Phonic Resources

Reading Reflex

Reading Reflex: The Foolproof Method for Teaching Your Child to Read

Drawing on 25 years research, Carmen and Geoffrey McGuinness present a reading programme - Phonographix - for parents and teachers who are looking for a straightforward and successful method for teaching children to read.

Phonic Rhyme Time

A unique collection of over 200 fun, attractively presented phonic rhymes describing how speech sounds are produced and illustrating consonant and vowel positions. Containing sound blends for the beginning, middle and end of words, and a separate vowel sound exercise.
Contains 80 A4 pages.

• devised for all teachers, therapists and students of speech.
  
• over 200 original and traditional rhymes and verses.
  
• all phonic positions, initial, medial and final are covered independently.
  
• sound blends for beginning, middle and end of words.
  
• separate vowel sound exercises.
  
• spiral bound for convenient use.
  
• publisher permits copying for small groups.

This collection of intelligent rhymes for each sound, and one in which the concentration of sound in each rhyme is so strong, is an invaluable tool for every teacher and student. I have found Phonic Rhyme Time enormously illuminating and thought-provoking. I commend it without reservation

Phonics Handbook

One in four school students struggle to read. The Phonics Handbook has been written to give assistance to teachers in helping students with reading difficulties. Taking a phonological approach, the book is set out in the form of lesson plans designed to be used instantly, requiring no preparation.

The book is based on the wisdom gained from working with hundreds of students who have attended the author’s after-school reading clinic. This is reflected in the practical approach to helping students of all ages including those with English as a second language and those with a range of difficulties including, special needs, motivational and attention problems.

Phonics Handbook includes lesson plans for every phonics skill from the basic alphabet sounds through to blends, digraphs, syllable breaking and decoding Latin and Greek words. Each lesson is followed by a worksheet for students. Using this format, the book incorporates diagnostic assessment to measure what students need at the outset of teaching, as well as measuring whether the tutoring has been effective. Additional teaching strategies are given to reinforce spelling and assist reading comprehension. Strategies for ‘hard to teach’ students and information on reporting to parents are included, incorporating research on the best tutoring methods.

Phonic Pathways

Now in its ninth edition, Phonics Pathways (with help from Dewey the Bookworm) teaches students of all ages the rudiments of phonics and spelling with an efficient, practical, and foolproof method. Written in an easy-to-use format, Phonics Pathways is organized by sounds and spelling patterns. The patterns are introduced one at a time and slowly built into syllables, words, phrases, and sentences. Printed in a large 8-1/2" x 11" lay-flat format for easy photocopying, Phonics Pathways is filled with illustrative examples, word lists, and practice readings that are 100 percent decodable. While appropriate for K-2 emergent readers, this award-winning book has also been used successfully with adolescent and adult learners, as well as second language learners and students with learning disabilities such as dyslexia.