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. Preventing the dyslexia pardox!
Speech Sound Play! An SEN-Inclusive Letters and Sounds
Phase 1 with Phonemies - Phonemic Awareness Mastery
Day 7
Goals of the Day!
Continue with the activities!
Check (and record) which children:
Know the 6 Monster Sounds
Can Duck Hand the satpin words
Can give you the word when you say the sounds
Follow the Monster Sounds to Say the Words!
The Monster Routine! Putting it all together.
Grown-Ups Corner - Day 7 Preparation
Children are all so different. Some will copy the monster moves and some will add their own flare! We can learn a lot from the children even by watching them, watching the videos! During the 10 days we need to find out which are our 'red alert' children. They are the ones who are still struggling to hear the sounds in words, segment and blend them. We could take a child aside and do something like this - giving colours in speech sounds. Of course we need to know if they know colours!