English learning pathways
Compare the learning need first, then the course level. If the starting point is still unclear, the free 1:1 assessment can confirm the most useful path.
• Courses for children aged 3–12
• Core programmes: Phonics, Grammar, and Public Speaking
• Reading support sits within the wider Phonics-to-reading journey
• Live teacher-guided online classes
• Assessment-led placement before a course recommendation
Step 1 · Identify the main need
Start with the skill that is currently holding your child back. You can compare levels inside that pathway next.
Children who know letters but cannot read words confidently, guess while reading, or struggle with blending.
Explore PhonicsChildren who make sentence mistakes, struggle with tenses, punctuation, articles, prepositions, or writing clear sentences.
Explore GrammarChildren who read slowly, forget words, avoid reading, or need fluency and comprehension support.
Explore Reading SupportChildren who can communicate basic ideas but need stronger organisation, storytelling, presentation structure, audience awareness, or clearer delivery.
Explore Public SpeakingStep 2 · Compare course levels
Age is a guide, not the placement rule. Open the level that looks closest to your child’s current skills to see its detailed curriculum and outcomes.
Your child learns to read naturally — not by memorizing, but by understanding sounds.
Our phonics track follows a structured synthetic phonics approach inspired by methods such as Jolly Phonics.
Best for beginners
Age: 3–5
Outcome: Learning focus: build early word-reading independence through guided phonics practice
View course detailsBest for developing readers
Age: 4–7
Outcome: Learning focus: build more accurate sentence reading through stronger decoding habits
View course detailsBest for fluent reading
Age: 6–12
Outcome: Learning focus: strengthen advanced decoding and increasingly independent reading
View course detailsReading support within the Phonics-to-reading journey
Reading is not a separate core course family at Tiny Steps. It is a holistic extension of the Phonics-to-reading journey, surfaced separately because parents often describe the concern as reading, fluency, or comprehension. If decoding is unstable, Phonics remains the starting point.
Broad reading needs
Primary Reading support pathway
Outcome: Learning focus: strengthen connected reading, meaning, and confidence across the child’s current reading gaps
Explore Reading ClassesAfter decoding is reasonably secure
Specialist reading support pathway
Outcome: Learning focus: help children whose word reading is reasonably accurate but remains slow, hesitant, or choppy
Explore Reading FluencyStructured progression from sentence basics to fluent writing and expression.
Age: 5–10
Outcome: Learning focus: build clearer, more accurate everyday sentence formation
View course detailsAge: 8–12
Outcome: Learning focus: strengthen grammar control in writing and spoken expression
View course detailsYour child learns to communicate clearly, confidently, and naturally in real-life situations.
Age: 4–7
Outcome: Learning focus: build speaking structure, clear expression, and short presentation readiness
View course detailsAge: 7–12
Outcome: Learning focus: strengthen organisation, audience awareness, reasoning, delivery, and presentation skill
View course detailsStep 3 · Confirm placement
The free demo is used as an assessment when placement is unclear. It is not a commitment to enroll.
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We understand your child’s age, school level, and the main concern you are seeing now.
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We check the relevant reading, phonics, grammar, sentence-formation, and speaking skills for that age and stage.
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We identify the most useful starting pathway and level instead of placing every child by age alone.
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Parents receive a clear next-step recommendation after the assessment.
Step 4 · Clear final questions
Use these answers after comparing the pathways and levels. If your child sits between two options, the assessment can confirm the starting point.
Comparing different providers as well as courses? Our parent guide to choosing online English classes in India explains what to look for in teaching interaction, feedback, progress evidence and fit before enrolling.
Tiny Steps has three core course families: Phonics, Grammar, and Public Speaking. Reading development is handled within the wider Phonics-to-reading journey. If decoding is unstable, the child stays in Phonics; if decoding is reasonably secure but fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, or retelling needs support, the child can be routed to focused Reading support.
If sound-letter knowledge, blending, or decoding is unstable, Phonics comes first. When decoding is reasonably secure but connected reading remains slow, hesitant, or weak in comprehension, the child can move into focused Reading support within the same broader reading-development journey. If reading is secure but sentence accuracy is the main gap, Grammar may be the better starting point.
Yes. Tiny Steps offers online public speaking and communication classes that help children organise ideas, tell stories, handle show-and-tell, build presentations, and communicate more clearly for an audience.
Yes. Some children may need a combined path, such as phonics with reading fluency or grammar with public speaking, depending on their current level and goals.
Parents can book one free 35-minute 1:1 online demo assessment class. The assessment helps identify the child’s current level and recommends the most suitable Tiny Steps course path.
Book the free 35-minute 1:1 demo assessment. We’ll check the relevant skills, confirm the most useful starting level, and explain the next learning focus.
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