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!
Step into Stories!
With the 123 and Away books, children take their first steps into real reading. These stories are carefully structured so that early readers can begin to enjoy books for pleasure. Each page builds confidence, while the familiar characters and settings draw children into the adventure of reading. This is where word mapping turns into understanding, and where books become something to love, not just something to learn.
Children start these when they are ready for the Yellow Code Level Readers, and read both at the same time. Both serve different purposes.
Read these online as Monster Mapped Readers
They are mapped for NeuroReadies: Children who learn differently need to be taught differently.
