Description

This kit aims to equip you to teach early blending, segmenting, phoneme manipulation, the alphabetic principle and basic letter-sound relationships to beginning or struggling readers/spellers of any age.

The kit adheres to systematic, synthetic/linguistic phonics principles, following this teaching sequence (which is the same as the Sounds-Write program Units 1-10):

The Level 1 kit contains the following download-and-print materials:

• Spelfabet Workbook 1 version 3 (parent/aide – print up to 30 copies).
• Spelfabet Quizzes Units 1-10.
• Part of the Spelfabet Moveable Alphabet (one-letter spellings plus ff, ll, ss, zz and ed).
• Spelfabet Level 1 v3 word-building sequences.
• 12 decks of printable phonics playing cards (the first 12 of these cards).
• First Phonics Picture Book.
• My Reading and Word Journal (for keeping reading records and studying interesting words).

Use this kit to get four or five-year-olds off to a good reading/spelling start, help older children catch up, or help teenagers or adults with little or no reading/spelling skills learn the basics.

The Spelfabet Embedded Picture Mnemonics aren’t part of this kit, as they’re not suitable for all ages. However, they’re suitable for young children, helping them link sounds and letters, so you might like to add them to your kit. Here’s a video showing one way to use the flashcard size.

Decodable books for reading practice with the same teaching sequence as this kit include:

• The first 7 of the Sounds Write Initial Code First Steps books and free e-books.
• The Sounds-Write Initial Code Units 1-10 books.
• Dandelion Launchers Units 1 to 3, Units 4 to 7 and Units 8 to 10 (for ages 4-7).
• Dandelion Readers Units 1-10 Set 1, Set 2 and/or Set 3 (for ages 4-7, with more text on each page than the Launchers).
• The Moon Dogs Set 1 and the first half of Set 2 (for ages 8-14).
• The Drop In Series Levels 1-2 (for teens and adults).

Many other decodable books can also be used to practice the patterns taught in this kit, even though their teaching sequence might be slightly different. Check before use that they contain the sound-spelling relationships you’ve taught, and none or very few you haven’t taught yet.

A review of early literacy iPad apps that are consistent with the teaching approach in this kit can be found here.

We hope you find this kit affordable and easy to use, and that it helps your learners quickly develop phonemic awareness and early reading and spelling skills.