Starting with single sounds and culminating in the identification of rhyming words, a progression of tasks aims to develop recognition of short vowels and automatic response to sounds within words.
The Sounds task concentrates on the standard five vowel sounds, presenting several practice formats varied between the pupil listening to the initial sound of a word and matching it to a vowel or grouping simple three letter words by their middle letter.
The Rhymes task covers many topics - initial and final consonant, word endings, rhyming words, matching words, odd word out and others. Each of the tasks can be practised with or without the aid of textual clues, making the task purely auditory if required.
With this latest incarnation of the program a new feature has been added (in response to countless requests). The program can now be used to help students with consonant blends as well, with the ability to choose from initial blends (frog), final blends (past) or both (sprang).
Key Features
- Over 16 learning activities
- Skills taught range from vowel sounds to consonant blends
- Practise a single rule or any combination
- Simple to set up and use
- Easily track the progress of pupils