Category Archives: phonics

Nessy Offer and Phonics Vocabulary

For a limited time only, get 70% off Nessy Reading and Spelling! Offer ends 26th of November. Use the code: THANKSNESSY  Get 40% off all other programs and packs, available to redeem until the 28th of November. Use the code: 40PREBF Buy Nessy Reading and Spelling and get Hairy Reading for FREE. Offer ends 28th November. Requires 1 of each product in the basket to qualify.Use the code: BUY1GET1Continue reading “Nessy Offer and Phonics Vocabulary”

21.9.22 Nessy Offers and Spelling tips

Parents It’s not to late to celebrate the Science of Reading this September, Nessy.com have been offering lots of free educational resources, including a free phonics app every week throughout September. Go to https://www.nessy.com/en-us/the-science-of-reading/science-of-reading-september for more details. There are also lots of free educational resources on their site throughout the year. Last day for thisContinue reading “21.9.22 Nessy Offers and Spelling tips”

22.8.22 Phonics, Spelling Rules and Specialist Teaching

So, here in the UK we are coming towards the end of the lovely long summer holidays and we are starting to think about getting back to school. Therefore, today I thought I ought to start writing my blog again and include some interesting videos to gently remind us how important it is that everyoneContinue reading “22.8.22 Phonics, Spelling Rules and Specialist Teaching”

28.5.22 Reading – Decoding and Syllables

“If a child memorizes ten words, the child can read only ten words, but if the child learns the sounds of ten letters, the child will be able to read 350 three-sound words, 4,320 four-sound words, and 21,650 five-sound words.” (Kozloff, 2002). This is why learning to decode words is so much better than tryingContinue reading “28.5.22 Reading – Decoding and Syllables”

20.5.22 Graphemes, Phonemes, Self Esteem and Training Sessions

Phonemes and Graphemes Do you know the difference? I know I specialise in dyslexia, but what is helpful for the dyslexic learner is beneficial to ALL learners. A lot of the explicit teaching used in dyslexic programmes is needed in everyday reading and spelling programmes. There are, however, a lot of misunderstandings amongst children andContinue reading “20.5.22 Graphemes, Phonemes, Self Esteem and Training Sessions”

2.5.22 Phonics, Training and Zooms

I hope you all had a lovely Easter. These months are rushing past and I can’t believe it is May already. This week, I wanted to chat about phonics, training (both for the student and the professionals), touch typing and some zoom visits from Puffin authors. It is useful to explain to individuals when toContinue reading “2.5.22 Phonics, Training and Zooms”

14.3.22 Phonological awareness

I usually compare the skills of phonological awareness with laying the foundations of a house, because the art of learning to read and write is built on these important listening skills. The introduction to phonological awareness is usually classed as ‘Phase one’ in phonics development and should begin to be taught at nursery/preschool age soContinue reading “14.3.22 Phonological awareness”

World Book Day- March 2022

Here we are, ready (or may be not!) for World Book Day this week in the UK. It is often tradition for school children to dress up as their favourite book character and over 100 countries participate in World Book Day, when children of all ages come together to share the joy of reading forContinue reading “World Book Day- March 2022”

Training and Tricky Spellings 6.2.22

Spelling Tricky Words (common exception words) Tricky words (common exception words) need to be sounded out as much as possible to read and spell using known grapheme/phoneme correspondence. However, they all have some ‘tricky’, irregular part which needs to be learned off by heart. The words to, too and two all sound the same andContinue reading “Training and Tricky Spellings 6.2.22”