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400,000 African children will learn to read using Fantastic Phonics in 2013. Since 2008, Liberia has been achieving astounding results nationally.

In 2013, Rwanda and South Sudan also adopt Fantastic Phonics, based on astonishing research.

Video creates the intial engagement to get children focused on reading.

Fantastic Phonics is a full multimedia program – print the stories, watch the stories and play with the fun. Designed for mobiles, computers and classroom "smartboards".

Fantastic Phonics was researched intensively by the USA Government.

The results were astonishing – a 400% comparative advantage from Fantastic Phonics. In some reading metrics, students gained an 850% improvement. Download the Research here.

Four beautiful books featuring Indigenous children were launched in March 2013. They can be purchased under your Indigenous funding.

Fantastic Phonics is provided to 260 Aboriginal schools and 900 Australian Schools. Find out more here.


FANTASTIC PHONICS is a successful Phonics Program which has helped millions of children over the last 14 years. Our focus is to help children, worldwide, to read – charities can distribute the books free.

It is sophisticated, and highly creative – it is based on 30 years of Research which outlines the most effective ways to teach children to read.

The Program is full of fun, with rhyming stories, humorous illustrations, and hilarious situations … the Stories draw children into reading like “bees to a honeypot”. They have a wonderful fun that children adore, about the early years of a family -  it was a time of love and laughter and adventure.

Independent Government Research

In 2008, USAID (http://www.usaid.gov) began a 3 year research project, using Fantastic Phonics. The aim was to determine the most effective way of teaching children to read, specifically in Liberia, Africa. The results were stunning – an average 400% improvement. With those impressive results, the program was expanded and more than 75,000 copies of Fantastic Phonics were printed for children in Liberian schools.

Are you an aid or charity organisation? You can get it free.

 

Don't let your child miss out! 
   • Fun, fabulous stories.
   • Explicit rhyming to embed the sounds into memory.
   • Step-by-step progress – each story is fun!
   • Follow the book sequence, and magic starts to happen.
   • Based on 30 years of empirical research and evidence.
   • Nearly 2 million downloads and counting!
   • Used in Indigenous communities in Australia and Africa.

THE GREATEST GIFT WE CAN GIVE.

When your child can read, you give them the keys to a successful future, they can read to learn.

     they develop a lifelong confidence.
     their future is embedded with opportunities to succeed.

Liberian School Children using Fantastic PhonicsCRAFTED AROUND PHONICS
Click 'n Print a sample now. Fantastic Phonics printable  readers are 60 story-booklets which are comical, rhyming, and rhythmic. Each story is short, with large print and superb drawings – each book fulfills the critical 15 minutes per day which the experts all suggest as the minimum.

A COMPLETE PROGRAM OF PHONICS READERS

  • 60 books – each book is a building block in a gently graded sequence.
  • complete teaching manual for each book, for parents and teachers
  • program is researched and evidence is available on website

HOW FANTASTIC PHONICS WORKS
Fantastic Phonics is structured in three Series, covering the full complexity of reading skills.


Series One (20 storybooks) starts each child from the beginning!
>> covers the basic Phonic sounds.
>> each story shows how letter combinations make predictable sounds.

>> they teach children how to "decode" common words using Phonics.

 

 

If you teach literacy in the classroom, then this video is compelling. Using the techniques displayed (and Fantastic Phonics), whole classrooms gained 400% improvements compared to their peers. At 17:46 minutes onwards, you can see the children with Fantastic Phonics.
Download the lesson plans used.
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Series Two (20 storybooks) extends the child's reading knowledge.
>> introduction of spelling variations (eg, pie, high, sky).

>> more complex decoding, double syllable words, and punctuation.
>> builds "instant recall" of the 48 phonic sounds.
 


Series Three (20 storybooks) creates an independent reader.
>> increasingly difficult words and sentence structure.
>> variation and rules explained, such as "i before e except after c"
>> how different spellings can create the same sound ( blew, blue)

 

How can you help? By starting tonight!
We are absolutely passionate about children learning to read.
Kids who can read learn more, learn faster and can achieve more.


You can help your child to read with only 15-20 minutes fun each night.

     Fantastic Phonics helps students succeed. Its not a case of "maybe" or "possibly"
     It is used by thousands of schools, universities and literacy organisations worldwide
     used in the US, Canada, Australia, Middle East, Europe, Africa and Asia.

There is a "window of opportunity" – don't miss it.

     children need early phonemic awareness – to achieve reading fluency.
     your child should START reading as soon as they can
     Evidence based materails – like Fantastic Phonics – are required for successful reading.

Are you a charity or Aid Organisation? Contact us about getting free access to the program.

What Research into Reading Tells Us

The major lesson is that reading is a learned skill. It is not a naturally-learnt skill, like talking. If a child has difficulties (still) in Grade 3, then the child will continue to have problems – forever – unless specific intervention occurs. And the later its left, the more difficult it becomes. 

In a mass research program of 170 schools, Fantastic Phonics was shown to be extraordinarily effective. When used in a systematic manner, (with other awareness tools like flashcards), Fantastic Phonics helped produce an overall improvement of 250%, with a 450% increase in phonic fluency decoding previously unseen words.

A systematic manner means that the books are read in sequence, with constant revision – don't progress beyond the child's ability, but allow the child to consolidate their knowledge, then move forward in steps. 

While its tempting to provide 'lots of resources' to your child, its confusing, because your child needs a 'gentle hill to climb', not a series of disjointed, out-of-order resources. Most are untested and can work against your child by the confusion they create.

 

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