syllable division technique to decode and read each of these - what a confidence boost for her!”

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Since its publication in 1994, the Toe By Toe reading manual has taught over 500,000 children and adults how to overcome their reading difficulties.

Since then, further research has resulted in two more successful manuals: Stride Ahead (helping students improve their reading fluency and comprehension) and Stareway to Spelling (teaching students to spell the 300 most used words).

Keda Cowling in school in Glasgow
"I have dedicated 45 years of my life to developing methods to help people with reading difficulties. During years of unpaid scientific research in the 1970’s, I created a teaching system that provides a progressive solution to reading problems. I call this system ‘Toe By Toe’, as the learning stages and progress are too fine to be called ‘step by step’."
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Keda Cowling, Creator of Toe By Toe & Founder of Keda Publications
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"One of the most important books I’ve ever signed. Learning to read represents a significant turning point in anyone’s life and may be the one thing that makes a difference to help people in prison turn their lives around."
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JK Rowling, inspecting the success of Toe By Toe working with dyslexic prisoners at HMP Edinburgh in 2008

Our Publications

The foundation of Toe by Toe is our three literacy courses, designed to help both children and adults improve reading skills, fluency, comprehension and spelling.
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A highly structured reading manual for teachers and parents.

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Improves reading fluency
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Learn to spell the 300
most used words.

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