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Hi, We are Sally and Amanda from Guinea Pig Education. We present a range of complimentary teaching aids and workbooks to use in your classroom or as homework – in both print and digital format. We aim to raise reading standards and to develop literacy skills, with our ‘fun for kids’ phonic reading resources. We also offer support for pupils aged 4-16 years. We highly recommend our comprehension and creative writing resources - which build confidence and develop imagination.

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Hi, We are Sally and Amanda from Guinea Pig Education. We present a range of complimentary teaching aids and workbooks to use in your classroom or as homework – in both print and digital format. We aim to raise reading standards and to develop literacy skills, with our ‘fun for kids’ phonic reading resources. We also offer support for pupils aged 4-16 years. We highly recommend our comprehension and creative writing resources - which build confidence and develop imagination.
Make Sentences With The Sentence Maker: Book 9 (Zoggy Zero Series)
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Make Sentences With The Sentence Maker: Book 9 (Zoggy Zero Series)

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Follow the instructions given to make a sentence maker. Cut out the words. Get your children to make a phrase or sentence and then read it aloud. Introducing you to our brand new ‘Mission Spelling Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 28 pages
Play A Sound Game ‘Zap’ To Reinforce Three Letter Words (4-7 years)
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Play A Sound Game ‘Zap’ To Reinforce Three Letter Words (4-7 years)

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A printable sound game to reinforce three letter words. Oh No! Zoggy is lost in a rain storm and he wants to find a rainbow. Can you help him? Zap away the rain clouds and make the sun come out, by finding as many real three letter words as you can. Introducing you to our brand new ‘Zoggy Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 11 pages
Play A Game Of ‘What Do You Spot?’ To Reinforce Three Letter Words (4-7 years)
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Play A Game Of ‘What Do You Spot?’ To Reinforce Three Letter Words (4-7 years)

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Play A Game Of ‘What Do You Spot?’ To Reinforce Three Letter Words Get the child to sound out the three letter phonic words and match them to the pictures. (If your child is a beginner reader, isolate the three or four words that are featured on that page.) Introducing you to our brand new ‘Zoggy Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 10 pages
Playing Cards To Reinforce Three Letter Words (4-7 years)
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Playing Cards To Reinforce Three Letter Words (4-7 years)

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Printable playing cards to reinforce three letter words. Play matching games, like snap, to familiarise your children with three letter phonic words. Introducing you to our brand new ‘Mission Spelling Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 12 pages
WORKSHEETS To Reinforce Two Letter Sight Words (4-7 years)
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WORKSHEETS To Reinforce Two Letter Sight Words (4-7 years)

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Worksheets to Reinforce two letter sight words Sight words need to be learnt. They cannot always be sounded out with phonics. Familiarise your child with common sight words, by reading, tracing and writing the letters. Introducing you to our brand new ‘Mission Spelling Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 12 pages
WORKSHEETS To Reinforce Three Letter Sight Words (4-7 years)
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WORKSHEETS To Reinforce Three Letter Sight Words (4-7 years)

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Worksheets to reinforce three letter sight words. Sight words need to be learnt. They cannot always be sounded out with phonics. Familiarise your child with common sight words, by reading, tracing and writing the letters. Introducing you to our brand new ‘Zoggy Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 10 pages
Practise Writing Stories ‘Dan’s Room’ (4-7 years)
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Practise Writing Stories ‘Dan’s Room’ (4-7 years)

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Practise writing stories ‘Dan’s Room’ Talk about the picture with your child. Then, get him or her to write a sentence using the words suggested and using the picture as a writing prompt. Introducing you to our brand new ‘Mission Spelling Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 4 pages
Practise Writing Stories ‘Zoggy At The Park’ (4-7 years)
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Practise Writing Stories ‘Zoggy At The Park’ (4-7 years)

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Practise writing stories ‘Zoggy At The Park’ Talk about the picture with your child. Then, get him or her to write a sentence using the words suggested and using the picture as a writing prompt. Introducing you to our brand new ‘Mission Spelling Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 8 pages
WORKSHEETS To Reinforce Four Letter Sight Words (4-7 years)
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WORKSHEETS To Reinforce Four Letter Sight Words (4-7 years)

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Worksheets to reinforce four letter sight words Sight words need to be learnt. They cannot always be sounded out with phonics. Familiarise your child with common sight words, by reading, tracing and writing the letters. Introducing you to our brand new ‘Mission Spelling Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 14 pages
Sentence Writing Practice ‘Zogggy At A Picnic’ (4-7 years)
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Sentence Writing Practice ‘Zogggy At A Picnic’ (4-7 years)

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Sentence Writing Practice: ‘Zoggy At A Picnic’ Trace round the letters of the sentence. Cut out the words provided and stick them in the box to make the sentence yourself. Get the children, to copy their new sentence in their own hand writing. Introducing you to our brand new ‘Mission Spelling Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 8 pages
Practice Writing Sentences ‘This Is Zoggy’ (4-7 years)
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Practice Writing Sentences ‘This Is Zoggy’ (4-7 years)

