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!
Miss Emma developed the world’s first bi-directional word mapping tool and one-screen AAC for children who cannot (yet) read and spell. Use it to support children using the free SSP resources on MonsterMappedWords.com
The Core Code
The entire alphabetic code is not taught within synthetic phonics programmes, so most children need opportunities to explore the full code to become confident readers and spellers.
What is actually covered within the Speech Sound Pics (SSP) Aproach Core Code? Which grapheme-to-phoneme correspondences—GPCs—are included?
10-Day Dyslexia 'Screen & Intervene' Plan with MySpeekie®: Develop speech sound awareness through Phonemies Play, supporting children before or alongside systematic synthetic phonics (SSP). The Speech Sound Play Phonemic Awareness Plan benefits not only young children, but also older struggling readers, learners with SLCN, neurodivergent learners, and even EAL students who need stronger sound–symbol awareness.
This is the Speech Sound Pics (SSP) Approach Core Code
Speech Sound Play (SSP) with Speech Sound Pics! (SSP) Approach
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This aligns with the DfE recommended GPC teaching order
