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Adjacent consonants – why children need practice

Posted on 24th March 201520th June 2024 in Approaches to Teaching Reading, Synthetic Phonics and tagged adjacent consonants, article, beginner, beginner readers, blending, phonic games, struggling readers1 Comment

Many children struggle when reading words with adjacent consonants. These are words that have two consonants side by side within a word, e.g. f l a g. The leap from three-sound words (e.g. h a t) to four-sound words (e.g. l i m p) is very difficult for many beginner and struggling readers. The step […]

Teaching beginner readers to read and spell – watch this video clip

Posted on 16th February 201513th September 2016 in Approaches to Teaching Reading, Synthetic PhonicsLeave a Comment

A great video clip by Alison Clarke from Spelfabet about the confusion beginner readers encounter when phonics is not taught in an explicit, systematic and structured way.

Hurray! Talisman Card Games now available!

Posted on 16th February 201521st February 2017 in Games, Synthetic Phonics and tagged fun reading games, phonic games, phonics games, reading games, Talisman card games, vowel spellings3 Comments

New fantastic card games that help catch-up readers practice reading – out now! https://www.phonicbooks.co.uk/talisman-card-game.php

Common misconceptions about Synthetic Phonics

Posted on 9th February 20156th June 2019 in Synthetic PhonicsLeave a Comment

Here are some common misconceptions about Synthetic Phonics. Thanks to Susan Godsland of www.dyslexics.org.uk for flagging this up. It is on the Reading Reform Foundation message board: http://www.rrf.org.uk/messageforum/viewtopic.php?t=1835

Evidence for Common Core State Standards in the Totem Series

Posted on 22nd October 201416th September 2016 in Approaches to Teaching Reading, Synthetic PhonicsLeave a Comment

Towards our visit to the USA as part of the International Dyslexia conference in San Diego, we are letting teachers know how our books for older, catch-up readers support Common Core State Standards in phonics and learning to read. https://www.phonicbooks.co.uk/pdf/Evidence%20for%20CCSS%20-%20Totem.pdf

DfE: 150,000 infants to receive catch-up classes in reading

Posted on 30th September 201410th September 2018 in Reading Difficulties, Synthetic PhonicsLeave a Comment

Looks like the phonics check in Year 1 is helping to identify pupils who need extra help with reading: Click here to read an article from the Telegraph.

How valid is the phonics check?

Posted on 28th June 201414th September 2016 in Synthetic PhonicsLeave a Comment

John Walker discusses the validity of the Y1 Phonics Check: http://literacyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/how-valid-is-phonics-screening-check.html

What people are saying around the world

Posted on 22nd June 201418th January 2023 in Approaches to Teaching Reading, Synthetic PhonicsLeave a Comment

Here is what people are saying about the new study by Dr Grant: http://phonicsinternational.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1736#1736 Thanks to Phonics International forum for this post.