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
Floppy's Phonics Sounds and Letters Stage 1+
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978-0-19-848555-1Teach phonics with Biff, Chip, Kipper and Floppy!...
Floppy's Phonics Sounds and Letters Stage 2
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978-0-19-848563-6Teach phonics with Biff, Chip, Kipper and Floppy!...
Floppy's Phonics Sounds and Letters Stage 3
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978-0-19-848571-1Teach phonics with Biff, Chip, Kipper and Floppy!...
Floppy's Phonics Sounds and Letters Stage 4
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978-0-19-848579-7Teach phonics with Biff, Chip, Kipper and Floppy!...
Floppy's Phonics Sounds and Letters Stage 5
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978-0-19-848587-2Teach phonics with Biff, Chip, Kipper and Floppy!...
Floppy's Phonics Sounds and Letters Stage 5A
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978-0-19-848595-7Teach phonics with Biff, Chip, Kipper and Floppy!...
ORT Traditional Tales: Stage 1+
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9780198339090Enchanting traditional tales which children can read for...
ORT Traditional Tales: Stage 2
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9780198339182Enchanting traditional tales which children can read for...
ORT Traditional Tales: Stage 3
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9780198339274Enchanting traditional tales which are fully decodable! ...
ORT Traditional Tales: Stage 4
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9780198339366Enchanting traditional tales which children can read for...
ORT Traditional Tales: Stage 5
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9780198339458Enchanting traditional tales which children can read for...
ORT Traditional Tales: Stage 6
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978-0-19-833954-0Enchanting traditional tales which children can read for...
ORT Floppy's Phonics Fiction: More Phonics Stories Stage 1+
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978-0-19-848497-4New edition! Practise phonic skills with Biff, Chip,...
ORT Floppy's Phonics Fiction: More Phonics Stories Stage 2
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978-0-19-848506-3New edition! Practise phonic skills with Biff, Chip,...
ORT Floppy's Phonics Fiction: More Phonics Stories Stage 3
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978-0-19-848515-5New edition! Practise phonic skills with Biff, Chip,...
ORT Floppy's Phonics Fiction: More Phonics Stories Stage 4
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978-0-19-848524-7New edition! Practise phonic skills with Biff, Chip,...
ORT Floppy's Phonics Fiction: More Phonics Stories Stage 5
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9780198485339New edition! Practise phonic skills with Biff, Chip,...
ORT Floppy's Phonics Non-Fiction: Stage 1+
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978-019-848430-1Floppy's Phonics Non-fiction are stunning photographic, decodable books...
ORT Floppy's Phonics Non-Fiction: Stage 2
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978-0-19-848439-4Floppy's Phonics Non-fiction are stunning photographic, decodable books...
ORT Floppy's Phonics Non-Fiction: Stage 3
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978-019-848448-6Floppy's Phonics Non-fiction are stunning photographic, decodable books...
ORT Floppy's Phonics Non-Fiction: Stage 4
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0198484578Floppy's Phonics Non-fiction are stunning photographic, decodable books...
ORT Floppy's Phonics Non-Fiction: Stage 5
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978-0-19-848466-0Floppy's Phonics Non-fiction are stunning photographic, decodable books...
ORT Floppy's Phonics More Non-Fiction: Stage 5A
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978-0-19-848475-2Stunning photographic non-fiction readers fully matched to UK Letters...
ORT Floppy's Phonics Non-Fiction: Stage 6
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978-0-19-848484-4Floppy's Phonics Non-fiction are stunning photographic, decodable books...
ORT Decode and Develop Stage 1+
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978-0-19-848376-2Six brand new Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories....
ORT Decode and Develop Stage 2
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978-0-19-848907-8Brand new Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories. Perfect...
ORT Decode and Develop Stage 3
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978-0-19-848394-6Brand new Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories. Perfect...
ORT Decode and Develop Stage 4
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978-0-19-848403-5Brand new Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories. Perfect...
ORT Decode and Develop Stage 5
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978-0-19-848412-7Brand new Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories. An...
ORT Decode and Develop Stage 6
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978-0-19-830014-4Brand new Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories. An...
ORT Decode and Develop Stage 7
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978-0-19-830022-9Brand new Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories. An...
ORT Decode and Develop Stage 8
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978-0-19-830030-4Brand new Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories. An...
ORT Decode and Develop Stage 9
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978-0-19-830038-0Brand new Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories. An...
Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper: Oxford Level 1+
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978-0-19-839651-2Topic-linked fiction and non-fiction supporting your wider curriculum...
Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper: Oxford Level 2
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978-0-19-839659-8Topic-linked fiction and non-fiction supporting your wider curriculum...
Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper: Oxford Level 3
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978-0-19-839667-3Topic-linked fiction and non-fiction supporting your wider curriculum...
Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper: Oxford Level 4
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978-0-19-839675-8Topic-linked fiction and non-fiction supporting your wider curriculum...
Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper: Oxford Level 5
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978-0-19-839683-3Topic-linked fiction and non-fiction supporting your wider curriculum ...
Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper: Oxford Level 6
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978-0-19-839691-8Topic-linked fiction and non-fiction supporting your wider curriculum ...
ORT Decode and Develop China stories Stage 3
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978-0-19-843813-7Biff, Chip and Kipper visit China in these...
ORT Decode and Develop China stories Stage 4
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978-0-19-843820-5Biff, Chip and Kipper visit China in these...
ORT Decode and Develop Stage 1+ More B
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978-0-19-836430-6Six brand new Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories....
ORT Decode and Develop Stage 1+ More A
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978-0-19-848899-6Six brand new Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories....
ORT Decode and Develop Stage 2 More B
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978-0-19-836438-2Brand new Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories. Perfect...
ORT Decode and Develop Stage 2 More A
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978-0-19-848907-8Brand new Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories. Perfect...
ORT Decode and Develop Stage 3 More A
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978-0-19-848916-0Brand new Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories. Perfect...