Use the SSP Speech Sound Play Plan before teaching any phonics programme, not just the Speech Sound Pics Approach, to screen for dyslexia risk by assessing phonemic awareness and phonological working memory. We are identifying the 1 in 4 children at risk of struggling to learn phonics before phonics instruction begins.
IPA-aligned Phonemies are Speech Sound Monsters®. They show children the speech sound value of letters. Letters are pictures of speech sounds (Speech Sound Pics®), making word mapping visual, linguistic, and fun. Preventing the dyslexia pardox!
Speech Sound Play! An SEN-Inclusive Letters and Sounds
Phase 1 with Phonemies - Phonemic Awareness Mastery
Day 8
Goals of the Day!
Continue with the activities!
Our focus is now on connecting the Phonemies (Speech Sound Monsters) Sound Pics (graphemes) and the meaning - with the Visual Prompts
Bringing everything together?
Grown-Ups Corner - Day 8 Preparation
In the reception classroom, you can follow this 10-day plan to get to know the children and observe how they learn.
In pre-school, you can spread this out over several weeks! There’s no rush to introduce Sound Pics (graphemes), and you don’t need to follow the plan with a large group. Ideally, activities should be done with just a few children at a time. You may start to form groups of children at similar stages of understanding—some may be using only the Phonemies for activities, while others also incorporate the Sound Pics. As with most learning within the Speech Sound Pics (SSP) Approach, the same activities are used but adapted to different skill levels. This ensures that even in a classroom setting, we provide differentiation and a personalised learning experience.