Phonicfriend

Phonics is an effective way of learning to read as it associates the letters of the alphabet and their sounds. The sounds these letters make are the building blocks of words and play an important part when learning to read.

Phonicfriend is an online course combining comprehensive skill building activities with stories and games. There are built in incentives which all provide a balanced learning and reading programme. The cost of subscription is modest, given that if a child can read well, they are set up for life. Subcribe for a three, six or twelve month period. You can try out a demo online, which gives you examples of various stages of the course.

The course is an interactive web based adventure where children work at their own pace. You do not move them on to the next section until you are happy that they have firmly grasped the lesson in hand. Once the section has been achieved, they are entitled to rewards. These are pictures that can be printed out and coloured, reading games and stories to collect. The course is colourful, fun and very engaging.

All work is done on screen but off line, thus minimising online costs.

Phonicfriend is a sister site to the highly successful Schoolfriend.com.