Articles specific to Phonic Books including noteworthy announcements and any events we may attend or have already attended.
As a special needs teacher who mainly works with KS2 children, I’m always looking for materials that not only interest my students, but also enable them to practice the early phonics they have missed out on. The Moon Dog books are wonderful because although they are for beginner readers, the pictures and text engage older children. […]
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We are pleased to announce that The Magic Belt, Totem and Talisman series are also now being sold by the distributor High Noon Books.
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Designed to help young children become confident communicators, these delightful books develop …
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Draw an alien and give it a name using the phonics you’ve learned! The best 20 aliens will be selected and a poster will be made with your name.
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 MoreTalisman card game Set 1 introduces words at CVC level. Each suite of cards has a different medial vowel. This way children learn to read any combination of consonants and vowels from the very beginning.
Read MoreIt was great to meet lots of teachers and tutors at Everyone Reading in New York. I especially enjoyed a lecture on morphology. Wow! its complicated! Teachers liked our decodables for older, struggling readers and our new Talisman card games. This is Tami at the Crossbow USA and Phonic Books stand at the conference.
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