List of Phonics Programs
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There is a relatively small body of very complete programs that have been widely used in schools and clinics that teach students with reading difficulty. These are listed below. There is an increasing number of programs available for computers and online. The quality of these products varies dramatically.
Widely used phonics curricula
The following programs are comprehensive reading curricula with a phonics base.- Read, Write & Type! by Talking Fingers Inc.
- Clickn kidsClickn kidsClickN KIDS Inc is an online education company based in Carson City, Nevada. ClickN KIDS develops and markets online educational software to homes and in schools internationally...
by ClickN KIDS, Inc. - Hooked on PhonicsHooked on PhonicsHooked on Phonics is a commercial brand of educational materials, originally designed for reading education through phonetics.Hooked on Phonics was developed in the 1980s by a father who wanted to help his son overcome his reading problems...
- Jolly PhonicsJolly PhonicsJolly Phonics is a systematic synthetic phonics programme designed to teach children to read and write. Children learn the 42 letter sounds of the English language, rather than the alphabet. They are then taken through the stages of blending and segmenting words to develop reading and writing...
- LetterlandLetterlandLetterland is a synthetic phonics approach to teaching reading, writing and spelling to 3-8 year olds. Children are taught shapes and sounds of letters by assigning them imaginary names and shapes and presenting them as living in the fictional land of Letterland. Letterland characters transform...
- Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing (LiPS) ProgramLindamood Phoneme Sequencing (LiPS) ProgramThe Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing program was developed by Patricia Lindamood, a speech and language pathologist and co-founder of Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes....
, previously known as Auditory Discrimination in Depth, ADD - http://www.phonicsinternational.com/ Phonics International
- Open Court ReadingOpen Court ReadingThe Open Court Reading Program is a core Language arts/English series used in a large number of elementary schools classrooms. It was one of two reading programs adopted for use in California schools when textbooks were last chosen in 2002. The other was Houghton-Mifflin Reading...
- Orton-GillinghamOrton-GillinghamThe Orton-Gillingham approach to reading instruction was developed in the early-20th century. It is language-based, multisensory, structured, sequential, cumulative, cognitive, and flexible.Orton-Gillingham techniques have been in use since the 1930s...
- Reading MasteryDISTARDISTAR is an acronym for Direct Instruction System for Teaching Arithmetic and Reading, a trademarked program of SRA/McGraw-Hill, a commercial publishing company. The program is used particularly for historically disadvantaged and/or at-risk students...
by SRA/McGraw-Hill, previously known as DISTARDISTARDISTAR is an acronym for Direct Instruction System for Teaching Arithmetic and Reading, a trademarked program of SRA/McGraw-Hill, a commercial publishing company. The program is used particularly for historically disadvantaged and/or at-risk students... - http://www.skipanddaisy.com/ Skip and Daisy
- Smart Way Reading and SpellingSmart Way Reading and SpellingSmart Way Reading and Spelling is a commercial brand of reading instruction methodology and materials that was developed in 2001 by Bright Sky Learning....
- http://www.soundreadingsystem.co.uk/ Sound Reading System
- Spalding MethodSpalding MethodThe Spalding Method is the methodology and educational philosophy of The Writing Road to Reading program. The Spalding philosophy is child centered, that is the physical and mental well-being of students is a primary concern of Spalding teachers. High expectations for all children are central to...
- Wilson Reading SystemWilson reading systemThe Wilson Reading System is a reading program designed for students in grades 2 through adulthood who have difficulty with decoding and encoding .- Background:...
- Words in ColorWords in ColorWords in Color is a literacy approach created by Caleb Gattegno, and originally released in 1962. This approach attempts to make the English language phonetic by assigning a unique color to every sound in the language. Color is intended to trigger the correct sounds and avoid having students...
by Educational Solutions - http://www.zoo-phonics.com/ Zoo-phonics
- http://www.actionreading.com Action Reading
On-line and software programs
- http://www.readingteacher.com ReadingTeacher.com
- http://www.readinglessons.com ReadingLessons.com
- Starfall (website)Starfall (website)Starfall is a free website that teaches children how to read and write in English.Designed for first grade, Starfall is also useful for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and second grade. Founded in 2003, the website teaches children how to read by using games and phonics. In May 2007, Starfall had...
- JumpStart PhonicsJumpStartJumpStart is an educational media franchise for children, consisting mostly of educational games, produced by Knowledge Adventure. The series is distributed as Jump Ahead in the United Kingdom...
- LetterlandLetterlandLetterland is a synthetic phonics approach to teaching reading, writing and spelling to 3-8 year olds. Children are taught shapes and sounds of letters by assigning them imaginary names and shapes and presenting them as living in the fictional land of Letterland. Letterland characters transform...