Sounds-Write Phonics Resources
for Parents and Carers: COVID 19 update
1: For children in Reception/Kindy
Free online courses: Help your child to read and write
As some of you already know, our two courses Help your Child to Read and Write teach
parents and carers how to get their 4- and 5-year olds on the way to literacy.
The first one, available here, has always been free:
https://www.udemy.com/course/help-your-child-to-read-and-write
This first course includes all the know-how and resources to get your child started, by
introducing all the one-to-one spellings in the context of word reading, word building and
sound-swap with simple CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words, as well as the skills they
need to succeed.
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We have decided to make the second one free as well to help parents and carers whose
children are at home because of the COVIC 19 pandemic.
The second course is available here:
https://www.udemy.com/course/help-your-child-to-read-and-write-part-2/learn/
This second course introduces words of a more complex structure (CVCC, CCVC, CCVCC), as
well as some diagraphs (two letters, one sound) such as ss, ll, sh, ck and others.
You can also access all the resources you’ll need for the courses here:
Part 1: https://tinyurl.com/Helpyourchild1resources
Part 2 : https://tinyurl.com/helpyourchild2resources
Decodable readers
There are two collections of decodable readers that accompany the courses. They are
available on Amazon as Kindle books (and free if you have Kindle unlimited). Just go to
Amazon and look for:
Phonic stories to read at home:
Help your child to read and
write: a Sounds-Write reader for
Units 1 to 7
and: Phonic stories to read at
home 2: Help your child to read
and write: a Sounds-Write
reader for Units 8 to 11
Activity books for the Initial Code:
If you enjoy working with your child through these activities, you might also want to
purchase these two practice books (also available though Amazon)
Help your child to read and write:
Sounds-Write Activity Book, Initial
Code Units 1-7
Help your child to read and write:
part 2: Sounds-Write Activity
Book, Initial Code Units 8-11
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Initial Code app
If you have an iPad you can download our app.
It is called Initial Code, by Sounds-Write Ltd.
There is a free version of the app with some sample lessons,
and a full version for sale too.
The app offers a variety of activities to develop the skills of
segmenting and blending, word reading and writing and
some sentence reading and writing.
The app has been designed to introduce the sound-spelling
correspondences in the Initial Code of the Sounds-Write
program.
2 Free Sounds-Write Games for Older Children
For older children in Year 1 or Year 2, we have also
provided a free 60-page e-book with a selection of
games from our book Phonics games and activities for
the Extended Code. You can access them for free
here:
https://tinyurl.com/SWgames-extended-code-free
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