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 Poster Pack
20 A3 full-colour laminated posters
packed
in a durable plastic carry-bag
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:
Phonemic awareness 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
Alphabet knowledge and phonics knowledge
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
Vocabulary development Information on the back of the posters gives teachers ideas for using the posters to develop vocabulary knowledge and oral language skills further
Background knowledge and story writing ideas Information on the back of the posters gives teachers ideas for using the posters to generate discussion and to generate ideas for story writing
Visual discrimination skills Information on the back of the posters gives teachers ideas for using the posters to develop students' visual discrimination skills
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