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Blogs tagged "Phonics"
Newly-matched readers for Red Rose Letters and Sounds schools
28 March 2024
Over 100 decodable phonics readers from the My Letters and Sounds phonics readers have been aligned to the Red Rose Letters and Sounds teaching progression, providing schools with a wide choice of fiction and non-fiction stories to use at home and in the classroom.
Continue reading...Save time while teaching phonics with our Classroom Kits
14 December 2023
In 2022, we launched My Letters and Sounds, a systematic synthetic phonics programme to guide teachers through the challenges of teaching phonics from Reception to Year 1. Now, we’re thrilled to introduce the all-new Classroom Kits.
Continue reading...Enhance your phonics library with 10 brand-new readers
15 September 2023
Arriving this autumn, 10 new Phase Two decodable books will provide some much-needed additional coverage of GPCs in the first nine weeks of phonics teaching.
Continue reading...Phonics: how to teach Tricky Words
16 February 2023
Phonics trainer Jacqueline Harris shares her advice on one of the most frequently asked topics in early reading. Learning tricky words, or common exception words as they are sometimes known, relies on memory more than spelling rules, so how do you best support children that struggle with them?
Continue reading...Instil a love of reading with real phonics stories
10 February 2022
Kasia Reay, author of the Reception Phonics Readers for My Letters and Sounds, explains why choosing books that feel like real stories can be the key to unlocking a true passion for reading.
Continue reading...The new SSP for Letters and Sounds schools
19 January 2022
After almost two years in the making, we are delighted to launch our brand-new systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) programme, Schofield and Sims My Letters and Sounds.
Continue reading...What is Phonics? Essential phonics knowledge and understanding.
11 February 2018
Literacy expert Alexandra Charalambous from charity The Children's Literacy Charity offers a useful introduction for parents into the world of phonics.
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