Tina Cowley Reading Centre Stellenbosch

A Learning problem is a Reading problem!
Reading is and will always be a child's biggest school activity.
Reading forma the basis of learning and academic success. Unfortunately a great number of learners struggle with underachievement in reading due to the lack of phonics and comprehension skills, or because of possible learning difficulties. Learners how struggle with reading skills, unfortunately not only fall behind academically, but also suffer from low self-esteem, feeling like a failure, as well as experiencing high levels of stress and anxiety at not being able to successfully complete classroom tasks.

A struggling reader is a child who:
- experience stress and anxiety when having to complete tasks.
- still relies on sounding/spelling words before being able to read it.
- has a slow, strenuous reading speed, pausing often.
- cannot remember what he/she has just read.
- cannot spell.
- does not enjoy reading.
- has an untidy handwriting.
- has problems distinguish foreground from background.
- has problems with laterality.
- has excellent mathematical skills.
- switch word around in the spoken language.
- struggles academically.

The Tina Cowley Reading Centre Stellenbosch offers learners with reading problems the necessary support and skills training to overcome their reading problems and become confidant, successful learners! We go back to the basics of reading to form an new and better foundation for reading.

Our motto is: READERS ARE ACHIEVERS!