Phonics CD-ROM | DVD | CD

A high quality, interactive phonics CD-ROM that can be used to support learning letters, the combination of letters and the sounds they represent. Hear the sounds and watch video clips of the mouth movements.

Designed to be both 'child and parent friendly', with simple menus and levels of progression, this no-nonsense software enables pupils to learn and progress at their own pace.

Pupils can 'drag and drop' letters to build simple words. Letters can be heard individually or played back automatically, one after another, to allow the pupil to hear the complete word.

Pupils can also switch to Video Mode - the chosen letter or word will be presented as a video clip of a mouth moving and pronouncing the letters.
For troublesome letters such as 'm' or 'n', this is particularly useful.

For use on a PC or MAC, this software is ideal for all children and adults who are learning to read or finding reading difficult, also for those with English as an additional language.
Click here for a demo of the Sonic Phonics CD-ROM (use browser's back button to return to Focus on Phonics)

Author:   
Publisher:   Talking Products
Number of Pages:   
Age category:   4+
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Attributes:   CD-ROM (Single User)
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This pack includes a very useful CD-ROM that includes how to pronounce the sounds correctly.

The activities are aimed at children in Year 1 and includes everything you need for fun phonics practice at home leading up to the Year 1 phonics screening check. If your child is due to take the phonics screening check next year or found aspects of the screening check difficult and did not achieve the expected standard for year 1, you can support your child with some fun phonics practice at home.

It supports what your child is learning in school and includes:

* Three phonics workbooks to provide lots of practice in this early reading skill. Each workbook includes tips for doing the activities together.

* Six carefully levelled interactive ebooks and activities on a CD-ROM.

* A colourful reward chart with stickers to build confidence.

* Advice from phonics expert Laura Sharp, providing answers to questions such as 'What is phonics?' 'How do I say the sounds?', 'How can I support my child with phonics and the phonics check?'.

Author:   Laura Sharp (phonics consultant)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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Age category:   5+
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Attributes:   Mixed Media
ISBN nr.:   9780198488002

Enter the interactive world of Inky Mouse and her friends as they practise all the five skills in Jolly Phonics. With 20 fun activities to explore, children will be able to practice and revise their own knowledge. The games are available in different levels: easy, medium or hard - ideal for children at all levels of early reading.

The main menu features Inky's home where all games can be accessed. There are seven zones, each teaching a particular skill. By clicking on each of these, children will be taken through a number of fun and enjoyable games.

The 20 games cover all these important skills:
* Learning letter sounds
* Letter formation
* Blending (so c-a-t makes cat, for reading)
* Identifying sounds in words (so dog is sounded d-o-g, for spelling)
* Tricky words (with irregular spellings, like 'was' and 'said')
* Short vowels (which it helps to know for spelling)
* Alternative spellings of vowels (because English is complicated)

Levels of games:
Easy - Suitable for a child who is just starting to learn to read and write.
Medium - Suitable for a child who has learned most letter sounds and can read and write simple regular words.
Hard - Suitable for a child who knows all the letter sounds can read and write longer regular words, and who is learning the alternative spellings of vowels.

The Games CD is available in both British and American English audio with precursive or print letter text options available for both during the install process.

Minimum System Requirements:
PC: Windows® XP, Vista or 7. 633 MHz (or higher) CPU. 600 MB free hard-disk space. 4x CD-ROM drive.
Mac®: OS X® 10.5 – 10.7 PowerPC® G5 or Intel® processor. 350 MB free hard-disk space. 8x CD-ROM drive.
A minimum 256 MB RAM is required on both Mac and Windows operating systems.

