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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.
Learn Phonic Sounds: Blends (frog) and 'ck' syllable words (Digital Resource)
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Learn Phonic Sounds: Blends (frog) and 'ck' syllable words (Digital Resource)

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This DIGITAL resource can be shared with your children and their parents via Google Classroom or similar platform. It can be used with the interactive white board. You will receive a link, to make a copy of the resource, into your Google Drive. A new digital phonic reading scheme. Learn To Read With Phonics teaches reading rapidly, in as little as six months. Children love reading about the humorous adventures of Sam and his friends. They hardly realise that within each fun story are disguised phonic sounds. Learning to read with Guinea Pig has never been so easy or so much fun. This exciting scheme has been written by a teacher and tutor catering for the needs of the children she teaches. The scheme works well with young children starting out on reading. At the same time, it is ideal for older children who have failed to reach targets in literacy, for those who have experienced particular learning difficulties or where English is a second language. This scheme helps the student catch up fast. Beginner Reader Books 1-6 are a structured course that systematically introduces new sounds, each one building on the ones that went before. Book 1 teaches blends like frog and milk and ‘ck’ syllable words. The child is encouraged to read each sound chapter several times and to learn the words using the digital matching activities with the help of an adult. When he or she is familiar with the material they can move on.
Creative Writing ‘Pom Pom And The Naughty Dog’ (6-9 years)
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Creative Writing ‘Pom Pom And The Naughty Dog’ (6-9 years)

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The Pom Pom series offers a fun approach to creative writing for younger children (who have obtained some degree of reading fluency). Our books showcase two delightful dog characters, Pom Pom and her new friend, the Naughty Dog. In a series of four short books, our young readers enter their dog world and meet their people and their homes. They embark on a series of doggy adventures, empathising with the dogs. The books encourage the children to build on the stories by completing lots of fun writing activities and word games, including word searches and mazes. They are encouraged to search for answers to clues and complete stories by adding their own ideas. The Pom Pom series are not activity books, but they are educational material that stimulate children’s imagination and provide a light hearted approach to writing. They are supplementary writing activities which can be done to gain confidence in writing at any time in any place. These books are designed to be flexible. If your child is too young, or unable to fill it in themselves, why not discuss the answers and fill it in together. The books will help a child learn quite a lot about caring for dogs, if they do not already know. As well as this, the books explore feelings and emotions in our pets, such as anxiety separation. 119 pages
Learn Initial Consonant Blends: Digital Resource For Google Classroom
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Learn Initial Consonant Blends: Digital Resource For Google Classroom

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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 Initial Consonant Blends (as in sn, sp, dr, gr) and read the sentences (3 years +) 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.
Learn Phonic Sounds: ch,th,sh,ee,oo,ar,or,ur,ir,er, magic e (Digital Resource)
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Learn Phonic Sounds: ch,th,sh,ee,oo,ar,or,ur,ir,er, magic e (Digital Resource)

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This DIGITAL resource can be shared with your children and their parents via Google Classroom or similar platform. It can be used with the interactive white board. You will receive a link to make a copy of the resource into your Google Drive. A new digital phonic reading scheme. Learn To Read With Phonics teaches reading rapidly, in as little as six months. Children love reading about the humorous adventures of Sam and his friends. They hardly realise that within each fun story are disguised phonic sounds. Learning to read with Guinea Pig has never been so easy or so much fun. This exciting scheme has been written by a teacher and tutor catering for the needs of the children she teaches. The scheme works well with young children starting out on reading. At the same time, it is ideal for older children who have failed to reach targets in literacy, for those who have experienced particular learning difficulties or where English is a second language. This scheme helps the student catch up fast. Beginner Reader Books 1-6 are a structured course that systematically introduces new sounds, each one building on the ones that went before. Book 2 includes the sounds ‘ch’, ‘th’, ‘sh’, ‘ee’, ‘oo’, ‘ar’, ‘or’, ‘ur’, ‘ir’, ‘er’ and magic or silent ‘e’. The child is encouraged to read each sound chapter several times and to learn the words using the matching activities with the help of an adult. When he or she is familiar with the material they can move on.
Learn Phonic Sounds: 'ough', 'ought', Suffixes, Prefixes (Digital Resource)
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Learn Phonic Sounds: 'ough', 'ought', Suffixes, Prefixes (Digital Resource)

