Grammar | Spelling Rules

The new Oxford Phonics Spelling Dictionary is an easy home and school reference tool. It supports the teaching of reading and spelling through synthetic phonics. Supported by the Floppy's Phonics Sounds and Letters Programme, it follows the Alphabetic Code Chart showing the sounds and alternative spellings that children will need to learn to become proficient readers and spellers. The words are ordered by initial sound and there are subsections to show how the same sounds appear in the middle or at the end of a word. The long vowel sounds and their alternative spellings appear in a separate section within the dictionary.

This unique dictionary makes it easy to explain how 'sun' and 'Cinderella' both start with the 's' sound and how 'dance' has the same 's' sound at the end, while 'egg' and 'eat' start with the same letter but different sounds. With colourful illustrations by Alex Brychta and the familiar Oxford Reading Tree characters, this is a fun way to prepare for the phonics screening check.

Author:   Roderick Hunt, Debbie Hepplewhite, and Alex Brychta
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Number of Pages:   96
Age category:   5+
Size:   276x219mm
Attributes:   Softback
ISBN nr.:   9780192734136

The essential primary guide to grammar, punctuation, and spelling

A dictionary that supports children by guiding them to the correct spelling of the word they want to use.

A unique title with clearly presented rules on grammar, punctuation, and spelling to help improve children's writing skills and prepare for tests
* Engaging and child-friendly design with full colour illustrations
* Ideal for daily use as a practical guide on grammar, punctuation, and spelling
* Ideal for teachers and parents to use as a reference to help improve their children's spelling and writing in preparation for the Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling KS2 test.

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Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Number of Pages:   160
Age category:   8+
Size:   240x185mm
Attributes:   Softback
ISBN nr.:   9780192734211

This colourful, illustrated spelling aid will teach children the tips and tricks that make spelling easier.

The Spelling Rules Directory introduces spelling conventions and guidelines that generalise across many words.

With handy pictorial aids and diagrams, as well as concise explanations this desk-top aid will be useful for all students struggling to grasp our eccentric English language spelling rules, helping them to become confident spellers.

Author:   
Publisher:   Smart Kids
Number of Pages:   18
Age category:   6+
Size:   
Attributes:   Flip Book
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Scramble together Sentence Starters, Parts of Speech and Punctuation to form wacky and creative sentences! Spin the spinner and turn over the same coloured word tile that the arrow points to. Mastermind longer sentences using adverbs, adjectives and connectives to collect the most pieces and win the game.


Colour-coded word tiles make sentence structuring visual and easier to understand. Promotes writing fluency, social skills and the use of more interesting and adventurous vocabulary.

Ideal for developing basic sentence skills or for pupils learning English as an additional language.

Contains: 125 Foam word tiles and sentence spinner.


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Publisher:   Smart Kids
Number of Pages:   
Age category:   5+
Size:   
Attributes:   Boxed Game
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Create simple sentences using familiar words.

All the words in this flip book are taken from the first 200 high frequency words that children learn. On one side, sentences start with singular pronouns e.g. he, she, it, I, Dad, Gran. On the other side, sentences start with plural nouns and pronouns e.g. you, they, we, people, cats, boys.


This is the perfect resource to increase confidence in building sentences at an early level.

Measures: 450mm x 130mm

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Publisher:   Smart Kids
Number of Pages:   
Age category:   4+
Size:    450mm x 130mm
Attributes:   Flip Book
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Make hundreds of crazy sentences while learning about grammar and sentence structure with this unique flip-stand.

The book is double-sided with different themes and sentence structure on each side. To aid learning, parts of speech are colour-coded into pronouns, nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions and articles. The nouns are illustrated and some silly sentences can be made, making this a fun way to learn!

Measures 420mm x 100mm.


Author:   
Publisher:   Smart Kids
Number of Pages:   
Age category:   5+
Size:   420mm x 100mm
Attributes:   Flip Book
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Silly Rhymes uses connecting card pieces to help children invent hilarious sentences and learn all about rhymes.




