To honour my mum who would have been 99 today. She always gave generously of her time and resources to encourage young people in their education.
Here is the first in a series of free videos, and the accompanying books to print. I hope these will help any parent, or other caring adult, with a computer and a reasonable internet connection to be able to help a child learn to read successfully.
Use lots of ways to teach and practise each letter – look at it, say it, trace and/or write it (see letters-directions1.pdf), find words that start with the sound, say the rhyme, do the action (or make up your own), and anything else that you can dream up.
Use the letter cards to play matching games or make words. (See start-phonics-free)
Remember to only talk about the sound of each letter, not its name until much later. This makes it much easier for children to learn to blend the sounds together to make words.
Click on the bottom right hand corner of each video to see it full screen.
If you have trouble seeing the videos, try these links: a t c h s Phonic Comic 1/1
All illustrations for Phonic Comic books © A. H. M. Wherrett, 2004.
These videos all show examples from the suite of interactive computer programs, Gilead Success with Phonics
Print the book easy 1-01 back-to-back on A4 paper, cut across the centre on the line, assemble, fold and staple.
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