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This DIGITAL resource can be shared with your children and their parents via Google Classroom or similar platform. It can be used with the interactive white board. You will receive a link to make a copy of the resource into your Google Drive. Guinea Pig Education is proud to be launching an exciting, new revolutionary phonic reading scheme. Learn To Read With Phonics teaches reading rapidly, in as little as six months PROVEN! Children love reading about the humorous adventures of Sam and his friends. They hardly realise that within each fun story are disguised phonic sounds. Learning to read with Guinea Pig has never been so easy or so much fun. This exciting scheme has been written by a Surrey teacher and tutor catering for the needs of the children she teaches. The scheme works well with young children Books 1-6 are a structured course that systematically introduces new sounds, each one building on the ones that went before. Book 6, the last book in the series, includes sounds like ‘ough’, ‘all’, ‘ought’, ‘gue’, ‘que’, ‘ine’, ‘ue’, ‘ew’, ‘ul’, ‘el’, ‘le’, ‘ee’, ‘ie’, ‘ei’, ‘tion’ and suffixes and prefixes. The child is encouraged to read each sound chapter several times and to learn the words using the matching activities with the help of an adult. When he or she is familiar with the material they can move on. By the end of Book 6, the child will be able to read ‘solo’ reading books by renowned authors for children of 8 years or above recommended by leading retailers.
Creative Writing ‘Pom Pom Goes Out And About’ (6-9 years)
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Creative Writing ‘Pom Pom Goes Out And About’ (6-9 years)

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The Pom Pom series offers a fun approach to creative writing for younger children (who have obtained some degree of reading fluency). Our books showcase two delightful dog characters, Pom Pom and her new friend, the Naughty Dog. In a series of four short books, our young readers enter a dog’s world and meet their people and their homes. They embark on a series of doggy adventures, empathising with the dogs. The books encourage the children to build on the stories by completing lots of fun writing activities and word games, including word searches and mazes. They are encouraged to search for answers to clues and complete stories by adding their own ideas. The Pom Pom series are not activity books, but they are educational material that stimulate children’s imagination and provide a light hearted approach to writing. They are supplementary writing activities which can be done to gain confidence in writing at any time, in any place. These books are designed to be flexible. If your child is too young, or unable to fill it in themselves, why not discuss the answers and fill it in together. The books will help a child learn quite a lot about caring for dogs, if they do not already know. As well as this, the books explore feelings and emotions in our pets, such as anxiety separation. 74 pages
Creative Writing ‘Introducing Pom Pom’ (6-9 years)
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Creative Writing ‘Introducing Pom Pom’ (6-9 years)

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The Pom Pom series offers a fun approach to creative writing for younger children (who have obtained some degree of reading fluency). Our books showcase two delightful dog characters, Pom Pom and her new friend, the Naughty Dog. In a series of four short books, our young readers enter a dog’s world and meet their people and their homes. They embark on a series of doggy adventures, empathising with the dogs. The books encourage the children to build on the stories by completing lots of fun writing activities and word games, including word searches and mazes. They are encouraged to search for answers to clues and complete stories by adding their own ideas. The Pom Pom series are not activity books, but they are educational material that stimulate children’s imagination and provide a light hearted approach to writing. They are supplementary writing activities which can be done to gain confidence in writing at any time, in any place. These books are designed to be flexible. If your child is too young, or unable to fill it in themselves, why not discuss the answers and fill it in together. The books will help a child learn quite a lot about caring for dogs, if they do not already know. As well as this, the books explore feelings and emotions in our pets, such as anxiety separation. 119 pages
Creative Writing ‘Pom Pom At Home’ (6-9 years)
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Creative Writing ‘Pom Pom At Home’ (6-9 years)

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The Pom Pom series offers a fun approach to creative writing for younger children (who have obtained some degree of reading fluency). Our books showcase two delightful dog characters, Pom Pom and her new friend, the Naughty Dog. In a series of four short books, our young readers enter a dog’s world and meet their people and their homes. They embark on a series of doggy adventures, empathising with the dogs. The books encourage the children to build on the stories by completing lots of fun writing activities and word games, including word searches and mazes. They are encouraged to search for answers to clues and complete stories by adding their own ideas. The Pom Pom series are not activity books, but they are educational material that stimulate children’s imagination and provide a light hearted approach to writing. They are supplementary writing activities which can be done to gain confidence in writing at any time, in any place. These books are designed to be flexible. If your child is too young, or unable to fill it in themselves, why not discuss the answers and fill it in together. The books will help a child learn quite a lot about caring for dogs, if they do not already know. As well as this, the books explore feelings and emotions in our pets, such as anxiety separation. 74 pages
Reading Comprehension ‘Where Is France?’ (4-8 years)
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Reading Comprehension ‘Where Is France?’ (4-8 years)

