Phonics First 2 - Literacy

Topics: Single letter sound relationships

Ages: 4 - 7+ (suitable for adult learners)

Prices in NZ dollars. Excludes GST (NZ only) and freight
Phonics First 2 Single User	MWFF2S	$54.95
Phonics First 2 5 User bundle	MWFF25	$247.50
Phonics First 2 10 to 15 User, each	MWFF210	$27.50
Phonics First 2 16 to 20 User, each	MWFF216	$24.75
Phonics First 2 Unlimited Site Licence	MWFF2SL	$545.00

• Fully interactive, beginning phonics program
• structured reading development
• motivational learning activities
• phonemic awareness skill building
• fully narrated
• built-in achievement tests
• printable achievement certificates

This software is suitable for all beginning readers and is also useful for students in the middle primary years who are experiencing learning difficulties and reading problems, including those who are dyslexic or have dyscalculia short-term memory or ADD. It is also a suitable resource for ‘English as a Second Language’ students.

Phonics First 2 is the second in a series of five comprehensive, fully integrated, beginning reading programs that incorporate the skills of word attack, comprehension and spelling.

Phonics First goes from the earliest stage of letter-sound recognition to teach, at each successive stage, increasingly sophisticated phonics skills. At each of these stages Phonics First promotes the development of spelling and comprehension ability. The interactive nature of the instruction ensures that students remain highly motivated to master the skills taught in this carefully structured beginning reading program.

The key to the success of Phonics First is its careful construction and solid educational foundation. Students are asked to read only those words containing the sounds or rules they have been taught, and only then are they tested to demonstrate their progress.

In Phonics First 2, students master basic single letter-sound relationships. They start by consolidating their knowledge of the sounds the letters make, and then go on to blend these sounds together to read simple three-sound words. For example, how the sounds ‘b, ‘a’ and ‘t’ combine to make the word ‘bat’.

Students also expand their reading skills by learning early, basic sight words and are given carefully structured phonics stories to reinforce the reading skills they have acquired.

When students complete all 5 CD-ROMs they will have attained the skills they need to cope with a wide range of reading experiences and will be well prepared to develop the independent reading skills taught in the Word Workers and Reading Freedom series of programs.