Welcome to
Taking S.T.E.P.S!
The playful advisory membership for parents with 0-5 year olds who wish to gently nurture early learning skills.
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Build the foundations for academic success before pressure, panic or catch-up ever become a thing!
Created by a Miralee Askew, a former Headteacher and educator of over 40 years, who nurtured her eldest to Oxford University and enabled her neurodivergent child to pass all her GCSEs when predicted to fail.
Here's a poignant message sent to me from one of my newsletter subscribers whose child is preparing for the 11+...
"I wish I had created a love of reading whilst they were younger. Because of work and being busy allowed life to take over - and now they’re older and I want them to have books as their best friend it’s now a task because the fundamental years of instilling a love of reading has already passed. Whilst they will happily read now that’s very much with Mummy being pushy it isn’t their first choice I wish I knew between the ages of 0-5 years that what you teach during this period sets them up for years to come I would of definitely of chosen to do certain aspects of parenting differently."
One final thing
Most parenting regret doesn’t come from what we didn’t know.
It comes from what we didn’t understand early enough.
Taking S.T.E.P.S is designed for parents with 0-5s to support early learning before regret has a chance to form.
If that resonates with you, then you’re in the right place.
Gentle beginnings.
Powerful futures.
Why I Do This Work
Hi, I'm Miralee, a former primary Headteacher with four decades of experience across state and independent education.
I have taught, led, assessed and supported thousands of children from early years through to high stakes selection.
I have also walked this path as a parent.
What I learned, both professionally and personally, is this:
The children who cope best later are not the ones who started earlier academically,
they are the ones whose foundations were built securely through play based experiences.
My work is for parents who...
Care deeply about their child’s long-term success, want to support learning without anxiety or force, value expert guidance over trends and understand that
prevention beats intervention.
Whether or not selective education is on your horizon, strong foundations can change everything (I know this from experience with my own children).
Childhood is not a race.
But neither is it something to leave to chance.
The first five years shape everything that follows...quietly, cumulatively and powerfully.
My work exists to help families honour that window properly.
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