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Parent's Survival Guide to Phonics and Spelling: Help Your Child Through the Phonics Maze!

Parent's Survival Guide to Phonics and Spelling: Help Your Child Through the Phonics Maze!

by Andrew Brodie (Author)

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    Paperback 2011

    $3.42
Synopsis

A 'must have' survival guide for anyone who is struggling to unravel the mysteries of phonics and spelling as it is taught in primary schools. This neat little guide explains the technical terms such as phoneme (a unit of sound), grapheme (the sound in written form) segmenting and blending. It features word lists that are ranked in order of difficulty and lots of examples of words that follow particular phonic patterns. There are tips on helping children with special needs including dyslexia.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 96
 Publisher: Andrew Brodie Publications
Published: 30 Aug 2011
ISBN 10: 1408140748
ISBN 13: 9781408140741
Book Overview: A 'must have' survival guide for anyone who is struggling to unravel the mysteries of phonics and spelling as it is taught in primary schools. This neat little guide explains the technical terms such as grapheme, phoneme, segmenting and blending.

Media Reviews
'This is an excellent guide for all parents who would like to understand more about phonics and the way reading is taught in schools, written by a well-established author of educational books. A really practical book, clearly laid out and covering all the key concepts, which I recommend to all parents.' * www.parentsintouch.co.uk (August 2011) *
A clear no nonsense guide to current thinking on the practice and philosophy behind the teaching of literacy to the very young. * School Librarian *
Author Bio
Andrew Brodie was a head teacher for twelve years after many productive years in the primary classroom. He began writing his best-selling educational books in 1992 and since then has established himself as a name that teachers have come to trust. He is still very much involved in education and continues to teach on a regular basis.