All About Teaching and Learning Phonics

[tamarind]

Forgot to check this thread.


I bought my copies from http://www.amazon.com. They ship direct to Singapore. The cost of shipping is USD3.99 per DVD, and USD4.99 per shipment.

If you only buy one DVD, shipping costs the same as the DVD. You can consider buying more and reselling them

The website provided by laughingcat is quite reasonable in price.

These 3 DVDs are essential :
Letter Factory
Talking Words Factory
Word Caper

I basically only showed these DVDs and Richard Scarry's Best Counting Video Ever! to my kids when they were 2 to 5 years old, and nothing else. These are the only DVDs that kids need to watch at that age

[Celyw]

Hi,


May I know which Leapfrog DVD teach 2 vowel/long vowels? e.g. ir, ea, ai etc

This one:
http://lamkins.com.sg/shop/dvds/talking-words-factory-dvd-2003

[tamarind]

Celyw:

Hi,


May I know which Leapfrog DVD teach 2 vowel/long vowels? e.g. ir, ea, ai etc

This one:
http://lamkins.com.sg/shop/dvds/talking-words-factory-dvd-2003

These are taught in the Word Caper DVD.

http://www.amazon.com/LeapFrog-Word-Caper/dp/B00361XWDC/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1301288117&sr=1-1

[tamarind]

I just found this very good article about why kids in upper primary should still read picture books :


http://www.squidoo.com/teachingwithpicturebooks

6. Picture Books Build Reading Comprehension Painlessly!
Since fiction picture books so successfully employ story elements (plot, character, setting, conflict), a steady diet of picture books will increase a child's reading comprehension, no matter what their present stage.

Nonfiction picture books, such as They Called Her Molly Pitcher, tie complex ideas and vocabulary to illustrations. Defining unknown words through context clues becomes much easier when a picture provides the reader with clues. And consider this: are the reading passages on standardized tests in chapter form, or are they shorter passages? (From an insider: many selections on standardized tests are actually picture books with the illustrations removed).

[Celyw]

tks alot tamarind

[ahxuan.031873ymail.031873com]

Hi,


Anyone can share which books you use to teach phonic at home? Anyone used Ladybird Superhero Phonic Readers before? Are they good and where can I get them? Thanks.

[laughingcat]

nz:

Hi,


Anyone can share which books you use to teach phonic at home? Anyone used Ladybird Superhero Phonic Readers before? Are they good and where can I get them? Thanks.

You can buy \"Ladybird Superhero Phonic Readers\" from popular and other bookstore as well such as Borders, Kino, MPH etc

[ahxuan.031873ymail.031873com]

laughingcat:

nz:

Hi,


Anyone can share which books you use to teach phonic at home? Anyone used Ladybird Superhero Phonic Readers before? Are they good and where can I get them? Thanks.

You can buy \"Ladybird Superhero Phonic Readers\" from popular and other bookstore as well such as Borders, Kino, MPH etc

Ok. Thanks.

[buds]

Heyya, nz! I like these. Comes in a pack with readers, activity books and enrichment books.... some packs with VCD to help parents & children with the letter sounds pronounciations and there are packs that come without the VCD as well... 1 pack about $24.90... or can buy one at a time also... ala carte off the shelves.

This range easily available @ Popular.

http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=TsCyK39

For more fun activity books, these are great too! Value for money as well.

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?p=391489#391489

[tamarind]

nz:

Hi,


Anyone can share which books you use to teach phonic at home? Anyone used Ladybird Superhero Phonic Readers before? Are they good and where can I get them? Thanks.

I bought this set of books from Popular about 2 years ago :

PHONICS READING PROGRAM (MAGIC SCHOOL BUS)
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Both my kids were very keen to read them. But then they were already very good in phonics at that time, and they completed reading all the books very quickly.

The resources given by buds and laughingcat look good !