Explaining Phonic Readers
For young beginner readers (Dandelion Launchers and Dandelion Readers)
For older, catch-up readers (age 8-14)
Most of the phonic books products are designed according to the British School Phonics Curriculum Guide - Letters and Sounds
Click link below to go to individual phase: This guide contains materials that concentrate on activities to promote speaking and listening skills, phonological awareness and oral blending.
Please also see this: Notes of Guidance for Practioners and Teachers on the Letters and Sounds Programme
Phase 1 (pre-phonics), 7 aspects of learning
Phase 2 - s, a, t, p, i , n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, ff, l, ll, ss. Teaching and practising blending for reading and segmenting for spelling of VC and CVC words, words of two-syllable words, tricky words
Phase 3 - j, v, w, x, y, z, zz, qu, ch, sh, th, ng, ai, ee, igh, oa, oo, ar, or, ur, ow, oi, ear, air, ure, er, practising blending for reading and segmenting for spelling, tricky words
Phase 4 - consolidate knowledge in Phase 2 and 3, br, bl, cr, cl, nt, mp, .... teaching and practise of the blending for reading and segmenting for spelling of adjacent consonants CVCC, CCVC
Phase 5 - alternative graphemes (spellings) of all sounds already learnt in Phase 2/3
Phase 6 - children become fluent readers and increasingly accurate spellers, teaching of past tense, suffixes, prefixes
PhonicBooks
DL10 - Units 1-3 Dandelion Launchers 'Sam, Tam, Tim'
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dl10DL10 - Units 1-3 Dandelion Launchers 12 different...
WR12 - Units 4-7 Workbook Dandelion Launchers
Teacher's Photocopy Master
wr12Spiral bound book of photocopiable, multi-sensory activities linked...
DL9 - Units 8-10 Dandelion Launchers 'Lost'
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dl912 different books,4 at each level (unit), introducing...
WR13 - Units 8-10 Workbook Dandelion Launchers
Teacher's Photocopy Master
wr13A spiral bound book of photocopiable, multi-sensory activities...
DL5 Dandelion Launchers, Unit 16-20, ‘The Itch’
storybooks
DL510 books, 2 at each stage, take children...
UNITS 1-10 » DR1- Set 1 Units 1-10 'Sam'
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dr1Units 1-10 Books for beginner and ′catch-up′ readers...
UNITS 1-10 » DR2- Set 2 Units 1-10 'A Mat'
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dr2Units 1-10 Books for beginner and ′catch-up′ readers...
UNITS 1-10 » DR3- Set 3 Units 1-10 'Sit, Sam'
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dr3Units 1-10 Books for beginner and ′catch-up′ readers...
UNITS 11-20 » DR4 - Set 1 'Pip Gets Rich'
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dr4Units 11-20 Books for beginner and ′catchup′ readers...
UNITS 11-20 » DR5 - Set 2 'Chips for Lunch'
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dr5Units 11-20 Books for beginner and ′catchup′ readers...
DR9 - Split Vowel Spellings Set
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dr9Split Vowel Spellings Set Books for readers aged...
DR14 - Level 2 'Viv Wails'
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dr14Levels 1, 2, 3, Books 1-14 Series Overview:...
DR15 - Level 3 'Jake, the Snake'
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dr15Levels 1, 2, 3, Books 1-14 Series Overview:...
DE1 Dragon Eggs Series, Books 1-10
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DE1Reintroduces alternative vowel spellings for 10 different vowel...
