Explaining Phonic Readers
While the video below draw referemce to a specific series (published by PhonicBooks, UK) , the same principle applies to all good phonic readers (decodable books) recommended here:
For young beginner readers (Dandelion Launchers and Dandelion Readers)
For older, catch-up readers (age 8-14)
Most of our phonic products are designed according to the British School Phonics Curriculum Guide - Letters and Sounds
Click link below to go to individual phase: This guide contains materials that concentrate on activities to promote speaking and listening skills, phonological awareness and oral blending.
Please also see this: Notes of Guidance for Practioners and Teachers on the Letters and Sounds Programme
Phase 1 (pre-phonics), 7 aspects of learning
Phase 2 - s, a, t, p, i , n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss. Teaching and practising blending for reading and segmenting for spelling of VC and CVC words, words of two-syllable words, tricky words
Phase 3 - j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu, ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er, practising blending for reading and segmenting for spelling, tricky words
Phase 4 - consolidate knowledge in Phase 2 and 3, br, bl, cr, cl, nt, mp, .... teaching and practise of the blending for reading and segmenting for spelling of adjacent consonants CVCC, CCVC
Phase 5 - alternative graphemes (spellings) of all sounds already learnt in Phase 2/3
Phase 6 - children become fluent readers and increasingly accurate spellers, teaching of past tense, suffixes, prefixes
Phonic Practise
MD1 - Moon Dogs Series Set 1
storybooks
MD1A series for 'catch-up' pupils. Interest age 8-14(8...
WMD1 - Moon Dogs Workbook set 1
Teacher's Photocopy Master
WMD1Special Features: This workbookcomplements the 8 stories in...
MD2 - Moon Dogs Series Set 2
storybooks
MD2A series for 'catch-up' pupils. Interest age 8-14(8...
WMD2 - Moon Dogs Workbook set 2
Teacher's Photocopy Master
WMD2This workbook complements the 8 stories in the...
MB1 - Magic Belt Series(12 books)
storybooks
mb1The Magic Belt Series includes 12 decodable reading...
MB2 - Introductory Workbook for the Magic Belt Series
Teacher's Photocopy Master
mb2A spiral bound, photocopiable workbook that prepares the...
MB3 - Magic Belt Series Workbook
Teacher's Photocopy Master
mb3This Introductory Workbook is designed to match with the Magic...
AL2 - ALBA Series Workbook
Teacher's Photocopy Master
al2Spiral-bound, photocopiable workbook offering segmenting, blending, phoneme manipulation...
TM1 - Totem Series
storybooks
tm1Books for older, struggling readers aged 8-14 (reading...
TM2 - Totem Series Workbook
Teacher's Photocopy Master
tm2Spiral-bound, photocopiable workbook offering segmenting, blending, phoneme manipulation...
TL1 - Talisman 1 Series
storybooks
tl1Books for older, struggling readers aged 8-14 (reading...
Talisman 1 Series Workbook
Teacher's Photocopy Master
tl2A spiral-bound book of photocopiable reading, spelling and...
TL3 - Talisman 2 Series
storybooks
tl3Books for older, struggling readers aged 8-14 (reading...
TL4 - Talisman 2 Series Workbook
Teacher's Photocopy Master
tl4A spiral-bound book of photocopiable reading, spelling and...
FP2 - Phonics Stories for Older Learners
Teacher's Photocopy Master
This is a book of decodable stories and...
FP1 - Phonics Resources for Older Learner
Teacher's Photocopy Master
This book contains photocopiable resources suitable for older...
WMD3 - Moon Dogs Workbook set 3
Teacher's Photocopy Master
WMD3This workbook complements the 14 stories in the third Moon...
TD2 - That Dog! Workbook
Teacher's Photocopy Master
td2Linked to the stories the That Dog! series,...
MDX1 Moon Dogs Extras, Set 1,
storybooks
MDX124 books with the same gentle, cumulative progression...
IS1 Island Adventure, Books 1-10
storybooks
IS1Ten books introducing alternative vowel spellings. Book 1: ‘ae’: ay,...