Mona McNee's highly acclaimed synthetic phonics programme is back in a fully updated new edition. Synthetic phonics is a method of teaching reading which intensively teaches first the letter sounds and then builds up to blending the letter sounds together to achieve full pronunciation of the printed word. The 2006 Rose Report, commissioned by The Secretary of State to examine current evidence about practices for teaching children to read, concluded that 'synthetic phonics offers the vast majority of young children the best and most direct route to becoming skilled readers and writers'. Step by Step is a simple but highly effective programme for learning to read and spell using this method.

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Step by Step Reading Course Benefits

• A complete Key Stage 1 synthetic phonics course in one book
• Suitable for use from the age of 3 to adult
• Presents high quality systematic phonic work as defined by the Primary Framework
• Encourages blending and segmenting
• All major graphemes and phonemes introduced in turn with these progressing in difficulty
• Supported by a range of FREE games and resources available to download from the Galore Park website