Synthetic / Linguistic Phonic programmes, resources and training:

The programmes listed below are genuine SYNTHETIC / LINGUISTIC phonics programmes with explicit and systematic teaching of the Alphabet Code, sounding-out and blending at their core. In addition, there is strong and rigorous evidence of their effectiveness in the classroom and other settings when used precisely following the programme's instructions, alongside aligned phonically decodable books.

See the new DfE synthetic phonics catalogue for programmes, resources and training which qualify for KS1 match funding (up to £3,000. State primary schools in England only) http://www.espo.org/pdfs/Phonics%20Catalogue%202011.pdf
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It is essential to use phonically decodable books alongside ALL the following programmes for initial reading practice.

For guidance only: young children X remedial intervention X older children/teenagers/adults X parents at home X

S ou n d R ea d i ng S y s t e m (SRS) XXX http://soundreadingsystem.co.uk/
A scripted, linguistic phonics, remedial, one-to-one programme based on the work of Professor Diane McGuinness (author of Why Children Can't Read) and adapted, with her permission, by Fiona Nevola B.Ed.(Sussex) and M.Sc.(Oxen). Teaches reading and spelling quickly and efficiently. Highly suitable for 'dyslexics' and struggling or non-readers of all ages (6+) including adults. The programme is also being used successfully as a whole-class early reading programme, in Further Education Colleges, Academies, and in Youth Offender Institutions. Nov. 2010: the Dyslexia-SpLD trust place the SRS programme in the top category of effectiveness as an intervention for all age groups; 'remarkable' in all three areas; reading accuracy, comprehension and spelling. As this is an instruction-led approach to reading and spelling, the programme manual and materials are only available WITH 3-4 days training. Please contact Fiona Nevola for training details: fiona.nevola at gmail.com. DfE match funding available -see 'Rising Stars UK Ltd' training in the new DfE phonics catalogue SRS YouTube videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/SoundReading/videos

Sounds~Write www.sounds-write.co.uk/default.asp. XXX
This scripted, linguistic phonics classroom programme is designed for KS1 but can be used with all ages and as 'catch-up' As this is an instruction-led approach to reading and spelling the programme manual and materials are only available WITH (4-5 days) training
- No training required to purchase, and can be used alongside any linguistic phonics programme: S-W's Interactive whiteboard presentations -initial code and extended code. http://www.sounds-write.co.uk/interactive-whiteboard.aspx
S~W's impressive longitudinal study of literacy development from 2003-2009, following 1607 pupils through Key Stage 1:
http://www.sounds-write.co.uk/documents/sounds_write_research_report_2009.pdf

Phonics International. XXX www.phonicsinternational.com/
Debbie Hepplewhite's online synthetic phonics programme. Comprehensive range of resources along with instructions for teaching the English Alphabet Code. Unit 1, which includes Debbie's really useful Alphabet Code charts, is free to download with no commitment to purchase further units. The Sounds Book activity sheets are the core of the programme and they include guidance on every sheet right through the programme.
Programme guidance booklet: www.phonicsinternational.com/guidance_book.pdf
XX Early Years Starter Package; Young-child resources for children aged 3-5, for pre-school settings and parents who want to make an early start with synthetic phonics: www.phonicsinternational.com/Early-Years-Starter-Pack-Intro.html
Teeny Reading Seeds XX http://www.phonicsinternational.com/trs.html Free resources for approximately 3-4 yr.olds as they begin to make links between speech sounds and the 26 alphabet letters - both upper and lower case: can be used with the DfE programme Letters & Sounds Phase One

Phonics Bug Club.X Pub. Pearson. http://www.pearsonschoolsandfecolleges.co.uk/Primary/Literacy/AllLiteracyresources/BugClub/PhonicsBug/PhonicsBug.aspx
Aligned to the DCFS's Letters and Sounds programme and based on the highly-respected seven-year study in Clackmannanshire, Scotland.
Pearson's Bug Club booklet: A Practical Guide to Synthetic Phonics. http://BugClubguide.notlong.com

Jolly Phonics XX www.jollylearning.co.uk
Range of multi-sensory literacy materials for teaching the Basic Code, built around 'The Phonics Handbook' by Sue Lloyd. Unscripted. Suitable for young children 3-6 years old. American-English version available -see website for stockists. Also publish The Grammar Handbooks 1 / 2: for teaching some Advanced Code spelling alternatives, grammar and spelling.
Jolly Phonics online training course http://www.jollyphonics.cpdcollege.com/
http://www.nonweiler.demon.co.uk/L&S%20and%20JP%20Comparison.pdf
How the Six Phases of Letters and Sounds Compare with Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar

Phonics Ireland.XXX
http://www.phonicsireland.com/index.php Provide an online linguistic phonics training course.
A headteacher in Fiji reviews the training course:
http://education.blogs.erithacus.org/MIS_EdBlog/learning-to-teach-phonics.html

