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!
The Monster Spelling Routine
We introduce the Monster Routine in three stages with children in the early years.
This breaks the task into manageable parts as they build confidence.
Some children are not yet ready to draw their own speech sound lines and numbers, so we provide them with strips.
Within 10 days, children in Reception will be able to use the number formation resources and videos to write numbers 1–10 and the letters s, a, t, p, i, n - use the RWI letter formation phrase.
However, the teacher may decide to continue using the strips. If children are not quite ready for letter formation, the focus may shift away from the skills we are developing, so the teacher must make that decision.
It is vital that children who have just started Reception feel embraced and that their learning needs are being met—we meet them where they are.
Children use the routine at all grades and with any words to store them in the orthographic lexicon for instant recognition when reading and rapid retrieval when spelling.
This was a message to Luca. He went back to Phase 2 as he was eleven and still couldn't read and spell. It's never too late!
MyWordz® – Word Mapping Mastery® for All Brains
Smiley Spelling!
😊 No Guessing. No Memorising. No Rules. 😊
