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Word Detective
Resources
A unique new series of resources
that teach students how words work
The Talking Pen assists with phrasing, pronunciation and fluency.
It reads the book one sentence at a time.
With the Talking Pen, the reader can choose to repeat a page,
or listen to the same sentence, several times.
The reader is completely in control of what they listen to.
Demonstration showing how to use the Talking Pen with lift-the-flap books.
Word Detective Game
Interactive, multi-sensory, multi-Lingual game
that engages learners because it is fun!
Provides instruction in vocabulary development, oral language skills,
pronunciation, phonemic awareness, phonics,
high- frequency word recognition, spelling skills, sentence building.
Suitable for:
- 3-6 year old children about to, or beginning to learn to read and write English
- People learning English as a second language - beginners of any age. The game is coded in English (International and American
pronunciation) and several other languages - Japanese, Korean, Cantonese, Mandarin, Polish and Spanish. Samoan and Maori are now
available - Children with literacy difficulties who need more practice with foundation literacy skills
Learn about Letters and Search for Sounds
For teaching the foundation concept about print;
how sounds and letters work together.
Links words to sounds to print.
A4, 24 pages, full colour - hunt through the pictures
to find words that contain the same sounds.
Links letters to sounds and words.
A4, 28 pages, full colour, illustrated alphabet book.
Search for Sounds and Prowl for Vowels Poster Packs
Two A3 full-colour laminated posters packed in a durable plastic carry-bag
Pack1: 20 posters containing 22 English consonant sounds
commonly heard at the start of words
Pack 2: 18 posters containing 19 English vowel sounds
(Click here to download a sample.)
These posters teach a foundation concept about how written English works -
that words are made up of sounds and that the same sound
can be written down in different ways. They can be used to teach:
Recognition and pronunciation of 22 consonant sounds commonly heard
at the start of words. Information on the back of the posters gives
teachers ideas for using the posters to develop phonemic awareness
skills further
The posters illustrate some of the ways the sounds can be written. Information
on the back of the posters gives teachers ideas for using the
posters to teach alphabet knowledge and recognition of spelling
patterns in words
Information on the back of the posters gives teachers ideas for using the posters
to develop vocabulary knowledge and oral language skills further
back of the posters gives teachers ideas for using the
posters to generate discussion and to generate ideas for story writing
Information on the back of the posters gives teachers ideas for using the posters
to develop students' visual discrimination skills
Handy Downloads!
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