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SPELD (SA) Phonic Books


We can teach reading to anyone at any age. The challenge is often to provide the learner with suitable texts that they can read independently from the start.

To address this need, SPELD (SA) coopted friends, family and students to create short, illustrated texts with three different audiences in mind: children, young adults and people with English as a second language. They have been called SPELD (SA) Phonic Books.

Regardless of age or circumstance, the best way to teach someone to read is to start by systematically and explicitly teaching the relationship between letters and their sounds. Many schools now follow an intensive, synthetic phonics program.

The SPELD (SA) Phonics Books follows a structured synthetic phonics sequence, introducing new letter sounds in a progressive manner.

The books are free to download from the SPELD (SA) website, however they do request users make a small donation to contribute to the development of this fantastic resource.

Click here to go to the SPELD (SA) Phonic Books Page

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