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The Essential Phonics Toolkit
August 2025 | 248 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
Unlock the magic of teaching phonics with this supportive guide for educators!
In this practical guide, teacher and educator Katie Whitehead takes you through the teaching of phonics from the first steps of building phonological awareness to the fostering of confident readers.
Suitable for all phonics schemes, this supportive guide brings you practical tips, key explanations and over 50 multi-sensory activities for every stage of learning. It includes guidance on theory, pedagogy, differentiation, and strategies for supporting struggling readers, empowering you to create an engaging and inclusive phonics learning experience in your classroom or setting.
Whether you're new to phonics or developing your professional knowledge, this book is your ultimate phonics teaching resource.
In this practical guide, teacher and educator Katie Whitehead takes you through the teaching of phonics from the first steps of building phonological awareness to the fostering of confident readers.
Suitable for all phonics schemes, this supportive guide brings you practical tips, key explanations and over 50 multi-sensory activities for every stage of learning. It includes guidance on theory, pedagogy, differentiation, and strategies for supporting struggling readers, empowering you to create an engaging and inclusive phonics learning experience in your classroom or setting.
Whether you're new to phonics or developing your professional knowledge, this book is your ultimate phonics teaching resource.
1. Introduction
2. Preparing Children for Phonics
3. Starting School
4. Introducing Letters and Sounds
5. Blending to Read
6. Segmenting to Spell
7. Digraphs and Trigraphs
8. Moving on from CVC words
9. Reading Longer Words
10. High Frequency Words
11. Learning to Read and Spell More Complex Words
12. Year 1 Phonics Screening Check
13. Developing a Love of Reading
14. What does an effective Phonics lesson look like?
15. Ofsted Inspections and Reading Deep Dives