* An exciting game for 2-4 players that has fantastic, endless rhyming opportunities
* Includes simpler rhyming activites for younger children
* Colour-coded cards help children recognise nouns, verbs, adjectives and full stops
* Developed in association with early learning consultants

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Publisher:   Dorling Kindersley
Number of Pages:   
Age category:   3 - 5
Size:   
Attributes:   Boxed Game
ISBN nr.:   9780751313703

Encourage your child to develop early reading and grammar skills with this fun and interactive game!

Learning basic language and literacy skills to give children a head start as they start school is as easy as A, B, C with this fun game.

Colour-coded cards will help your child learn parts of speech and sentence construction with hilarious consequences. The banana jumped over the tree, the cow ate the alarm clock. No sentence is too silly in this addictive game for the whole family.

Perfect for 2 to 4 players, includes one game board and spinner, 4 sentence game boards, 36 word and picture cards, 4 counters and 1 twelve-sided die. Complements the first three years of the National Curriculum.

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Publisher:   Dorling Kindersley
Number of Pages:   
Age category:   4 - 7
Size:   
Attributes:   Boxed Game
ISBN nr.:   9781405331470

This fun and engaging activity provides children with practice in reading words in sentences. Pupils are invited to substitute words to change the meaning of the sentence. Each sentence and the matching substitute words are colour-coded for easy sorting. A 'silly' substitute word is included to ensure children also follow the meaning of the sentence.

This boxed game contains 10 illustrated large format sentence strips (220 x 40mm) and 40 matching substitution cards, plus 2 blank cards.

RRP £10.79 - OUR PRICE £10.50

Author:   
Publisher:   Smart Kids
Number of Pages:   
Age category:   4+
Size:   Sentence Strips 220 x 40mm
Attributes:   Boxed Game
ISBN nr.:   

This fun and engaging activity provides children with practice in reading words in sentences. Pupils are invited to substitute words to change the meaning of the sentence. Each sentence and the matching substitute words are colour-coded for easy sorting. A 'silly' substitute word is included to ensure children also follow the meaning of the sentence.

The boxed game contains 10 illustrated large format sentence strips (220 x 40mm) and 40 matching substitution cards, plus 4 blank cards.

RRP £10.79 - OUR PRICE £10.50

Author:   
Publisher:   Smart Kids
Number of Pages:   
Age category:   4+
Size:   Sentence Strips 220x40mm
Attributes:   Boxed Game
ISBN nr.:   

This fun and engaging activity provides children with practice in reading words in sentences. Pupils are invited to substitute words to change the meaning of the sentence. Each sentence and the matching substitute words are colour-coded for easy sorting. A 'silly' substitute word is included to ensure children also follow the meaning of the sentence.

The boxed game contains 10 illustrated large format sentence strips (220 x 40mm) and 40 matching substitution cards, plus 4 blank cards.

RRP £10.79 - OUR PRICE £10.50

Author:   
Publisher:   Smart Kids
Number of Pages:   
Age category:   5+
Size:   Sentence Strips 220x40mm
Attributes:   Boxed Game
ISBN nr.:   

This fun and engaging activity provides children with practice in reading words in sentences. Pupils are invited to substitute words to change the meaning of the sentence. Each sentence and the matching substitute words are colour-coded for easy sorting. A 'silly' substitute word is included to ensure children also follow the meaning of the sentence.

The boxed game contains 10 illustrated large format sentence strips (220 x 40mm) and 40 matching substitution cards, plus 4 blank cards.

RRP £10.79 - OUR PRICE £10.50

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Publisher:   Smart Kids
Number of Pages:   
Age category:   5+
Size:   Sentence Strips 220x40mm
Attributes:   Boxed Game
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Students can now test their knowledge of adding suffixes to base words with these folding cards based on Phase 6 of Letters and Sounds. Each group contains a different set of suffixes to be added to base words. Start with the card folded up and spell the word shown with the suffix added, then open up the card to see the correct answer. Contains 30 folding cards.

RRP £11.99 - OUR PRICE £11.50

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Publisher:   Smart Kids
Number of Pages:   
Age category:   5+
Size:   
Attributes:   Boxed Cards
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Students can now test their knowledge of adding suffixes to base words with these folding cards based on Phase 6 of Letters and Sounds. Each group contains a different set of suffixes to be added to base words. Start with the card folded up and spell the word shown with the suffix added, then open up the card to see the correct answer. Contains 30 folding cards.

