Give your child a confident start to school.

Hello Sounds is our kinder program for 3 and 4 year olds — a warm, playful small group that builds the early language and sound skills your child needs to walk into Prep ready, settled and confident. It's led by a speech pathologist, and it feels like play, because at this age that's exactly how children learn best.

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The skills underneath reading — built through play.

Long before a child reads their first word, their brain is laying the groundwork. In each Hello Sounds session we gently strengthen that groundwork through songs, games, stories and hands-on play — building a strong foundation for your child to start school on, in a way that feels easy and stress-free.

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Talking, listening and vocabulary

Rich spoken language is the foundation reading is built on — and, as speech pathologists, it's our speciality. We grow your child's words, sentences and listening through play (oral language).

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Hearing the sounds in words

Rhyme, clapping syllables and noticing the first sound in a word — the listening skills that make learning letters click (phonological awareness).

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Sounds and letters

A gentle, playful introduction to how letters and sounds go together (phonics).

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Reading their first little words

Blending sounds together to read their very first words — and feeling proud doing it.

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Little hands getting ready to write

Building the fine-motor strength and pencil control that handwriting will later need.

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Confidence, friendships and routines

Taking turns, making friends and settling into the rhythm of a classroom — so school feels familiar long before day one.

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A taste of early numbers

Counting, sorting and spotting patterns woven into the same hands-on play — a gentle introduction to early maths (early numeracy).

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A genuine love of books

Above everything, we want your child to leave each session a little more in love with stories, words and reading.

A kinder program led by a speech pathologist.

Reading begins as a spoken-language skill — which is exactly what speech pathologists specialise in. That's the difference your child gets in every Hello Sounds session.

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Speech-pathology-led

The early skills that matter most at this age are language skills. Your child is guided by a clinician who understands exactly how they develop.

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Small groups of 5–8

Small enough that every child is seen and supported each session, with the warmth and fun of learning alongside others.

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Fun learning

Every game has a purpose. We follow a structured, evidence-based sequence — the Science of Reading — wrapped up in play your child will simply enjoy.

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How it works

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Enrol

Reserve your child's place for the term — no screening or referral needed.

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They join a small group of 5–8 children in the same kinder years.

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Play & learn

Weekly sessions of songs, games and stories that build real foundations.

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After each session you get a short note on what we did and how to play along at home.

Ages 3–4 (kinder years) Groups of 5–8 Weekly · 60-minute class 10-week terms $750 per term North Melbourne

Common questions from kinder parents

Hello Sounds isn't about pushing early reading. At this age we're building the spoken-language and sound-awareness skills that reading is later built on — hearing rhyme, clapping syllables, noticing the first sound in a word, and loving stories. Children who arrive at Prep with these foundations in place find learning to read far easier.
Yes. Hello Sounds is designed for 3 and 4 year olds in the kinder years, before Prep begins. It's a gentle, play-based introduction to the skills underneath reading and writing, run in a small group so your child gets plenty of warm, individual attention.
Kinder gives your child a wonderful broad early-childhood experience. Hello Sounds is more focused: a speech pathologist working with a small group on the specific spoken-language and early-literacy skills that set a child up to read. The two work beautifully alongside each other.
Not at all. Children join exactly where they are — there's no test to pass and no screening to book. In the early sessions we get to know your child through play, so the group naturally settles at the right place for them — never too hard, never too easy.

Enrol now for Term 3.

Hello Sounds runs in small groups, so places each term are limited. There's no screening or referral to sort out — just enrol and your child is in. If you'd like to talk it through first, we're always happy to chat, with no obligation.

Term 3 spots are limited.

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Or write to us at admin@hellokidstherapyhub.com.au.