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The Secret Stories® Way
We believe everyone can learn to read with the right tools and the right approach. Whether you're a teacher, parent, tutor, or administrator, Secret Stories® gives you a science-backed shortcut to literacy that actually works.
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Meet the Mind Behind the Magic
Katie Garner, M.Ed is the author of Secret Stories®: Cracking the Reading Code with the Brain in Mind, and a renowned literacy expert, speaker, and educator. With a passion for making phonics more accessible, Katie’s approach flips traditional methods on their head—using the brain’s natural learning systems to deliver phonics faster and more effectively.
Her strategies, grounded in cognitive neuroscience, have been featured at Harvard, MIT and adopted in classrooms across the globe. Secret Stories® is more than just phonics—it’s a movement to make reading make sense for every learner.
The Brain Based Shortcut To Literacy
Traditional phonics programs rely on rote memorization, rules, and repetition. Secret Stories® takes a different path. We teach phonics the way the brain wants to learn—through patterns, stories, music, and movement.
Backdoor Learning
Kids learn letter behavior the way they learn everything else—naturally, through stories and experiences.
No more guessing
With embedded visuals, songs, and narratives, students know exactly what sounds letters will make and why.
Accelerated results
Teachers report reading gains in weeks, not months—even with struggling readers and ESL students.
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Phonics Support for Every Learning Journey
Parents
Give your child the confidence to read, spell, and succeed—without frustration.
Teachers
Boost test scores with a powerful phonics supplement that fits any curriculum.
Districts
Scale literacy success across classrooms with research-backed, ESSA Tier I tools.
Tired of watching kids struggle to read?
Backed by science
ESSA Tier I certified with an average effect size of 1.62 —proven to drive real results.
Loved by kids
Our story-based approach turns phonics into something kids actually want to learn.
Fits any curriculum
Use it alongside your current curriculum—no need to change what’s already working.
Build for learner
Helps early readers, struggling students, ESL learners, and even adults succeed.
