Recommended by Multilit for 10 years
All children benefit from early exposure to phonics. There has been 40 years of academic research into reading, and phonics has proven to be the most successful method.
Teach the World to Read
Our mission is to "Teach the world to read". We are still a long way from our goal. In many communities, the classroom doesn't have electricity.
We ensure that no child is left behind, by providing free, low cost and comprehensive access to a reading program. Those who can pay, we ask that you pay, those who can't afford it , we donate it.
What type of Phonics?
Children learn in different ways, but ultimately, they need to develop instinctive decoding skills to achieve the speed needed for comprehension.
- Fantastic Phonics is low cost, and that is important. We donate the program to more than 5000 schools, and about the same number have purchased the program since 1998. This year, we estimate that approximately 500,000 children will learn to read using Fantastic Phonics. It has been provided to 260 Australian schools with Indigenous children.
- It is an evidenced-based system. It reflects the wisdom of 30 years of research, and has been researched (by the US Government) in a wide-scale pilot which showed $580% improvement in phonic fluency. You can see the Executive Report of the research Click here
- Fantastic Phonics fits neatly into any of the School curriculum requirements. It is used in schools around the world, whether in Australia, the USA, the UK, or in Africa, the Middle East, in Pakistan, India and China.
- It is successful with autism, dyslexia, non-verbal and ESL children.
- It is recommended by Universities. For example, Multilit, run by Macquarie University in Sydney, recommends the program.
- The story books can be printed onto standard office paper, then bound into collections of 20 books. This makes them a solid, longlasting resource which can be easily replaced. It also make them an ideal take-home collection for the family.
- Phonics is gently graded, and precise. There are 60 storybooks which step through each specific phonic skill.
- There are multimedia and video versions for classroom smartboards or computers or mobiles
- We provide support for schools. You can purchase in the way your prefer. If credit card does not suit your school, we can provide other options for payment.