Parent Resources

SPELD NSW offers range of evidence-based resources designed to be used by parents to support literacy and numeracy development in early learners, as well as intervention for struggling readers and children with specific learning difficulties, such as dyslexia. Visit our Parents Hub to access more information about SPELD NSW services, handy links, apps and downloadable tools to support your child.

Readable - Janelle Curry
(RJC) $50.00
This book is intended to be used by parents of toddlers right up to grade 3 children. (and higher grades if you have a struggling reader).In this book you will learn about all of the components needed to become a great reader and speller, why they are necessary, as well as activities and scripts to help teach your child these skills

Pocket Rocket Decodable Readers

Introduce a love of reading to young readers with these delightful decodable books and booklets and provide them with opportunities for daily reading and practise of blending and segmenting skills. Pocket Rockets provide a great collection of stories for early readers to practise their phonics and decoding skills. These stories use the phonics progression in the Letters and Sounds Program.

In the Pocket Rocket Book and Booklet range there are 44 imaginative stories to engage children with humorous characters and quirky plots. Booklets are small fold-out booklet forms of the larger books and can be used in the classroom or given to a child to take home with a space for them to personalise each booklet. Books include an instructional page with comprehension questions as well as tricky and focus words.

Phase 2 Orange Book Size
(LT23) $59.90
This set includes 18 different readers in book form which gradually introduce the phonemes learnt at Phase 2 in the Letters and Sounds Program.

Graphemes / Phonemes covered:
s a t p i n m d g o c k ck e u r h b f ff l ll ss.

This set contains one copy of each title.

Phase 2 Orange Box
(LT70) $49.90
This box includes 18 different readers in booklet form which gradually introduce the phonemes learnt at Phase 2 in the Letters and Sounds Program.

Graphemes / Phonemes covered:
s a t p i n m d g o c k ck e u r h b f ff l ll ss.

The box contains 10 copies of each booklet.

Phase 3 Purple Book Size
(LT24) $89.90
This set includes 26 different readers in book form which gradually introduce the phonemes learnt at Phase 3 in the Letters and Sounds Program.

Graphemes / Phonemes covered: j v w x y z zz qu ch sh th ng ai ee igh oa oi oo ow ar air ear er ur or ure.

This set contains one copy of each title.

Phase 3 Purple Box
(LT71) $49.90
This box includes 26 different readers in booklet form which gradually introduce the phonemes learnt at Phase 3 in the Letters and Sounds Program.

Graphemes / Phonemes covered:
j v w x y z zz qu ch sh th ng ai ee igh oa oi oo ow ar air ear er ur or ure.

The box contains 6 copies of each booklet.

Phase 4 Green Book Size
(LT25) $59.90
This set includes 18 different readers in book form which gradually introduce the phonemes learnt at Phase 4 in the Letters and Sounds Program.

This set contains one copy of each title.

Phase 4 Green Box
(LT174) $49.90
This box includes 18 different readers in booklet form which gradually introduce the phonemes learnt at Phase 4 in the Letters and Sounds Program.

The box contains 10 copies of each booklet.

Pocket Rockets Parent Pack with Phase 4 (PRPP2) $39.95
The pack is a great resource to use at home and includes one of each of the 62 stories (Orange booklets-18 stories, Purple booklets- 26 stories, Green booklets -18 stories) in booklet form, a case with a free teacher/ parent guide and a sound reference card.

44 Phonemes covered: s a t p i n m d g o c k ck e u r h b f ff l ll ss j v w x y z qu ch sh th ng ai ee igh oa oi oo ow ar air ear er ur or ure.

Sounds Write Activity Books

Sounds-Write Activity Books can be used at home by parents and tutors to complement the first 14 units of the Sounds-Write program. These books can be used with the Sounds Write Udemy on-line course which is free for all parents or carers.

Sounds Write Activity Book 1 – Help your child to Read and Write (Initial Code, Units 1 to 7) (SWAB) $25.00
A broad range of activities to give your child the kind of practise that they need in order to learn to read and write. Each activity includes a simple instruction, so you and your child can work together to complete the task. This activity book covers Units 1-7 of the Initial Code.

Sounds Write Activity Book 2 – Help your child to Read and Write: Part 2 (Initial Code, Units 8-11) (SWAB2) $25.00
A broad range of activities to give your child the kind of practise that they need in order to learn to read and write. Each activity includes a simple instruction, so you and your child can work together to complete the task. This is a second activity book in the series and covers Units 8-11 of the Initial Code.

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