RRP £29.95 - OUR PRICE £24.95

(Please note - A Jolly Phonics Games CD Site License for schools is available in the Jolly Phonics section of the Phonic Bokshop)

Click here for a demo of the Games CD (use browser's back button to return to Focus on Phonics)

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Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   
Age category:   3+
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Attributes:   CD-ROM (single User)
ISBN nr.:   9781844140824

This very popular DVD is great for children, parents and teachers!
In the DVD, Inky Mouse shows her friends Snake and Bee how to read and write with the help of ‘Phonic’, an old computer. The story is divided into 8 parts, each teaching different letter sounds:
* Lost and Found - s,a,t,i,p,n
* A Fright in the Woods - c k,e,h,r,m,d
* A Rainy Day - g, o, u, l, f, b
* The Birthday Party - rhyme and capitals
* The Vowel Forest - ai, j, oa, ie, ee, or
* The Cuckoo Clock - z, w, ng, v, oo, oo
* The Circus - y, x, ch, sh,th, th
* Snake writes a book – qu, ou, oi, ue, er, ar

For parents and teachers, the DVD covers how to say the letter sounds and the five basic skills for reading and writing and answers questions about using Jolly Phonics, explaining the teaching. It also shows how Jolly Phonics can be used to help children with Special Needs. The DVD is also ideal for those learning English as a foreign or second language.

Language: British English (with American English alternative)
Running Time: 2 hours approx, with 55 mns of extras.
PAL format, Region 0 (worldwide). Please note - this DVD is PAL colour format that is suitable for most of Europe, most of Africa, China, India, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, North Korea, and certain other countries. It is not suitable for NTSC - the TV format normally used in Canada, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Taiwan and the United States.

RRP £19.94 - OUR PRICE £14.99
Click here for a demo of the Jolly Phonics DVD (use browser's back button to return to Focus on Phonics)

Author:   
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
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Age category:   3+
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Attributes:   DVD - 2 hours approx, with 55 mins. of extras
ISBN nr.:   9781844140701

The Jolly Songs are a fun and interactive way of helping your child learn the 42 letter sounds of English. Each letter sound has its own short song (sung to a well-known tune on the audio CD, in British English) and an action.

There are also some simple games and activities to help your child recognise the letter sounds in words - ideal for car trips!

RRP £9.50 - OUR PRICE £7.99



Author:   Laurie Fyke and Kerrie Sinclair
Publisher:   Jolly Learning
Number of Pages:   24
Age category:   3+
Size:   A4
Attributes:   Softback Book and CD
ISBN nr.:   9781844140695

Interactive CD-ROM site licence.



A playful way to introduce and reinforce initial letter sounds and letter formation.

Listen to the sound - play the song to introduce the letter sound and shape. Move the character around the letter-shaped path.

Look at the shape – play the song and watch the characters form the letter. Move the objects around the letter shape independently.

The teacher resources on the disk include:

* 52 handwriting practice sheets
* 104 initial sound pictures
* A SMART Notebook and Promethean Flipchart
This software is fully compatible for use on interactive whiteboards and is enhanced for both Smart and Promethean. Also suitable for use on PC (including Vista and Windows 7) and MAC (please note this product is not compatible with OS X Lion and Mountain Lion).

RRP £150 - SALE PRICE £95 (2 left in stock)

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Publisher:   Yellow Door
Number of Pages:   
Age category:   3+
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Attributes:   CD-ROM (Site Licence)
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The ability to discriminate sounds in words is a vital part of phoniological awareness.

Alliterative tongue twisters are a fun way to listen for initial sounds and develop key auditory discrimination skills.

With humorous illustrations and tongue twisters, this set offers a range of sound lotto style games. The picture cards make the games even more flexible, allowing you to adapt them to learners' needs.

This great value pack contains:
* 26 illustrated cards
* An audio CD of listening games at three different levels, plus all the tongue twisters as individual tracks
* A games guide with all the tongue twister sequences listed for reference

RRP £16.20 - OUR PRICE £13.99

Author:   
Publisher:   Yellow Door
Number of Pages:   
Age category:   3+
Size:   
Attributes:   Audio CD and Cards
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The ability to discriminate between sounds is central to children's language development. It is also a vital foundation skill for the fine discrimination between speech sounds that underpins good phonological awareness.

