Enabling environments tried and tested: Make it click!

CLICKER PHONICS

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This is designed to develop early listening skills and build phonological awareness. It is suitable to be used alongside any phonics scheme, including 'Jolly Phonics'. The series is split into three sets - Get Ready!, Get Set! and Let's Go!, each of which consists of two CDs.

Tested by Frederick Bird Primary School, Coventry

'The set of six CD-Roms takes children from the first steps of discriminating environmental sounds, such as a dog's bark, a cow's moo or a baby's cry, up to systematic, synthetic phonic work. They are organised to reflect and consolidate the progressive skills taught in Phases 1 to 3 of the Letters and Sounds programme in a fun and multi-sensory way. The children were very excited about using these resources on the interactive whiteboard. Clear and simple instructions for each activity are given verbally, so they quickly learn to access them independently. It is also a useful teaching tool for groups, as one is able to select activities for a wide range of abilities. We have many children who are just acquiring English language skills and we used the Get Ready set to focus on speaking and listening skills.