Teachers - Phonics advice - pupil workbooks supporting Letters and Sounds

[swissmaid7]

I run a small teaching business overseas teaching reading and writing to English speaking children who are in local schools.

As well as the Jolly Phonics big books/workbooks, magnetic boards and letters etc... I currently supplement the class work with the Schofield and Sims Sound Phonics workbooks for the pupils. The pupils complete these as homework and the workbooks are phased identically to the Letters and Sounds Programme which I teach. I'm relatively happy with these books but I think they could be a bit more interesting/child friendly and I think that there could be some other, more thorough, activities for the children to practise their skills.

I've had a look online for something similar but don't really see anything suitable. Before I order the same books for the new academic year I was wondering if anyone had come across some other supporting workbooks/resources that they are really happy with that they would be able to recommend?

Thanks so much,

Have a look at Floppy's Phonics which supports Letters and sounds -the handbooks include activity sheets to photocopy
www.oup.com/oxed/primary/oxfordreadingtree/introduction/teach_phonics/

or Debbie Hepplewhite's Phonics International -which is completely online
www.phonicsinternational.com/ Comprehensive range of resources along with instructions for teaching the English Alphabet Code. Unit 1, which includes Debbie's really useful Alphabet Code charts, is free to download with no commitment to purchase further units. The Sounds Book activity sheets are the core of the programme and they include guidance on every sheet right through the programme. Uses Jolly Phonics GPC introduction order.

I agree I think those Schofield books are tedious and way too easy for older KS1 children.

I presume you've got the Letters and Sounds book,could you not make your own up.At our school they send home their own tasks eg words parents dictate,kids sound talk,put buttons under and write on empty grids.

Personally I find things like Jolly Phonics,Floppy's Phonics more confusing (with the pictures underneath the sounds) but I've not taught for a while so I'm probably v out of date.

Many thanks for the messages so far! I do use the Floppy's phonics workbooks and like them a lot. I have had a look at the Hepplewhite programme which looks interesting though I guess I am trying to find something all ready and organised following the Letter and Sounds programme - which the Schofield books are.

I don't have a photocopier at home and I find that buying already prepared books is better value/saves a lot of time and can be more straightforward for the parents too.

I do have a copy of the Letters and Sounds book and I could make up my own things but that seems very time consuming and don't want to reinvent the wheel when others have surely done it before and done it well.

The problem is I don't think those books stretch them enough,they're too dull,not much content,lots of repetition and there is too much colouring and not enough actual thinking.Also some funny words chosen.If you got a huge pile of grids copied(several on a page) and then got the kids to write down the words each week for parents to test it wouldn't take much work plus you'd cover far more.

They just seem a tad pricey for what they are.I'm amazed nobody else has got on the band wagon.

You might get some teachers on here with better ideas for homework,it was only my opinion as a parent.