The Speech Sound Pics (SSP) Approoch is the only self-paced phonics approach for Reception Classrooms. Get in. Get out!
The Word Mapping Formula is that words are bidirectionally mapped: print to speech when decoding and speech to print when spelling, according to the expectations of each education jurisdiction, while also taking account of the child’s accent.
The Speech Sound King tells SSP children the British English standard.
If children are to understand how speech and print connect, their teachers need to know too. Bidirectional Word Mapping Training should happen regardless of the phonics programme being used. Have you had any?
We offer Word Mapping Formula training through ShowTheCode.com. We offer the training there as we also show teachers how to use MyWordz® technology to check the mapping of words themselves, and teach them about the IPA so they understand how and why Phonemies® are used as phonetic symbols for orthographic learners: anyone learning to read, spell and communicate in English.
Do you know the Word Mapping Formula? Bidirectional Word Mapping is really easy when you do! As a teaching team, just decide: “We are going to use the Word Mapping Formula so that we have consistency across the school.”
Most teacher training shows teachers how to deliver a programme to children. We give teachers the underlying bidirectional word-mapping knowledge they need to adapt those programmes and respond to individual needs. Book Training Here!
Children using the Speech Sound Pics (SSP) Approach are mapping words throughout the day, in both directions!
We are mapping words from Speech to Print AND Print to Speech all day! This is expected of teachers across all grades, not just those teaching phonics.
Statutory spelling guidance states that teachers should draw pupils’ attention to grapheme–phoneme correspondences that both do and do not fit with what has been taught so far (Department for Education, Spelling Framework, p. 75).
Bidirectional Word Mapping
When you hear the word ‘phonics’, what do you think?
Does it make you think of bidirectional word mapping as the primary route to word reading and spelling? Did you know that this was the education department expectation?
Do you know how the Word Mapping Formula is calculated? Do you know the Word Mapping Standard in your country, state or county? Is there one?
Do you know why bidirectional word mapping matters? Who benefits most when teachers are confident and consistent when supporting word mapping throughout the day?
Miss Emma
Emma Hartnell-Baker MEd SEN
Self-Paced Orthographic Learning (SPOL) with MyWordz® Bidirectional Word Mapping Technology. If YOU don't know it, MyWordz® will show it. ShowTheCode.com/Guide
When "Word Mapping" we are making sure children know which letters are graphemes, and their sound value. This is important. It can also be FUN!
Children learning to read and spell in English are expected to understand how the letters in each word connect with speech.
Can you map the speech you actually use and hear?
Can you map the standardised pronunciation you need to use for phonics instruction?
Together, the two parts distinguish personal accent variation from the shared reference knowledge teachers need for instruction.
The Department for Education (DfE) expects phonics knowledge to be applied when children decode and spell words throughout the curriculum.
Primary teachers therefore need to be able to identify which letters form graphemes and their corresponding phoneme values in words.
National guidance defines early word reading and spelling in terms of the relationship between spoken sounds and written letters.
The Reading Framework states:
“Understanding that the letters on the page represent the sounds in spoken words underpins successful word reading. Pupils’ knowledge of the English alphabetic code, how letters or groups of letters represent the sounds of the language, supports their reading and spelling.”
(Department for Education, England, 2023)
The same document further states:
“This guidance explains why teachers themselves also need to understand the alphabetic code: evidence supports the key role of phonic knowledge and skills in early reading and spelling.”
(Department for Education, England, 2023)
Emma Hartnell-Baker is known for training teachers to map words from speech to print and from print to speech, so that they are able to support ANY child, at ANY time, to read and spell, She now uses MyWordz® technology and Phonemies® (Speech Sound Monsters®) to ‘Show the Code’, with ‘the code’ referring to The Alphabetic Code.
Word Mapping in Reception (Prep)
To be able to map words children need to be able to segment and blend words. This is why we introduce Duck Hands!
Children are soon using Duck Hands, Speech Sound Lines and Numbers
