CuewordPublic Speaking Classes for Kids
Live one-on-one public speaking coaching for Grades 2–8, built on stories your child picks. Each term ends in a Showcase. Your child writes a story, an explainer or a case, and performs it in your presence.
Public Speaking That Gets Your Child Heard
Reading and writing at grade level is the starting line. What sets a child apart is being heard: speaking up, writing with a point, holding the floor.
Built to Be Heard
The goal is a child who speaks up, explains clearly and can make a case, on the page and out loud.
Saying It Out Loud
Explaining their thinking in full sentences, with reasons, to a real person.
Speaking
Retelling, explaining and giving a view in full sentences, with the coach and at the Showcase.
Three Terms. One Coach. A Showcase Every Term.
Public speaking that tells a story, explains clearly and makes a case.
Term 1 · Storytelling
Telling a story well: your child reads a story closely, then retells it and writes one of their own. Ends in a Showcase: a story, told live.
Term 2 · Explaining
Explaining clearly: true stories and real topics, explained in their own words. Ends in a Showcase: an explainer, presented.
Term 3 · Persuading (Arguing in Grades 6–8)
Making a case: an opinion with reasons in Grades 2–5, and a full argument that answers the other side in Grades 6–8. Ends in a Showcase: a case, argued.
Public Speaking, Grade by Grade
What your child says out loud in Term 2, Explaining, at each grade.
Each grade page shows all three terms.
2nd Grade
Says the big idea and one fact, explains steps in order, tells where a fact came from, then gives a mini-report with an opening, a few facts and a close.
Explore Grade 2 →3rd Grade
Tells back a main idea with two facts, describes what a diagram shows, explains a process step by step, asks the speaker a question, and gives an organized one-minute mini-lesson.
Explore Grade 3 →4th Grade
Explains a topic using one structure, walks through a chart aloud, restates a point and its support, uses two sources, and gives an organized report built around a visual.
Explore Grade 4 →5th Grade
Gives an organized summary, explains why two accounts differ, speaks from several sources, says what a visual adds, and presents a short explainer with a visual, naming sources aloud.
Explore Grade 5 →6th Grade
Names a source's purpose and what gives it away, walks through evidence across formats, lays out a disagreement fairly, and gives a one-minute, multi-source explanation using a chart or diagram.
Explore Grade 6 →7th Grade
Describes a chain of influence, outlines an argument, lays out why two sources differ, and gives a short explanation of the key points, made clearer with a chart or diagram.
Explore Grade 7 →8th Grade
Explains with an analogy and its limits, fairly names a motive and its telltale sign, argues for the right medium, and gives a two-minute explanation drawn from several sources.
Explore Grade 8 →A Live Showcase Every Term
Every term builds to a Showcase where your child performs what the term built, live and in your presence.
Presenting
Delivering their own work with confidence at the live Showcase each term.
A Story, an Explainer, a Case
A story in Term 1, an explainer in Term 2, a case in Term 3.
Plans for Grades 2–8
Same coach, same curriculum.
Grades 2–5 can pick the class length; Grades 6–8 take the 55-minute Standard plan.
Basic
40-minute classes26 classes · $520 per term (USD)
- Two 1:1 classes a week
- 26 classes over three months
- Same coach all term
- Two parent-coach meetings a term
- Live Showcase and two term reports
Standard
55-minute classes26 classes · $650 per term (USD)
- Two 1:1 classes a week
- 26 classes over three months
- Same coach all term
- Two parent-coach meetings a term
- Live Showcase and two term reports
Standard
55-minute classes26 classes · $650 per term (USD)
- Two 1:1 classes a week
- 26 classes over three months
- Same coach all term
- Two parent-coach meetings a term
- Live Showcase and two term reports
Questions About Public Speaking Classes
What will my child learn across the year?
The year runs in three terms: Term 1 Storytelling, Term 2 Explaining and Term 3 Persuading (Arguing in Grades 6–8). Each term ends in a Showcase your child writes and performs in your presence. Each term also has a mid-term and an end-of-term assessment, each with a detailed report. Each level is harder than the last, and the difficulty climbs term by term and grade by grade.
What does a class look like?
Live, online and one-on-one with the same coach all term. Your child picks the stories they want to do in each class, then listens, reads, learns words in context, speaks and writes about them.
Is this homework help or exam prep?
Neither. Cueword is a communication program, built around stories your child picks. It builds how your child listens, reads, speaks and writes, which shows up everywhere.
How many kids are in a class?
Just your child. Every class is one-on-one with the coach, including the Showcase at the end of each term. Not a small group that's called 1:1.
Can I sit in on a class?
Yes, and we encourage it.
What is the Cueword evaluation?
A free, 50-minute, one-on-one session with a Cueword specialist. It's a dialogue, not a test. It covers all five skills (listening comprehension, reading comprehension, public speaking, creative writing and vocabulary), and you get a Cueword Report the same day.
Start With a Free Cueword Evaluation
50 minutes, one-on-one, not a test. You get a report and a recommended plan the same day.
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