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
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 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...
DL10 - Units 1-3 Dandelion Launchers 'Sam, Tam, Tim'
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dl10DL10 - Units 1-3 Dandelion Launchers 12 different...
DL11 - Units 4-7 Dandelion Launchers 'Ted'
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dl1116 different books,4 at each level (unit), introducing...
DL9 - Units 8-10 Dandelion Launchers 'Lost'
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dl912 different books,4 at each level (unit), introducing...
DL12 - Units 11-15 - Dandelion Launchers ' The Big Chip'
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dl1220 different books,4 at each level (unit), introducing...
UNITS 1-10 » DR1- Set 1 Units 1-10 'Sam'
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dr1Units 1-10 Books for beginner and ′catch-up′ readers...
UNITS 1-10 » DR2- Set 2 Units 1-10 'A Mat'
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dr2Units 1-10 Books for beginner and ′catch-up′ readers...
UNITS 1-10 » DR3- Set 3 Units 1-10 'Sit, Sam'
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dr3Units 1-10 Books for beginner and ′catch-up′ readers...
UNITS 11-20 » DR4 - Set 1 'Pip Gets Rich'
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dr4Units 11-20 Books for beginner and ′catchup′ readers...
UNITS 11-20 » DR5 - Set 2 'Chips for Lunch'
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dr5Units 11-20 Books for beginner and ′catchup′ readers...
DR14 - Level 2 'Viv Wails'
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dr14Levels 1, 2, 3, Books 1-14 Series Overview:...
DR15 - Level 3 'Jake, the Snake'
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dr15Levels 1, 2, 3, Books 1-14 Series Overview:...
DR9 - Split Vowel Spellings Set
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dr9Split Vowel Spellings Set Books for readers aged...
MD1 - Moon Dogs Series Set 1
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MD1A series for 'catch-up' pupils. Interest age 8-14(8...
MD2 - Moon Dogs Series Set 2
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MD2A series for 'catch-up' pupils. Interest age 8-14(8...
MB1 - Magic Belt Series(12 books)
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mb1The Magic Belt Series includes 12 decodable reading...
TM1 - Totem Series
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tm1Books for older, struggling readers aged 8-14 (reading...
TL1 - Talisman 1 Series
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tl1Books for older, struggling readers aged 8-14 (reading...
TL3 - Talisman 2 Series
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tl3Books for older, struggling readers aged 8-14 (reading...
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...
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...