Synthetic phonics is based on well-developed phonemic awareness of all 43 sounds we use in our spoken English. A working knowledge of phonemic awareness MUST be achieved before synthetic phonics can be successfully introduced.
Read MoreWith all the current media debate casting doubt on the efficacy of teaching phonics, perhaps it’s worth reminding ourselves of the key points of the phonemic awareness and synthetic phonics that the Australian Curriculum urges schools to implement in the primary school classroom. Read More
Year One Phonics Check: Several states have expressed the intention to conduct a phonics check of Year 1 students in order to map student progress and to identify students in need of extra tuition. Read More
Response to Whole language approach: Reading is more than sounding out words and decoding by Katina Zammit, Deputy Dean, School of Education, Western Sydney University, as published in The Conversation on 12 November 2019 Read More
Response to Pamela Snow and Tanya Serry’s article Why every child needs explicit phonics instruction to learn to read in The Conversation on 12 November 2019. Read More
It was a great feeling to finally have the 1000 copies of each of the four books in hand, a process that took a further 18 months. In the meantime, I researched companies to get the boxes made that hold the four books. Read More
Isn’t it interesting where you read about phonemic awareness? It’s not just the Australian curriculum that is a supporter of this approach to help young learners speak, read and spell. Read More
The Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan in talking about NAPLAN has stated that there should be a stronger focus on phonics, a method that involves teaching kids the sounds made by individual letters or groups of letters. Read More
After the disappointment with the first illustrator [read earlier blog here], a couple of months went by before the urge to publish the Sound Stories picture books starting niggling at me again. Barbara's blog continues ... Read More
If you'd like a snapshot of what Barbara Murray's Sound Stories has to offer, just check out this advertisement. It only takes a few seconds to read. Barbara Murray is well known for the Sound Waves program that she co-authored. Read More
