Your story corner must be safe, quiet and comfortable. It’s a good idea to display a few chosen books with their covers facing outwards, and to refresh every few weeks the ones that you are showcasing. Getting your Read Write Inc. Phonics resources organised In 2007 the UK's Channel 4 broadcast a series of programmes featuring Ruth Miskin working in a failing school, using the RWI programme to raise standards. In the course of the series, struggling and non-readers were shown developing new confidence, competence and enthusiasm for reading. The results make a compelling case for the effectiveness of the RWI programme. Due to the success of RWI, Ruth Miskin is currently involved in a series of nationwide training programmes for primary schools commissioned by the UK government, aimed at training teachers in effective phonics teaching. The Magnetic Speed Sound Cards are very effective in helping children identify letter shapes and develop blending and segmenting skills, but – being magnetic – they can be difficult to store!

Due to the success of RWI, Ruth Miskin is currently involved in a series of nationwide training programmes for primary schools commissioned by the UK government, aimed at training teachers in effective phonics teaching. - Organising sound cards Credits: Photo 1 – Bryony Dorrans, Photo 2 – Jane Victoria, Photo 3 – Claire Louise In 2007 the UK's Channel 4 broadcast a series of programmes featuring Ruth Miskin working in a failing school, using the RWI programme to raise standards. In the course of the series, struggling and non-readers were shown developing new confidence, competence and enthusiasm for reading. The results make a compelling case for the effectiveness of the RWI programme. - Fred is a very special frog whocan only speak in sounds. He says m-a-t or sh-o-p. He helps children sound out words for reading and spelling. Fred Talk games are a fun way to teach children how to orally blend sounds into words.

Bryony Dorrans (left) uses big plastic folders with tabs to organise their Green Word Cards and Picture Sounds Cards, whilst Jane Victoria (middle) and Claire Louise (right) use boxes with tabs to arrange their nonsense words, Speed Sound Cards, Red Words and Picture Sounds Cards.

Fred wants you to make the noise of a h-or-se’. 'Fred says make the noise of a sh-ee-p.''Fred says make the noise of a d-o-g.'A handbook specially written for those working in nurseries and pre-schools, including guidance on teaching sounds (Speed Sounds) and early sound-blending Laura Stainer shared this excellent photo in our group. They use ‘colour popper wallets for each band, and label these with the book name and number’. Then, they put inside ‘a teacher copy of the book, all of the Green Word Cards, a lesson plan and the story introduction’, as well as ‘all of the books they need’. Story Introduction – print from the Read Write Inc. Phonics Online subscription on Oxford Owl if preferred