The Learning Staircase

The Learning Staircase was created in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2001 to provide quality literacy resources for learners of all ages. The Company started by designing and producing 'hands-on' game and activity resources which could be used to teach phonological awareness, language skills and literacy knowledge. We then went on to produce the wor... kbook courses, First Steps and Steps to Literacy, which provide a structured, sequential literacy course which incorporates all the processing skills involved in literacy. In 2006, we started working on our software program, Steps, which was launched officially in 2009. We were frustrated with some of the poorly designed 'edutainment' software we had seen - lots of cartoon characters jumping up and down and little genuine learning taking place! Our aim was to produce a highly effective, research-based literacy software program, which would be enjoyable and easy to use with learners of any age. Until the February 2011 earthquake, we had a 400 sqm tuition and assessment centre in Christchurch and we had gained a national reputation in the three years we had operated the Centre, with teachers coming from all over the country to observe, and children coming from all over the country for intensive courses or assessments. Unfortunately, the earthquake forced the closure of the Centre and the rest of the Company now operates from our home address, focussing on product development and training.Read More