DCSF's synthetic phonic programme 'Letters and Sounds' X
DfE 2012: ''This publication has been archived. It has been made available for reference use but should not be considered to reflect current policy or guidance''. https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/publicationDetail/Page1/DFES-00281-2007 N.B. teaching of reading begins in Phase 2. Caution: This is an unscripted, deliberately resourceless, 'bare-bones' programme, originally provided as a stop-gap/fall-back programme for schools. It is NOT recommended for use without very high-quality training. N.B. Children should not be asked to memorise as whole shapes any of the 300 high frequency words listed in L&S - see L&S Notes of Guidance p16

The Butterfly Book: a reading and writing course. Irina Tyk. Pub. Civitas XXX. www.civitas.org.uk/butterfly/index.php
Used successfully with children aged 5-12 yrs. old at the Butterfly Saturday Reading School, run by the charity Real Action.
Katie Ivens talks about the Butterfly Saturday Reading School
http://www.rrf.org.uk/messageforum/viewtopic.php?t=3679

Sound Discovery. www.syntheticphonics.net XXX Synthetic phonics programme to teach reading, writing and spelling. Marlynne Grant's conference talk about Sound Discovery: www.rrf.org.uk/messageforum/viewtopic.php?t=3789
Also now published by Pearson. http://www.pearsonphonics.co.uk/SoundDiscovery/SoundDiscovery.aspx
Rapid Phonics catch-up programme for KS1/2, based on Dr Marlynne Grant's Sound Discovery programme. http://www.pearsonphonics.co.uk/RapidPhonics/RapidPhonics.aspx

Sound Foundations. XXX The Promethean Trust. Go to http://soundfoundationsbooks.co.uk/ for information on the reading programme 'Dancing Bears': 'explicitly for use by parents—especially by parents who themselves are poor at reading and spelling'. The Promethean Trust's programme 'Bearing Away' is a basic phonics programme for pupils with complex learning difficulties; 10 minutes, one-to-one daily, scripted, no training required www.prometheantrust.org/bearingaway.htm

Read Write Inc (RWI) Pub. OUP. X http://www.oup.com/oxed/primary/rwi/transformingprogrammes/
Ruth Miskin's scripted synthetic phonics programme for schools. All the RWI materials are available with or without training.
Caution: RWI is based around the use of consumables.
- RWI. XX Fresh Start: 'Catch-up' reading, writing, spelling and grammar activities for children in Year 5 upwards: ''It basically consists of 34 'workbooks' (modules) which progress from extremely simple to complex'' (HLTA using Fresh Start)
- RWI XXX One to one phonics tutoring kit for ages 4-9.
Review: http://www.teachprimary.com/tried_and_tested/view/one-to-one-phonics-tutoring-kit
- RWI book suitable for parents teaching at home XX: RWI 'Phonics 'Speed Sounds Lesson Plans' a photocopiable worksheet is provided for each lesson alongside a scripted lesson plan.
- Also for parents:XX RWI Home Phonics story books/GPC flashcards available from Amazon and bookstores. Caution: The RWI phonics handbook for parents incorrectly states that high frequency words (HFWs) with irregular spellings ('Red words') 'can't be read by sound-blending' and 'have to be read by sight' (RWI 'Help your child to read with phonics p16)

Floppy's Phonics Sounds and Letters. Pub. OUP X http://www.oup.com/oxed/primary/oxfordreadingtree/introduction/teach_phonics/
It provides all the resources schools need to deliver the DfE's Letters&Sounds programme; uses Letters&Sounds GPC introduction order. 'The heart of the programme is the Alphabetic Code Chart to help your children 'crack the code', support the learning of alternative phonemes and to reinforce phonics'.

That Reading Thing. www.thatreadingthing.com XX
Provides training in a basic remedial, linguistic phonics, one-to-one programme for older children, teenagers and adults or, without training, as a book and CD package. 'The Basics' power point: http://www.dyslexics.org.uk/thebasics.pdf

N. America:
Sound Steps to Reading. XX Diane McGuinness's linguistic phonics program for parents (can be used in the classroom too), for ages 4-7.There are two components to the program: The Sound Steps to Reading Handbook contains scripted lessons, exercises and worksheets. The Sound Steps to Reading Storybook contains 36 "sound-targeting" stories. Both publications are available from www.trafford.com N.B this is a Canadian publication (uses on-demand publishing) but is available to UK purchasers -order online/UK tel.

Allographs. XX Comprehensive linguistic phonics spelling program for follow-on after the teaching of Basic Code. Designed for students of all ages including adults with a reading/spelling age of 8+ years. Lessons are partially scripted, and no training is required to teach it effectively. N.B this is a Canadian publication (uses on-demand publishing) but is available to UK purchasers -order online/UK tel. Go to www.trafford.com and put 'Allographs' into the title search box to find the following five publications which make up the program: Parent-Teacher Manuals 1&2 / worksheets&stories 1 / workbook 2 / Allograph dictionary.

