One often hears the terms ‘reluctant reader’ and ‘struggling reader’. Is there a difference between these terms?
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Magic Belt Series – Reviewed by Teach Primary – verdict: Rare Reads
The Magic Belt series has just been reviewed for the first time by John Dabell at Teach Primary. He summarises with his verdict – the books are ‘Rare Reads’ as they successfully and thoughtfully address a much neglected need for decodable age-appropriate reading materials for older pupils.
Read MoreWhy we need to teach children that graphemes can spell different sounds
Read or listen to a clear explanation why teachers should teach children explicitly about graphemes that can represent different sounds on the Literacy blog. Well worth it! http://www.theliteracyblog.com/
Read MoreSynthetic Phonics workshop for TAs at the Bloomfield Learning Centre
The Boomfield Learning Centre in London Bridge will be running two Synthetic Phonics hands-on workshops this term for TA’s and parents. Synthetic Phonics 1 on Monday 19th November 9.30-12.30 The workshop will cover the English Phonic Code, blending and segementing, precise pronunciation and using decodable texts. Synthetic Phonics 2 on Wednesday 5th of December 9.30-12.30 The workshop will […]
Read MoreHow to make phonic reading material age-appropriate for older pupils
One way to make older pupils fell comfortable about reading a phonic reading scheme is to make the illustrations age-appropriate and the stories fast moving and exciting. Another way is to introduce chapters into even the simplest of texts. It makes children feel that they are reading texts their peers would like to have a […]
Read MoreThe importance of age-appropriate phonic reading material for ‘catch-up’ pupils
When older pupils, who are struggling with literacy, come to the learning centre where I teach, they often have low self-esteem. Offering them babyish looking books will compound their sense of failure. If they are given books that young primary school children are reading, what does that say about them?
Read MoreMagic Belt Workbooks now available!
At last our much awaited Magic Belt workbooks are in stock! There are two workbooks: 1. The Introductory Workbook prepares the pupil for reading the Magic Belt Series. It is for children who have weak letter/sound correspondences. It starts with wordbuilding CVC words with the sounds of the alphabet. 2. The Magic Belt Workbook complements the […]
Read MoreDyslexia Awareness Week – tips for teaching dyslexic pupils
Dyslexia Awareness Week has just flashed by. Here are some tips for teachers teaching dyslexic pupils.
Read MorePHONIC BOOKS COMPETITION!!!
As we have just launched our new Phonic Books Ltd Facebook page, we are annoucing our first Phonic Books Competition! The 100th, 150th, 200th and 250th person to ‘Like’ our new Phonic Books Ltd page will win any set of books from our Dandelion Books range or from our catch-up range, including the brand new Magic Belt […]
Read MoreFree bookmarks at our stand at the TES SEN Show
We will be at the TES SEN show this Friday 12th and Saturday 13th , stand 29. Come and see our new Magic Belt series. We will be handing out our new bookmarks that will enthuse your pupils. To see the bookmarks go our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/PhonicBooksLtd?fref=ts p.s. the show is in London, Islington Design […]
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