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. Reading for pleasure by 7!
Mapping our Names
The children will usually choose the Blue Cow Phonemie /ʌ/ (over the Silly Schwa /ə/) for their names at first. This is because it’s the phoneme they use when segmenting, and the schwa is used when connecting the word in a sentence. So they can choose, and both are ‘right’. And if this doesn't make sense to you yet, do the training!:-)
The Word Mapping Mastery Book out soon
Great for non-speaking children! Use MySpeekie as a one-screen AAC