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Practice writing sentences ‘This Is Zoggy’ Trace round the letters of the sentence. Cut out the words provided and stick them in the box to make the sentence yourself. Get the children, to copy their new sentence in their own hand writing. Introducing you to our brand new ‘Zoggy Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 12 pages
Sentence Writing Practice ‘Dan’s Dog At The Vet’ (4-7 years)
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Sentence Writing Practice ‘Dan’s Dog At The Vet’ (4-7 years)

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Sentence Writing Practice ‘Dan’s Dog At The Vet’ Trace round the letters of the sentence. Cut out the words provided and stick them in the box to make the sentence yourself. Get the children, to copy their new sentence in their own hand writing. Introducing you to our brand new ‘Mission Spelling Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 9 pages
Practise Writing Stories ‘Zoggy At A Picnic’ (4-7 years)
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Practise Writing Stories ‘Zoggy At A Picnic’ (4-7 years)

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Practise writing stories ‘Zoggy At A Picnic’ Talk about the picture with your child. Then, get him or her to write a sentence using the words suggested and using the picture as a writing prompt. Introducing you to our brand new ‘Mission Spelling Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 10 pages
Practise Writing Stories ‘Zoggy In The Sun’ (4-7 years)
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Practise Writing Stories ‘Zoggy In The Sun’ (4-7 years)

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Practise writing stories ‘Zoggy In The Sun’ Talk about the picture with your child. Then, get him or her to write a sentence using the words suggested and using the picture as a writing prompt. Introducing you to our brand new ‘Mission Spelling Zero’ scheme. Help your child/ren to take their first steps in reading, writing and spelling, with this exciting structured scheme. 10 pages
Learn Soft G (as in ginger) and how to add '...ing': Google Classroom Resource
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Learn Soft G (as in ginger) and how to add '...ing': Google Classroom Resource

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This DIGITAL resource will be added directly to your Google Drive. It can be shared with your children and their parents via Google Classroom or similar platform. It can be used with the interactive white board. Learn Soft G (as in ginger) and how to add ‘…ing’ to words. Learn To Read With Phonics Digital Reading Packs are a quick and easy way to teach children to read in just six months. They are ideal for all ages (from 4 years plus), especially reluctant older readers of 7, 8, 9+, children with learning difficulties and children where English is a foreign language. The packs are designed to be used one to one or in small groups with a teacher and child or parent/guardian and child learning together. The packs consist of a structured course that build 44 phonic sounds into the text. As the children read the adventures of a loveable boy called Sam, they can have fun searching for hidden sounds. They will build up 44 sounds in total. This will enable them to read 80% of words in the English language, by breaking them down into sounds or syllables - pl ay ing. Children using phonics in this way progress fast. A series of stories, The Bouncing Castle and The Famous Cousin From The Country reinforce the complex middle sounds being learnt. By the end of the scheme, the child will be ready to progress to ‘solo’ reading books, such as Roald Dahl’s ‘Georges Marvellous Medicine’ and ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’. Many of the packs have drag and drop practice pages for matching words to pictures and phrases to pictures, to fix the sound words in the child’s memory. The simple text and fun colour sketches, appeal to young readers and have helped the authors to teach many, many children to read. The reading packs may be used in any order, just pick the pack for the sound you require. However, when using the packs for a complete non reader we suggest you start with packs teaching initial sounds (word building with three or four letter words). Then move on to learning phonic sounds in this order: ch, sh, wh, th, oo, ee, ar, or, ur, ir, er, magic e, ea, oa, ai, ay, oi, oy, oa, short y (as in happy), long y (as in sky), soft c (as in mice), soft g (as in engine), ou, ow, au and aw. Next, move onto more complex sounds as in, tion, le, el, ough, gue, que, ine, ue, ie, ei, prefixes and suffixes. How To Use Each pack introduces a sound. Learn the sound with the child/children Read the sentences or stories several times, encouraging the child/children to talk about the pictures. At the end of the sentences or story, there is a list of words and phrases, which the child can match to the pictures. Practise each sound several times, until the child is familiar with it.
Introduces ch, sh, th, oo, ee.  Read the sentences.
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Introduces ch, sh, th, oo, ee. Read the sentences.

