List of phonics programs
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.
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Widely used phonics curricula
The following programs are comprehensive reading curricula with a phonics base.
- Alpha-Phonics
- Barton Reading and Spelling (2000)
- Concept Phonics
- Reading Mastery by SRA/McGraw-Hill, previously known as DISTAR
- Get Reading Right
- Hooked on Phonics (1987)
- Jolly Phonics (developed 1977-1980s; published 1992)
- Letterland (1968; revised 1985)
- Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing (LiPS) Program, previously known as Auditory Discrimination in Depth, ADD (circa 1978)
- Mindplay Virtual Reading Coach
- Open Court Reading; name changed to "Imagine It!" in 2008
- Orton-Gillingham
- Phonics First
- PhonicsQ
- ReadingTeacher The "I see Sam" series.
- Read Write Inc.
- Read, Write & Type! by Talking Fingers Inc.
- SuperKids, developed by Rowland Reading Foundation and published by Zaner-Bloser (2003)
- Smart Way Reading and Spelling (2001)
- Spalding Method using the Writing Road to Reading OR Spell to Write & Read
- Wilson Reading System
- YesPhonics
The following phonics programmes were approved by the Department for Education in England, because they conform to the English government's criteria for assuring high-quality phonic work:[1]
- Floppy's Phonics
- Jolly Phonics
- Phonics Bug
- Phonics International
- Rapid Phonics
- Read Write Inc.
- Sound Discovery
- Sounds Together
- Sounds-Write
- Sound Reading System
- Letterland Phonics (revised edition)
- Letters and Sounds
- Tap Tap Bat System
A list of Full Phonics Programmes and Supplementary Phonics Resources approved by the Department for Education in England can be found on the UK Government website page entitled 'Phonics: choosing a programme': https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/phonics-choosing-a-programme#documents
On-line and software programs
- Mindplay Virtual Reading Coach
- JumpStart Phonics
- Letterland
- Phonics Hero
- Phonetically Intuitive English
- Starfall (website)
References
- ↑ Department for Education, Phonics teaching materials: core criteria and the self assessment process, https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298420/phonics_core_criteria_and_the_self-assessment_process.pdf