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“Britain has one of the widest and most entrenched education attainment gaps between poor and wealthier children in Europe…. Children from low income backgrounds are half as likely to get five good grades at GCSE as their classmates. … They are more likely to leave school at 16, more likely to become Neets (not in […]

New Workbook for Dandelion Launchers – sneak preview

Posted on 4th March 201217th January 2017 in Our News, Reading Resources and tagged adjacent consonants, CCVC words, CCVCC words, consonant blends, consonant clusters, CVCC wordsLeave a Comment

We are delighted to announce that our new Dandelion Launchers workbook for Units 8-10 is in the last stages of production and will soon be available. This workbook focuses on adjacent consonants. To find out why this may be a useful resource for your pupils click here

What is a ‘tricky word’?

Posted on 16th January 201222nd May 2024 in High-Frequency Words, Learning to Read and tagged article, beginner readers, common exception words, high-frequency words, how to teach tricky words, key words, phonically irregular high-frequency words, phonically irregular words, tricky words, what is a tricky word?7 Comments

Fluent readers may find it difficult to understand why beginner readers find some words difficult to decode. These are often called ‘tricky words’ – but what’s so tricky about them?

Pip Phonics – Sounds of the alphabet

Posted on 14th December 201116th September 2016 in Learning to Read, Reading ResourcesLeave a Comment

Pip the Ant, from Dandelion Books, demonstrates the sounds of the alphabet. An interactive animated video clip recommended for beginner readers. Dandelion books are publised by phonicbooks. www.phonicbooks.co.uk

Year 1 phonics screening check 2015 – FAQs

Posted on 13th December 201121st May 2024 in Synthetic Phonics and tagged Year 1 phonics check, Year 1 phonics screening check, Year 1 Phonics screening test, year 1 reading check, year 1 reading testLeave a Comment

Soon the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check will take place. Here are some answers to questions that parents, carers and teachers may have about the check: 1. When will the screening check take place? The screening check will take place on the week commencing June 15th 2015. 2. How will the test be administered? The […]

What are adjacent consonants?

Posted on 1st December 201131st May 2024 in Approaches to Teaching Reading, Learning to Read, Synthetic Phonics and tagged adjacent consonants, article, beginner readers, blends, CCCVC, ccvc, ccvcc, consonant blends, consonant digraphs, CVCC, final blends, initial blends, VCC, what are adjacent consonants?Leave a Comment

Synthetic Phonics programmes now talk of ‘adjacent consonants’. What are adjacent consonants? Why is it that the letters ‘bl’ in the word ‘black’ are adjacent consonants while the letters ‘ck’ are not?

Why non-words should be included in the Year 1 Phonics Check

Posted on 21st November 20111st June 2024 in Approaches to Teaching Reading, Synthetic Phonics and tagged article, beginner readers, blending skills, non words, nonsense words, nonsense words in phonics check, phonics check, Year 1 phonics check, Year 1 phonics screening check1 Comment

Non-words are nonsense words made up of the spellings (graphemes) a child has already been taught: words like ‘bip’, ‘steg’ or ‘shromp’. Read more to find out why non-words should be included in the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check.

Pip Phonics – Sounds of the Alphabet

Posted on 13th November 201116th September 2016 in Learning to Read, Reading Resources and tagged alphabet sounds for kids, phonic code for kids, phonic sounds for kids, Pip phonics, precise pronunciation of letter sounds, pure sounds, sounds of letters, sounds of the alphabet, synthetic phonic soundsLeave a Comment

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pip+phonics&aq=f]Phonicbooks have just made a free video clip of Pip, the ant, demonstrating the sounds of the alphabet. We thought it would be a good idea to use the characters in Dandelion Books to enthuse our young readers. This is free for teachers and parents; a great way to practise precise pronunciation or ‘pure sounds’ […]

Using both decodable books and ‘real’ books with beginner readers

Posted on 29th October 201131st May 2024 in Approaches to Teaching Reading, Decodable Books, Reading Resources and tagged article, beginner readers, decodable reading books and beginner readers, Michael Rosen and real books, real books, Real books and decodable books, real books and synthetic phonics, real books vs phonics, reals books vs decodable books, synthetic phonics and real books, whole word reading books, whole word vs phonics, whole words and phonics booksLeave a Comment

Recent articles in the media about the approach to teaching reading suggest that educators are divided into two camps: the camp supporting ‘real’ books and the camp supporting synthetic phonics. The camp supporting ‘real’ books is promoted by a number of prominent authors, such as Michael Rosen. They have voiced their concerns that using decodable […]

What is a grapheme?

Posted on 3rd September 201116th September 2016 in Approaches to Teaching Reading, Synthetic Phonics and tagged difference between phoneme and grapheme, graphemes, phoneme, phonemes, what is a grapheme3 Comments

A grapheme is a letter or a number of letters that represent a sound (phoneme) in a word. Another way to explain it is to say that a grapheme is a letter or letters that spell a sound in a word.