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Learn consonant digraphs ch, sh, th and vowel digraphs oo, ee. Read the sentences and match the words/phrases to the pictures. Learn To Read With Phonics Reading Packs are a quick and easy way to teach children to read in just six months. They are ideal for all ages (from 4 years plus), especially reluctant older readers of 7, 8, 9+, children with learning difficulties and children where English is a foreign language. The packs are designed to be used one to one or in small groups with a teacher and child or parent/guardian and child learning together. The packs consist of a structured course that build 44 phonic sounds into the text. As the children read the adventures of a loveable boy called Sam, they can have fun searching for hidden sounds. They will build up 44 sounds in total. This will enable them to read 80% of words in the English language, by breaking them down into sounds or syllables - pl ay ing. Children using phonics in this way progress fast. A series of stories, The Bouncing Castle and The Famous Cousin From The Country reinforce the complex middle sounds being learnt. By the end of the scheme, the child will be ready to progress to ‘solo’ reading books, such as Roald Dahl’s ‘Georges Marvellous Medicine’ and ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’. Many of the packs have cut out practice pages for matching words to pictures and phrases to pictures, to fix the sound words in the child’s memory. The simple text and fun colour in sketches, appeal to young readers and have helped the authors to teach many, many children to read. The reading packs may be used in any order, just pick the pack for the sound you require. However, when using the packs for a complete non reader we suggest you start with packs teaching initial sounds (word building with three or four letter words). Then move on to learning phonic sounds in this order: ch, sh, wh, th, oo, ee, ar, or, ur, ir, er, magic e, ea, oa, ai, ay, oi, oy, oa, short y (as in happy), long y (as in sky), soft c (as in mice), soft g (as in engine), ou, ow, au and aw. Next, move onto more complex sounds as in, tion, le, el, ough, gue, que, ine, ue, ie, ei, prefixes and suffixes. How To Use Each pack introduces a sound. Learn the sound with the child/children Read the sentences or stories several times, encouraging the child/children to talk about the pictures. At the end of the sentences or story, there is a list of words and phrases, which the child can match to the pictures. Get the child/children to colour in the pictures. Practise each sound several times, until the child is familiar with it.
Learn The Phonic Sounds oi and oy (as in enjoy and spoilt)
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Learn The Phonic Sounds oi and oy (as in enjoy and spoilt)

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Learn The Phonic Sounds oi and oy (as in enjoy and spoilt) Learn To Read With Phonics Reading Packs are a quick and easy way to teach children to read in just six months. They are ideal for all ages (from 4 years plus), especially reluctant older readers of 7, 8, 9+, children with learning difficulties and children where English is a foreign language. The packs are designed to be used one to one or in small groups with a teacher and child or parent/guardian and child learning together. The packs consist of a structured course that build 44 phonic sounds into the text. As the children read the adventures of a loveable boy called Sam, they can have fun searching for hidden sounds. They will build up 44 sounds in total. This will enable them to read 80% of words in the English language, by breaking them down into sounds or syllables - pl ay ing. Children using phonics in this way progress fast. A series of stories, The Bouncing Castle and The Famous Cousin From The Country reinforce the complex middle sounds being learnt. By the end of the scheme, the child will be ready to progress to ‘solo’ reading books, such as Roald Dahl’s ‘Georges Marvellous Medicine’ and ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’. Many of the packs have cut out practice pages for matching words to pictures and phrases to pictures, to fix the sound words in the child’s memory. The simple text and fun colour sketches, appeal to young readers and have helped the authors to teach many, many children to read. The reading packs may be used in any order, just pick the pack for the sound you require. However, when using the packs for a complete non reader we suggest you start with packs teaching initial sounds (word building with three or four letter words). Then move on to learning phonic sounds in this order: ch, sh, wh, th, oo, ee, ar, or, ur, ir, er, magic e, ea, oa, ai, ay, oi, oy, oa, short y (as in happy), long y (as in sky), soft c (as in mice), soft g (as in engine), ou, ow, au and aw. Next, move onto more complex sounds as in, tion, le, el, ough, gue, que, ine, ue, ie, ei, prefixes and suffixes. How To Use Each pack introduces a sound. Learn the sound with the child/children Read the sentences or stories several times, encouraging the child/children to talk about the pictures. At the end of the sentences or story, there is a list of words and phrases, which the child can match to the pictures. Practise each sound several times, until the child is familiar with it. 19 pages Download this free booklet, to find out more about our phonic scheme. Click here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-do-i-start-my-child-learning-to-read-with-phonics-12412206
Learn To Write Different Genres Of Story (7-13 years)
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Learn To Write Different Genres Of Story (7-13 years)

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Learn To Write Different Genres Of Story In this pack, the child will learn about different genres or types of story and about the techniques writers use to make their reader want to read on. For example, flash backs or dialogue to move a story on. The child is asked to read the rescue story and to write their own version. A helpful prompt is included, showing the child how to introduce character, setting and plot in paragraph one, develop plot (actions and complications) in paragraph two and build up suspense in paragraph three, ending the story on a happy, sad or cliff hanger ending. Next, the child should read the ghost story and write their own version. After this, they should make their own thesaurus, by collecting a number of difficult words and find words that mean the same (synonyms). This series of work packs provides prompts to encourage children to write. It provides starting points, to encourage even the most reluctant writers. Featuring a lively, ‘magazine style’ format to appeal to children of all abilities, these packs are particularly recommended as preparation for creative writing tasks at 11+ or S.A.T.S. The writer herself often dips into the lively collection of imaginative stories and non fiction articles, to teach her students in tutorials. The packs feature detailed prompts on how to plan and write stories and letters, as well as help with non fiction tasks - writing diaries, reports and persuasive leaflets. There is also plenty of practice in writing techniques - variation of sentences, connectives and grammar and punctuation tips. 30 pages