Phonics

Phonics for Pupils with Special Educational Needs is a complete, structured, multisensory programme for teaching reading and spelling, making it fun and accessible for all. This fantastic seven-part resource offers a refreshingly simple approach to the teaching of phonics, alongside activities to develop auditory and visual perceptual skills. Specifically designed to meet the needs of pupils of any age with special educational needs, the books break down phonics into manageable core elements and provide a huge wealth of resources to support teachers in teaching reading and spelling. Book 1: Building Basics introduces basic sounds and explores their relationship with letters. It focuses on sounds and letters where there is a simple 1:1 correspondence between the two, and explores the sounds in simple words that follow the pattern of vowel-consonant or consonant-vowel-consonant. Sounds are grouped into seven sets, with each set containing more than 50 engaging activities, including: sound story, dynamic blending, reading race, spot the word and spelling challenge. Thorough guidance is provided on how to deliver each activity, as well as a lesson planner template, handy word lists and posters for teachers and teaching assistants to use to support learning. Each book in the series gradually builds on children’s understanding of sounds and letters and provides scaffolded support for children to learn about every sound in the English language. Offering tried and tested material which can be photocopied for each use, this is an invaluable resource to simplify phonics teaching for teachers and teaching assistants and provide fun new ways of learning phonics for all children. This book is accompanied by a companion resource, 'Phonics for Pupils with Complex SEND ', to be used alongside the Phonics for Pupils with Special Educational Needs programme. The activities from Books 1-6 of the programme are adapted to be accessible for non-verbal pupils, including AAC users, and those with physical disabilities.

The Curious About Phonics Learn-to-Read program can help your child master the basic phonics skills that are the building blocks for a lifetime of reading and learning. This e-collection of twelve books introduce a carefully selected progression of letter sounds; there are repeated examples of the sounds being focused on, and high-frequency words (the, and) are called out, as are challenge words (rabbit, pancake). Challenge words are always referenced in the art. Also included with the set is a handy parent guide.

Pete the Cat helps kids learn to read with phonics! Who knew reading could be so groovy? This set of 12 simple and fun Pete the Cat storybooks is an excellent choice to share with your beginning reader. It’s a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children ages 3 to 6. Enter into the world of reading with My First I Can Read! Reviewed by a phonics expert, these 12 short full-color books feature repeated examples of short and long vowel sounds and common sight words. Each of the simple stories in this box set is designed to teach kids how to master reading while rocking out with Pete the Cat. Phonics teaches children the relationship between letters and the sounds they make. A child who has mastered these relationships has an excellent foundation for learning to read and spell. According to the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, a child who has learned phonics has a method to recognize familiar words and “decode” unfamiliar ones.

An educational toolkit for teaching phonics, consisting of a book, posters and musical CD, all of which provides for multiple options and inputs for learning, including: visual-icons, auditory and kinesthetic motor skill manipulations, as well as a variety of dramatic and emotive cuing-systems designed to target the affective learning domain. This "backdoor-approach" to phonemic skill acquisition is based on current neural research on Learning & the Brain--specifically how our brains actually learn best!The Secret Stories® primary purpose is to equip beginning (or struggling, upper grade) readers and writers, as well as their instructors, with the tools necessary to easily and effectively crack the secret reading and writing codes that lie beyond the alphabet, and effectively out of reach for so many learners! It is not a phonics program! Rather, it simply provides the missing pieces learners need to solve the complex reading puzzle--one that some might never solve otherwise! The Secrets(tm) are sure to become one of the most valuable, well-used, and constantly relied-upon teaching tools in your instructional repertoire!

This three-book series helps students develop reading skills. Students review and practice phonemic awareness and alphabet recognition skills and work their way through more advanced phonics concepts including blends, digraphs, synonyms, and antonyms. Suitable for ELL and intervention programs.

Hooked on Spelling Essential Program ages 5-8 Hooked on Spelling will help your child develop a solid foundation in spelling rules and patterns because it was designed with the knowledge of how kids learn best: by combining fun, computer-based lessons with workbook practice and real-world activities. Developed by educators and teachers, Hooked on Spelling Essential features: • Easy-to-understand spelling instruction and practice, for steady progress and confidence-building rewards • Fun, interactive spelling games available to download onto your computer via hookedonspelling.com, so learning to spell won’t be a chore, but something your child will actually enjoy! • Family-time spelling games and activities, building skills every step of the way Hooked on Spelling Makes Spelling Fun! The fun and easy way to teach your child to spell, Hooked on Spelling’s 20-minute lessons teach your child the critical spelling fundamentals, everything you need for steady growth, including: • Beginning and ending consonant sounds • Rhyming word families • Beginning and ending blends • Short vowels vs. long vowels • Blends vs. non-blends • Sounds of “y” • Plurals & singulars • Irregular words System Requirements: Windows 2000 or later. Mac OS X v.10.5 or earlier.

Identify the beginning letter of the pictures, then turn the page for the correct answer. A FUN and educational children's book for early stages phonics learning. Ages 4-5. Junior kindergarten, kindergarten and grade 1. This simple, basic letter sounds alphabet book is filled with cute and colorful illustrations. It's purpose is to teach the basic sounds of the letters of the alphabet. Two-three pictures accompany every letter with the prompt, "begin with the letter..." After guessing, the child turns the page for the answer. Suitable for preschoolers and younger children (2-3) to teach alphabet. Can be used sequentially or out of order. Can be used to determine child's knowledge or awareness of alphabet and phonics. Perfect for home or classroom environment. A great addition to kindergarten and daycare libraries. 6X9 inch, 56 pages, full color, softcover, sequential uppercase alphabet

Phonics: Practice, Research and Policy unravels the controversy surrounding phonics which currently characterises much of the discussion about reading standards and teaching reading. Bringing some much-needed balance to the debate - the book offers genuinely focused advice on how to make sense of the various theories and on their applications in practice, helping teachers to find the right practical solutions to suit the children in their settings. The book includes chapters on: - How children learn to read and how phonics helps - The role of early phonics teaching - Classroom approaches to phonics teaching - Involving parents and carers - Speaking and phonological awareness - Spelling links - Staff development - Responses to the Rose Review on Early Reading. It will be essential reading for student teachers on initial training courses, and for more experienced staff in a range of school settings.