Raising standards in KS1 and Special Needs: helping every child to succeed.
I have taught systematic phonics to all ages and abilities for over 30 years. My teaching degree was in Environmental Studies and I hate to see science reduced to box-ticking when there is so much to discover about the wonderful world we live in.
So, I produce Phonic resources that meet the real needs of children and teachers, along with science resources to engage children in learning about the natural world.
Raising standards in KS1 and Special Needs: helping every child to succeed.
I have taught systematic phonics to all ages and abilities for over 30 years. My teaching degree was in Environmental Studies and I hate to see science reduced to box-ticking when there is so much to discover about the wonderful world we live in.
So, I produce Phonic resources that meet the real needs of children and teachers, along with science resources to engage children in learning about the natural world.
A Power Point or video lesson to introduce the digraph ‘oo’ to children, especially suitable for those who have special needs or need a slower pace. This is one of a series.
This is a taught lesson. Stop the video if you need more time on a slide. The Power Point allows for more control over the speed.
Just like having your own phonics teacher.
Written by a teacher with over 30 years experience of teaching phonics to all abilities.
Can either be used by the child, with support from an adult, as well as to give the parent a feel for what is necessary - i.e. for training purposes.
A Power point or video lesson to introduce young children to the concept of blending, starting with words in the ‘a’ family.
Simple, to the point and short.
Stop the video if you need more time on a slide.
This is a taught lesson, but the Power Point allows the teacher to have more control over the speed.
Like having your own phonics teacher!
By a teacher with over 30 years experience of teaching phonics.
Can either be used by the child, with support from an adult, as well as to give the parent a feel for what is necessary - i.e. for training purposes.
A Power Point or video lesson to introduce the consonant digraph ‘sh’ to children, especially suitable for those who have special needs or a slower pace, but fine for all abilities.
This is one of a series of videos.
This is a taught lesson. Stop the video if you need more time on a slide. The Power Point allows for more control over the speed.
For supporting flashcards/worksheets/reading book and game see:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/complete-ch-sh-lesson-for-special-needs-home-learning-12462988
Just like having your own phonics teacher.
Written by a teacher with over 30 years experience of teaching phonics.
Can either be used by the child, with support from an adult, as well as to give the parent a feel for what is necessary - i.e. for training purposes.
Reading Made Simple: helping parents to teach their child to read.
A Power Point or video lesson to introduce the digraph ‘ck’ to children, especially suitable for those who have special needs or need a slower pace. This is one of a series.
This is a taught lesson. Stop the video if you need more time on a slide. The Power Point allows for more control over the speed.
Find flashcards, worksheets, reading book and game here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/complete-ck-lesson-for-phase-2-letters-and-sounds-home-learning-12457905
Just like having your own phonics teacher.
Written by a teacher with over 30 years experience of teaching phonics to all abilities.
Can either be used by the child, with support from an adult, as well as to give the parent a feel for what is necessary - i.e. for training purposes.
Four phonics lessons for Phase 3 Set 3 Letters and Sounds:ch,sh,th and ng. suitable for all abilities, but especially helpful for special needs/catch-up work.
Video or Power Point to give more control over the speed of the lesson.
Produced by a teacher with over 30 years experience of teaching phonics to special needs children.
Great to help parents support the learning of their child at home.
Shows parents what to do and what is needed to help their child succeed as well as instructing the child.
Totally phonetic
No guessing!
REAL READING!
These lessons are intended to be watched with a teacher/parent/guardian.
An easy phonetic reader about snails for those beginning to read longer simple texts - with words that can be sounded out using phonic knowledge and only a few most common sight words.
Learn about Snails through a simple story.
Use with any phonic programme after a child has learned the basic digraphs and trigraphs, for example, after Phase 5 Letters and sounds, or after RWI Speed Set 3 have been completed.
See more at Reading Made Simple.
Take your children on a nature hunt with our FREE spotting sheet.
Very often, when you take young children out to look at nature they cannot see anything. Telling them to ‘look’ is not enough as they do not know what to look for. This handy spotting sheet will help. By asking the children to see how many of the things on the sheet they can find, you are focusing their attention. This will make the walk of far more value to the child, as having personally found an item will mean that s/he feels much more related to it and be ready to learn more about it.
See more resources at KS1 Nature.
A Power Point lesson to introduce the digraph ‘ee’ to children, especially suitable for those who have special needs or need a slower pace. This is one of a series.
This is a taught lesson. The Power Point allows for control over the speed, but the video is for those who cannot use PowerPoint.
Just like having your own phonics teacher.
Written by a teacher with over 30 years experience of teaching phonics to all abilities.