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Read the story ‘Where Is France?’ to revise the phonic sound soft c and soft g. Read the story and then answer the reading comprehension questions. Younger children might wish to work alongside an adult and answer the comprehension questions orally. This resource is part of our ‘Learn To Read With Phonics’ reading scheme.
Reading Comprehension ‘Walking The Dogs’ (4-8 years)
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Reading Comprehension ‘Walking The Dogs’ (4-8 years)

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Read the story ‘Walking The Dogs’ to revise the phonic sound …le and …el. Read the story and then answer the reading comprehension questions. Younger children might wish to work alongside an adult and answer the comprehension questions orally. This resource is part of our ‘Learn To Read With Phonics’ reading scheme.
Reading Comprehension 'The River Trip’ (4-8 years)
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Reading Comprehension 'The River Trip’ (4-8 years)

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Read the story ‘The River Trip’ to revise au, aw, gh, ght, wa, war, qua Read the story and then answer the reading comprehension questions. Younger children might wish to work alongside an adult and answer the comprehension questions orally. This resource is part of our ‘Learn To Read With Phonics’ reading scheme.
Reading Comprehension 'The Holiday’ (4-8 years)
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Reading Comprehension 'The Holiday’ (4-8 years)

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Read the story ‘The Holiday’ to revise the phonic sounds ou and ow. Read the story and then answer the reading comprehension questions. Younger children might wish to work alongside an adult and answer the comprehension questions orally. This resource is part of our ‘Learn To Read With Phonics’ reading scheme.
Reading Comprehension ‘The Surprise’ (4-8 years)
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Reading Comprehension ‘The Surprise’ (4-8 years)

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Read the story ‘The Surprise’ to revise the phonic sound …le. Read the story and then answer the reading comprehension questions. Younger children might wish to work alongside an adult and answer the comprehension questions orally. This resource is part of our ‘Learn To Read With Phonics’ reading scheme.
Reading Comprehension 'The Bouncy Castle’ (4-8 years)
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Reading Comprehension 'The Bouncy Castle’ (4-8 years)

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Read the story ‘The Bouncy Castle’ to revise ou and ow. Read the story and then answer the reading comprehension questions. Younger children might wish to work alongside an adult and answer the comprehension questions orally. This resource is part of our ‘Learn To Read With Phonics’ reading scheme.
Reading Comprehension 'The Antique Shop’ (4-8 years)
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Reading Comprehension 'The Antique Shop’ (4-8 years)

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Read the story ‘The Antique Shop’ to revise que and gue. Read the story and then answer the reading comprehension questions. Younger children might wish to work alongside an adult and answer the comprehension questions orally. This resource is part of our ‘Learn To Read With Phonics’ reading scheme.
Reading Comprehension 'The Fun Fair’ (4-8 years)
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Reading Comprehension 'The Fun Fair’ (4-8 years)

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Read the story ‘The Fun Fair’ to revise the phonic sounds igh, ea, ear Read the story and then answer the reading comprehension questions. Younger children might wish to work alongside an adult and answer the comprehension questions orally. This resource is part of our ‘Learn To Read With Phonics’ reading scheme.
Reading Comprehension 'The Monster Near The Bed’ (4-8 years)
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Reading Comprehension 'The Monster Near The Bed’ (4-8 years)

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Read the story ‘The Monster Near The Bed’ to revise silent letters. Read the story and then answer the reading comprehension questions. Younger children might wish to work alongside an adult and answer the comprehension questions orally. This resource is part of our ‘Learn To Read With Phonics’ reading scheme.
Reading Comprehension 'The Sand Castle’ (4-8 years)
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Reading Comprehension 'The Sand Castle’ (4-8 years)

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Read the story ‘The Sand Castle’ to revise tion, ture, silent letters. Read the story and then answer the reading comprehension questions. Younger children might wish to work alongside an adult and answer the comprehension questions orally. This resource is part of our ‘Learn To Read With Phonics’ reading scheme.
Reading Comprehension 'Likes And Dislikes' (4-8 years)
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Reading Comprehension 'Likes And Dislikes' (4-8 years)

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Likes And Dislikes: Read the story to revise the phonic sound ine. Read the story and then answer the reading comprehension questions. Younger children might wish to work alongside an adult and answer the comprehension questions orally. This resource is part of our ‘Learn To Read With Phonics’ reading scheme.