Juliette Schneiderman is a specialist literacy support teacher based in London. She teaches primary children in a mainstream school where she works with children on a one-to-one basis as a literacy support teacher two days a week. She also has a private practice, Star Learning, for children with specific learning differences. We sat down with…
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Meredith Murray is a passionate educator with nearly two decades of experience in transforming literacy instruction. As a Product Development Manager at Booksource, she focuses on aligning engaging literature with research-based strategies to support readers of all levels. With two advanced educational degrees and certification in Orton-Gillingham, Meredith is committed to making literacy accessible and…
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Nicky was first introduced to Phonic Books when trying to help her children who are dyslexic. She knew the books coming home from school weren’t right but wasn’t sure what would work until she discovered the Magic Belt series. “This was a game changing moment for us in our family. We went from reading being…
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Langley Park School for Boys is a large 11–18 academy in Beckenham, England. The school is one of four secondary schools in Impact Academy Trust which recently took part in a Year 7 reading intervention trial using DK Phonic Books catch-up readers and resources. The DfE’s Reading Framework, published in July 2023, highlights the importance…
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Stephanie is a reading specialist in New York and we met with her to discuss how she uses Phonic Books in her classroom. Stephanie works with children who need reading intervention from Kindergarten through to second grade. *** Stephanie has been using Phonic Books for over five years and Magic Belt was the first series…
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The founders of Phonic Books are dyslexia trained reading specialists who taught in a dyslexia centre in London. When they began to publish decodable books, they wanted to include features that would help their students learn to read. They found that there was a lack of engaging and structured reading materials to consolidate the phonics…
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Download the guide to group work now! Learning to read is hard work. It is helpful to prepare students for reading a decodable book so that they experience success and enjoy their achievement. Here is a routine for group work that prepares students for reading success. Step 1: Word-building with target sounds/letters Skill: phonemic awareness…
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By Tami Reis-Frankfort Tami Reis-Frankfort began teaching in a public school in London, UK and later worked as a support teacher of English Language Learners. She trained in Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia) and for the first time discovered Structured Literacy. This was followed by training in Phono-Graphix and Sounds-Write, both Linguistic Phonics Programs. Tami began…
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A Stanford University study on The Achievement Effects of Scaling Early Literacy Reforms gives high marks to phonics-based reading instruction following research of test scores in 66 of the lowest-performing schools in California. These schools outpaced similar schools after educators adopted a phonics-based instruction. This study offers compelling evidence that Science of Reading methods for…
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In our ‘how to…’ series we are going to delve into all things phonics instruction and give you our expert advice on developing confident readers. *** Did you know that the schwa is the most common sound in the English language? This is because there is a schwa sound in most multisyllabic words. Additionally, did…
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