SSP enables us to expose children to the whole of the English Alphabetic Code from Prep, at a time when they can learn

multiple languages fluently ! What a great time to learn the WHOLE of the English

Alphabetic Code, and to make sense of it.

Speech Sound Pic Bank

All sound pics used to represent thespeech sound ‘fffff’

Although we show children the most commonly used sound pics, to represent the speech sounds, children

need to know that this is only one of them.For example that ‘f’ is just the first speech sound pic we

are learning, for the speech sound ‘ffff’. For most speech sounds there are more than one

sound pic so it’s important that children understand this, and are exposed to them all from Prep.

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Within SSP we teach these sound picsexplicitly, in this systematic order, however children also discover the other variations. The clouds really help with this!Children could have their own Speech Sound Pics album, to recordtheir discoveries.Stick a cloud on each page, and startlistening for that sound, and findingout which sound pics are used

After learning the sound pics in order they work out all sound pics not yet discovered.That’s the WHOLE of the English code! All can be seen visually using the Speech Sound Clouds and the Speech Sound Pics within them. Children can learn the 150 or so sound pics, and know how to read and spell over 95% of the English language. Children working smarter, not harder

Incase you aren’t sure of them all, please download all of the Speech Sound Clouds

There is a cloud for every speech sound in the English language, each showing every speech sound pic. It helps show childrenHOW the code works!

Children could add illustrations as they discover them speech sound pics…

Or you can start with illustrations to show words that include each sound pic

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Involve the children and allow them to discover the code in meaningful ways.

There is a place for explicit phonics teaching, and also a place for facilitating understanding, and bringing the code to life !

Children need to SEE the code and

how it represents our spoken language.

We may as wellhave some fun

with it too

Songs, poems etc are used to introduce and reinforce the speech sound pics and the speech sound clouds….for example….

a is a sound you’ll hear a lotbut not in tin or pin or cot

you’ll find it in the middle of a word like patand also hat and mat and rat

NO! SevenThis isn’t your song..

I doubt that’s its a pterodactyl,but better not leave him on the window sill

If you move in haste he might jump out,if he squashes Dad’s tomatoes he’s bound to SHOUT !

NO! SevenThis isnt your song..

We’re happy hopping - hop, hop, hop We’re happy hopping - hop, hop, hop We’re happy hopping - hop,

hop, hop Give us some music and we’ll never stop !

NO! SevenThis isnt your song..

Is it a true or is it a myth ?Depends on who I am sitting with... Mum says ‘pff’ – don’t be silly son!

But Grandma Flo she wants some fun

NO! SevenThis isnt your song..

Nick is a gnat who’s keeps saying NO !Why he does, I just don’t know

Perhaps he’s feeling grumpy, as hisnose is runny

Getting the flu just isn’t funny.

NO! SevenThis isnt your song..

Poor Nick thinks he has pneumonia

Children need to see that ‘spelling’ can be fun, meaningful and so much EASIER to master !

ReadingTeacherTraining.com / Slideshare.net/ReadingWhisperer / Youtube.com/SoundPics / Facebook.com/Readaustralia

Children needa ‘helpful words’

envelopeYou will note that 2 of their first ‘helpful words' are in fact Green Level words- made up of their first sound pics- and there is a reason for this. We want children to understand the concept that they WILL be able to decode (sound out) most of the helpful words themselves, as they learn all the sound pics. These ‘helpful words' are introduced as words we use a lot in our speech, and so we want to learn them all- even if we havent learnt those sound pics yet. The King was in a bad mood and decided to build some words in an annoying way, that can’t be decoded. (there are only about 55 of these in the whole of the English language eg two, yacht ) but the rest can, once we have learnt all of the levels and explored the clouds.

Teachers need to see that even Prep aged children can learn the code quickly and easily – if it’s taught in a

quick and easy FUN way ! (also how much easier it is when all progressions and

resources are laid out clearly for them)

Let’s get ALL Australians reading and writing – Read Australia!