Can either be used by the child, with support from an adult, as well as to give the parent a feel for what is necessary - i.e. for training purposes.
A Power Point or video lesson to introduce the consonant digraph ‘ch’ to children, especially suitable for those who have special needs or need a slower pace. This is one of a series.
This is a taught lesson. Stop the video if you need more time on a slide. The Power Point allows for more control over the speed.
For supporting flashcards/worksheets/reading book and game see:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/complete-ch-sh-lesson-for-special-needs-home-learning-12462988
Just like having your own phonics teacher.
Written by a teacher with over 30 years experience of teaching phonics to all abilities.
Can either be used by the child, with support from an adult, as well as to give the parent a feel for what is necessary - i.e. for training purposes.
Learn about the life-cycle of a Daffodil and and see how much of the science curriculum you can cover - without any effort and extend the learning into language and art in a truly child-centred way.
Our spring Daffodil Science Lesson Pack is great for KS1 classroom use or for home-education nature study and includes:
An 18 slide narrated Power Point to help KS1 children learn how Daffodils grow.
Starting with the bulb under the ground the Power Point shows how Daffodils grow and teaches about the bulb, leaves, stem, buds, calyx (the papery covering of the buds), petals, trumpet and pollen. This Power Point is a taught lesson - with sound.
Lesson outlines included with extensive notes for both Year 1 and Year 2 with relative National Curriculum for Science links.
How to dissect a Daffodil.
Pictures and word cards for multiple uses, e.g. labeling, making a matching game
Label the parts of the plant
Front cover of a Daffodil diary for recording observations
Poetry lesson based on William Wordsworth poem ‘Daffodils’
Acrostic sheet
Suggested art activities for each year group.
8 Photos for display/discussion
A simple Phonic game to help children learn the vowel teams OO and EE.
Simply choose a picture, say the word, listen for the sound (OO or EE) in the word and see if you can be the first to finish your snakes!
Can be used as an activity for a single child.
Some children need more support than others to learn these sounds. Give them the help they need with a fun game - they will forget they are learning!
Games makes phonics fun!
Suitable for school/home use.
A game for 2 players, full instructions included.
A simple game to help children learn to differentiate between the sounds F, V and TH.
Full instructions provided.
Eco print black and white.
Easy prep. Easy to play!
A simple Phonic game to help children learn the vowel teams OO and EE.
Simply match picture to words.
Can be used as an activity for a single child.
Some children need more support than others to learn these sounds. Give them the help they need with a fun game - they will forget they are learning!
Games makes phonics fun!
Suitable for school/home use.
A game for 2 players, full instructions included.
A series of highly structured phonics worksheets for special needs, currently covering the sounds:
CK, OO, EE, AR and OR, A-E, I-E for any pupils of any age who need a slower pace and more in-depth study of a digraph, with each task broken into tiny manageable steps.
Each pack contains 12 worksheets, intended to be worked through as a workbook but which can be used discretely.
These sheets are intended to be used in a multisensory capacity so needed by special needs children, in which the child sees the sound/word, feels the sound with the mouth parts, and then writes it.
See it! Sound-it-out! Write it! is my powerful 3-step process.
My ‘sound-it-out’ boxes help to visually group wounds in words so guiding the pupils attention to the sounds to help them to sound out effectively.
These structured worksheets take the pupil through the following stages:
Hear the new sound in familiar words (to familiarise the child with the sound)
Write the new sound (writing adds a multisensory dimension so needed by these pupils)
Track the new sound in words (throughout)
Write the new sounds
Read words with the new sound
Read longer passages
Each pack includes a front cover to make a workbook and a page on which to write the given dictation passage on completion of the exercises.
These packs were written originally for a ten-year-old pupil of mine who has severe processing difficulties. They will help those suspected of being, or diagnosed with, Dyslexia as well as with any other special need.
This bundle is rapidly being added to.
Here is a simple, fun to play CK game, or individual CK matching activity, to help children to learn the CK digraph.
This pack contains both a colour (for class use) and a black and white version to send home for home-learning).
For either one child or two players
For home and school use
For parents, teachers and home educators
For intervention, classwork, home-school curriculum and private tutors.
Simple to prep, simple to play.
This is the colour and black and white version
Here is a simple, fun to play CK game, or individual CK matching activity, to help children to learn the CK digraph.
This pack contains both a black and white version to send home for home-learning).
For either one child or two players
For home and school use
For parents, teachers and home educators
For intervention, classwork, home-school curriculum and private tutors.
Simple to prep, simple to play.
This is the eco black and white version.
For a colour version please see here.