With clear photographs and real sound effects, the enjoyable and flexible games in this pack offer ideal opportunities to develop and assess auditory discrimination. There are games at a variety of levels that can be played with individuals or small groups.

Tune into... Environmental sounds covers sounds at home and out and about.

Contents:
- 30 photo cards (15 sounds at home and 15 sounds out and about).
- An audio CD with 30 introductory tracks (one for each sound) and games at three different levels of play.
- A guide to the games.

RRP £16.20 - OUR PRICE £13.99

Author:   
Publisher:   Yellow Door
Number of Pages:   
Age category:   3+
Size:   
Attributes:   Audio CD and Cards
ISBN nr.:   

The ability to discriminate between sounds is central to children's language development. It is also a vital foundation skill for the fine discrimination between speech sounds that underpins good phonological awareness.



With clear photographs and real sound effects, the enjoyable and flexible games in this pack offer ideal opportunities to develop and assess auditory discrimination. There are games at a variety of levels that can be played with individuals or small groups.

Tune into... Animal sounds covers pet and farm animal and wild animal sounds.

Contents:
- 30 photo cards (15 pet and farm animal sounds and 15 wild animal sounds).
- An audio CD with 30 introductory tracks (one for each sound) and games at three different levels of play.
- A guide to the games.


RRP £16.20 - OUR PRICE £13.99

Author:   
Publisher:   Yellow Door
Number of Pages:   
Age category:   3+
Size:   
Attributes:   Audio CD and Cards
ISBN nr.:   

The ability to discriminate between sounds is central to children's language development. It is also a vital foundation skill for the fine discrimination between speech sounds that underpins good phonological awareness.


With clear photographs and real sound effects, the enjoyable and flexible games in this pack offer ideal opportunities to develop and assess auditory discrimination. There are games at a variety of levels that can be played with individuals or small groups.

Tune into... Instrumental sounds covers classroom instrument and other instrument sounds.

Contents:
- 30 photo cards (15 classroom instrument sounds and 15 other instrument sounds).
- An audio CD with 30 introductory tracks (one for each sound) and games at three different levels of play.
- A guide to the games.


RRP £16.20 - OUR PRICE £13.99

Author:   
Publisher:   Yellow Door
Number of Pages:   
Age category:   3+
Size:   
Attributes:   Audio CD and Cards
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When Quarrelsome Queen's quilt goes missing, she insists that it must be found within one hour. If not, Robber Red will get the blame. But nobody knows what has happened. So Dippy Duck, who loves to play Detective, steps in to help. But can she find the missing quilt in time?

This is a 'Classic' Letterland resource featuring all the original characters such as Robber Red and Wicked Water Witch.

4 Episodes - 55 mins. Dual PAL/NTSC Format DVD.

RRP £15.59 - SALE PRICE £9.95 (LIMITED STOCK AVAILABILITY)

Author:   
Publisher:   Letterland
Number of Pages:   
Age category:   2+
Size:   
Attributes:   DVD - 55 minutes
ISBN nr.:   9781862094246

The Letterland characters are gathering for a Christmas party at Hairy Hat Man's house - and each has his or her job to do. Impy Ink is in charge of the invitations, Fireman Fred will take care of the food. Eddy Elephant will organise entertainment and Golden Girl is in charge of the games.
But one thing is missing... Will Christmas really be Christmas if there isn't any snow?
This is a 'Classic' Letterland resource featuring all the original characters such as Robber Red and Wicked Water Witch.

5 Episodes - 55 mins. Dual PAL/NTSC Format DVD.

RRP £15.59 - SALE PRICE £9.95 (LIMITED STOCK AVAILABILITY)

Author:   
Publisher:   Letterland
Number of Pages:   
Age category:   2+
Size:   
Attributes:   DVD - 55 minutes
ISBN nr.:   9781862094239