Stairway to Reading: XXX Free, online, remedial tutoring program (Canadian) Registration needed: www.societyforqualityeducation.org/stairway.html
A one-on-one remedial reading program for students of any age who have already received some reading instruction but who are struggling with reading. Caution UK users: there are some N. American accent/sound differences.

http://abcdrp.com/ The ABeCeDarian linguistic phonics program. XXX Used by many homeschoolers. Online support available at http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/abecedarian/

France:
www.leolea.org/
Leo et Lea. French synthetic phonic programme.

www.jollylearning.co.uk Le manuel phonique. For teaching French reading, writing and spelling. In the same format as The Phonics Handbook, Le manuel phonique introduces the main 36 letter sounds in French, with 'actions' for each one, and activity sheets

New Zealand:
www.astepatatime.co.nz/
A Step at a Time, programme based on Mona McNee's Step by Step.

www.otago.ac.nz/press/kiwiphonics/index.html
Kiwi Phonics decodable books.

Australia:
Training in Jolly Phonics is available in Australia
www.jollydiscoveries.com/

Training in Sounds~Write is available in Australia
http://sounds-write.co.uk/australia.asp

Training and tutoring in Western Australia.
http://www.phonicsinwesternaustralia.com/

Spain:
Jolly Phonics and Phonics International classes and training in Spain
http://www.coralgeorge.com/index.php

Spanish alphabet code chart
http://www.phonicsinternational.com/3_CaD_pics__Spanish_Alphabetic_Code_Chart.pdf

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www.nonweiler.demon.co.uk/page9a.html
Elizabeth Nonweiler has produced 10 weeks of daily lesson plans based on Jolly Phonics.

http://www.belb.org.uk/Downloads/lp_guidance_for_parents_june_2008.pdf
Parents' guide to linguistic phonics

http://www.phonicsinternational.com/Training_illustrated_The%20English%20Alphabetic%20Code.pdf
The English Alphabet Code -Debbie Hepplewhite's comprehensive chart specifically designed for student teachers.

http://donpotter.net/PDF/Remedial%20Reading%20Drills%20-%20Margin.pdf
'The Kirk-Hegge Remedial Reading Drills is a free, printable resource that does not always follow the SP approach*, but it does so most of the time. *For example, on some pages reading across the lines means reading with onset-rhyme. One can simply draw column lines and ask students to read down the columns' (Jennie. USA).

www.cleverspellgames.co.uk
Pack of linguistic phonics games which follow the Sound Reading System programme structure, suitable for one-to-one or group teaching.

http://www.appsinmypocket.com/pocketphonics/fullversion.html
App for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Pocket Phonics. 'Aimed at preschool kids and older children up to 7, PocketPhonics uses animated graphics, sound and touch' to teach synthetic phonics. Free trial 'lite' version available.

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/soundliteracy/id409347075?mt=8
App for iPad. Sound Literacy. This *Orton Gillingham-based interactive teaching tool could be a useful and practical addition to 1-1 lessons led by a synthetic phonics trained tutor/teacher working with individual 'dyslexic' students. More info. (video clip, features, instructions) available here: http://3dliteracy.com/. *Caution: includes some non-synthetic phonics elements such as rimes.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.readwritephonics
Android App. Read Write Phonics: http://www.readwritephonics.co.uk/
''Read: learn the correct 44 phonic sounds of the English language, Write: learn to write the letters of the English alphabet, with star rewards, Phonics: learn how to blend the phonic sounds to form words''

http://www.readsuccessfully.com/
Trugs: teaching reading using games. ''The structured decodable card games combines the professional phonics side of learning to decode print with the fun side of playing card games in a hugely, effective and engaging way''

www.gamzuk.com
Packs of simple card games -some are suitable for use with linguistic/synthetic phonic programmes

www.candocubes.com/synthetic-phonics-products.php
Sets of tactile, hardwood cubes, each cube being laser engraved with six letters, or combination of letters, representing different sounds of speech (phonemes).Home Edition available.

www.nonweiler.demon.co.uk/page11.html
Free 'Read and Draw' worksheets for extension activities or extra practice.

Jolly Phonics Finger Phonics board books (set of 7)
www.amazon.co.uk/Finger-Phonics-Books-1-7-Jolly/dp/1870946316/ref=pd_bowtega_1/202-3622612-1314237?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1182955354&sr=1-1
These sturdy books cover all the sounds - excellent alternative to the usual 'alphabet' books.

2-hour DVD, Understanding Synthetic Phonics. Teacher Training Resource.
''Debbie Hepplewhite gives a detailed breakdown of synthetic phonics, the alphabetic code (simple and complex) how to blend letter sounds, phonemic awareness, and how to teach synthetic phonics in the classroom.'' Includes demonstrations of practical activities using Jolly Phonics materials.
http://www.act-ed.co.uk/home/dvd_titles_act-ed.html#8

www.focusonphonics.co.uk/ 'We focus on the supply of high quality resources for helping children who are learning to read. We firmly believe that teaching children by synthetic phonics provides the best foundation for successful reading and writing.' How to say the sounds: http://www.focusonphonics.co.uk/sound.htm