Tag: Books
Why Phonics are useless on their own
The older I get, the more I realise that there is never one simple easy answer. Duality or multiplicity is built into the fabric of life. Yin/Yang, Left/Right, Relativity/Quantum theory. All systems work happily enough, but each needs the other to make sense of the whole. So it is with learning to read. The mechanistic…
The incredibly easy way to become a great writer!
There is only one way to learn how to write well, increase your vocabulary and really begin to understand grammar and language structure. You need to experience writing in action, by reading it and listening to it. As we read, we imbibe new words, new idioms, new turns of phrases, new ways of breaking the…
Map Pad – Big Cat Phonics
It’s lovely when you get a package in the mail that you aren’t expecting. It’s even nicer when you open up the package and find they are advance copies of your new book! I’m really pleased with Map Pad. Writing stories for early stage phonics books is a bit like playing a game of Sudoku.…
