Articles specific to Phonic Books including noteworthy announcements and any events we may attend or have already attended.
Talisman Card Games 11-20 have just been awarded a silver award from Primary Teacher. These are beautifully illustrated card games that not only develop reading skills, but social skills too. The Primary Teacher award gets teachers to try out and test products in their classrooms. These games are a favourite with students and now teachers […]
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Many schools took part in this year’s ‘Name an alien’ competition and we have been overwhelmed at the response to it and really impressed with the effort the children have made. It was really difficult to choose just 20 aliens to feature on our poster as we received so many varied and colourful drawings, […]
Read MoreLDA Learning Disabilities Association of America – February 16-19 – Balitmore, USA CIEC Cambridge International Education Conference – February 16-18 – Cambridge SENCO Conference – Twickenham Rugby Stadium (Church Suite) – March 13 – Twickenham The Education Show – NEC Birmingham – March 16-18 – Birmingham (N78) Patoss Conference – Imperial College – March 25 – […]
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We recently received this kind message from Rebecca Sloane, a teacher at Kingswood School House. “As a special-needs teacher who works with mainly Key Stage 2 children, I’m always looking for materials that not only interest my students but also enable them to practise the early phonics they have missed out on. The Moon Dog […]
Read MoreFrances Woodward, a wonderful Sounds-Write trainer, volunteered and went out to Zambia to train the teachers in Project Hope how to teach reading. Sounds-Write donated the programme and Phonic Books donated decodable books. This way the children could use Dandelion Readers as they learned to read. Here is some background information about the project. It is humbling. Thank you […]
Read MoreThis little chap has just received a new set of the ‘Rescue’ series, decodable books for older, struggling readers. He has already read the ‘Talisman’ series and now he will be able to read this new series independently because he will have already been taught the graphemes in each book. Decodable books offer a seamless […]
Read MoreThank you Melinda Crean, of Top Notch Teaching website, for reviewing the ‘Rescue’ series and Dandelion Readers Level 4, ‘Toad and Newt’. To see the review click here and scroll down: http://topnotchteaching.com/reviews/reading-spelling-ideas/
Read MoreSusan Godsland (newly named ‘Godsend’) was contacted through her website www.dyslexics.org.uk by a parent of a struggling, 7 year old reader. Here is a letter from that parent:
Read MoreRescue Series – from Phonic Books Stories by Clair Baker Illustrations by Drew Wilson This is another well designed and structure reading series produce by Phonic Books. The engaging storylines and accompanying illustrations will appeal to the readers and will hopefully encourage all who read them to continue to develop their reading skills.
Read MoreWe thought it would be useful to discuss why there is a need for a new phonic series aimed at girls. Here are frequently asked questions about the new Rescue series: Rescue series FAQs Who is this series aimed at? This series is aimed at older, struggling readers ages 8-14 who have gaps in their […]
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