Phonics International

Could it be 'hyperlexia'?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperlexia

Thank you for providing this facility, Debbie -and well done to Mahrukh for being the first to contribute some pictures.

I love seeing photos of real children using super materials and hope that many more of your trainers will 'share'

Just a brief update on tutoring my grandson: My SIL has taken on the task of teaching my grandson R as I have some work I need to do on Sunday mornings. SIL collects the next few sheets of the PI-EY programme from me -and then does it all at home with R -a little every day. Today, when they came rou...

I've started to use the Early Years programme with my grandson, age 4. He'll begin 'big school' in January so we need to work fast. I'd like him to be school-proofed as much as possible before he starts! It's been arranged that he comes along with his mum, but minus his baby sister, every Sunday mor...

I've been browsing through the various resources and have to say that it is ABSOLUTELY FAB!!!!! My 4yr.old grandson (he starts school in January) will make a good guinea pig, and it all looks so straightforward that I think his dad will be happy to take over from me after a couple of weeks. First th...

Well, I'll be very interested in seeing these new resources, Debbie

Will they be added to unit one or will there be a new unit?

Just a quick addition so you know that others are reading! I have good handwriting even though I'm left handed. This is useful as many of my tutees are left handed too. Being left handed really is no excuse for poor handwriting or a 'funny' grip, IMO it's down to the initial teaching. My mum taught ...

There will also be a poster which builds on past learning and adds new learning. So I am planning that there will then be a poster for the /ai/ sound with more spelling variations and their exemplar pictures such as 'aid', 'tray', 'table', 'cake', 'eight' and so on. This sounds really good Debbie. ...

Goodness, Debbie! You have been busy These look very good.

I'd be very interested in knowing more about how to adapt the PI programme for older students/as a spelling programme, as you've described the teacher doing here, Debbie. It sounds similar to the linguistic phonics intervention programme I use. The Sound Reading System (SRS) programme introduces the...