RRP £11.99 - OUR PRICE £11.50

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Publisher:   Smart Kids
Number of Pages:   
Age category:   5+
Size:   
Attributes:   Boxed Cards
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Students can now test their knowledge of adding suffixes to base words with these folding cards based on Phase 6 of Letters and Sounds. Each group contains a different set of suffixes to be added to base words. Start with the card folded up and spell the word shown with the suffix added, then open up the card to see the correct answer. Contains 30 folding cards.

RRP £11.99 - OUR PRICE £11.50

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Publisher:   Smart Kids
Number of Pages:   
Age category:   5+
Size:   
Attributes:   Boxed Cards
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The Jolly Grammar 1 Teacher’s Book provides detailed lesson guidance for teaching Spelling & Grammar to children..

Together with Jolly Grammar Pupil Book 1, these books provide a thorough programme for teaching spelling and grammar. The Teacher's Book provides a detailed introduction to the Jolly Grammar teaching method and offers structured daily lesson plans, which correspond to the daily activities in the Pupil Book.

Jolly Grammar Handbooks for schools can be found in the Jolly Grammar section in the Phonic Bookshop.

Author:   Sara Wernham and Sue Lloyd
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   104
Age category:   4+
Size:   A4
Attributes:   Softback
ISBN nr.:   9781844142637

With the Jolly Grammar 1 Pupil Book, children can begin to learn the rudiments of grammar.

The teaching in the Jolly Grammar 1 Pupil Book is multisensory and active, and progresses at a challenging pace. Complex grammatical concepts are introduced in a child-friendly way, with an accompanying colour and action.





Author:   Sara Wernham and Sue Lloyd
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   80
Age category:   4+
Size:   A4
Attributes:   Softback
ISBN nr.:   9781844142620

Designed to accompany the Jolly Grammar 2 Pupil Book. Builds on the skills taught in Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar 1, providing detailed lesson guidance for teaching spelling and grammar to children in their third year of school.

The first part of the book provides a detailed introduction to the Jolly Grammar teaching method. The second part consists of a set of structured lesson plans, which correspond to the activity pages in the Pupil Book.



Jolly Grammar Handbooks for schools can be found in the Jolly Grammar section in the Phonic Bookshop.

Author:   Sara Wernham and Sue Lloyd
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   104
Age category:   5+
Size:   A4
Attributes:   Softback
ISBN nr.:   9781844143900

Designed to follow on from Jolly Grammar 1 Pupil Book.

Builds on the skills taught in Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar 1, introducing new spelling, grammar and punctuation.

With Book 2, children are introduced to some of the more unusual spelling patterns found in the English language. In the grammar lessons, children learn many new concepts, like prefixes and suffixes, and new parts of speech, including prepositions and conjunctions. Children also build upon their knowledge of sentence structure.

Author:   Sue Lloyd and Sara Wernham
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   80
Age category:   5+
Size:   A4
Attributes:   Softback
ISBN nr.:   9781844143894

Teaching children how to use a dictionary will improve reading and writing, and help them become independent learners. The award-winning Jolly Dictionary is designed to teach children how to look up and understand words they don’t know. A unique Pronunciation Guide is given for each of the 6,000+ age-appropriate words.

The definitions have been carefully written so that children find them easy to read and understand. The Jolly Dictionary is also beautifully illustrated throughout, often using the Jolly Phonics characters to help clarify examples. .

Author:   Sara Wernham and Sue Lloyd
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   341
Age category:   4+
Size:   173x240mm
Attributes:   Softback
ISBN nr.:   9781844140008

This hardback edition of the popular Jolly Dictionary is designed to teach children how to look up and understand words they don't know. Over 6,000 words and phrases are included and the definitions have been carefully written so that children find them easy to understand. A unique pronunciation guide is also included for each word.

The dictionary is also divided into 4 colour coded sections to help children find their way around the dictionary.

The Jolly Dictionary complements the Jolly Grammar range.

Author:   Sara Wernham and Sue Lloyd
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   341
Age category:   4+
Size:   180x245mm
Attributes:   Hardback
ISBN nr.:   9781844141715