Our long awaited workbook for Units 11-15 is now in print! It introduces the consonant digraphs ch, sh, th, ck, ng and wh. The workbook has lots of activities based on the stories and characters in the books. These include wordbuilding, word and sentence reading, non-word reading, spelling, dicatation, language developoment and comprehension. A great resource for beginner […]
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Articles specific to Phonic Books including noteworthy announcements and any events we may attend or have already attended.
New Workbook for Dandelion Launchers – sneak preview
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
Read MoreSynthetic Phonics courses at the Bloomfield Learning Centre in London Bridge
If you would like to learn more about Synthetic Phonics and how to teach reading with Synthetic Phonics, and if you live in or around London you may be interested in 2 morning workshops at the Bloomfield Learning Centre in London Bridge. Tami Reis-Frankfort from Dandelion Books will be giving these hands-on workshops. The workshops […]
Read MoreNEWS: Talisman 2 Series out now!
NEWS: Talisman 2 Series out now! Teachers and pupils have been writing to us asking about the next Talisman Series. It has now been published and is available! The Talisman 2 workbook will be available in September 2011. This new series includes some really useful spellings and suffixes for the older, reluctant readers.
Read MoreLearning to read with Dandelion Books in India
Pupils in India learning to read with Dandelion Launchers. These photos were sent to us by Frances Woodward, a Sounds-Write trainer, who went out there with our books.
Read MoreNEWS UPDATE – Phonic Books in Cambodia
Have a look at a photo of children in Cambodia reading our books. They were kindly donated by Catherine Lumley to the Karuna Centre in Cambodia. There is no running water and no electricity but the kids are reading! What a heartwarming picture!
Read MoreTotem Series reviewed
The Totem Series has just been reviewed in SNIP, Special Needs Information Press. This is a really useful publication full of a wealth of information and resources for Special Needs teachers.
Read MoreTotem Series out now!
At last the much awaited Totem Series is out! Check out this new set of decodable books for older struggling readers. The idea here is to fill in the gaps that older pupils may have in their phonic knowledge. It has great illustrations and stories and it starts at CVC and CVCC level. There is also a really […]
Read MorePhonic Books in the"Tesco for Schools" Catalog!
Dandelion Launchers and the Talisman series are offered as part of this voucher scheme for registered schools. We were very pleased to get both our specialist beginner books and our new reluctant reader series into the catalogue. We have been getting great feedback from schools on these products so we hope that this will further […]
Read MoreTalisman – Welcomed by Educators
Creating the Talisman series a little earlier this year was a bit of a step in the dark as it was hard to identify how well they would sell. There was no need to worry as they have proved extremely popular. Phonic books will be expanding their offering to this age group in the near future. In the […]
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