List of phonics programs
There is a relatively small body of very complete programs that have been widely used in schools and clinics that teach students with reading difficulty. These are listed below. There is an increasing number of programs available for computers and online. The quality of these products varies dramatically.
Widely used phonics curricula
The following programs are comprehensive reading curricula with a phonics base.
- Preventing Academic Failure (PAF) program (1978)
- Reading Mastery by SRA/McGraw-Hill, previously known as DISTAR
- Open Court Reading; name changed to "Imagine It!" in 2008
- Orton-Gillingham
- Phono-graphix (1993) – developed by Carmen and Geoffrey McGuinness
- Smart Way Reading and Spelling (2001)
- Spalding Method
The following phonics programmes were approved by the Department for Education in England, because they conform to the English government's criteria for assuring high-quality phonic work:[1]
- Floppy's Phonics Sounds and Letters
- Jolly Phonics
- Phonics International
A list of Full Phonics Programmes and Supplementary Phonics Resources approved by the Department for Education in England can be found on the UK Government website page entitled 'Phonics: choosing a programme': https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/phonics-choosing-a-programme#documents
On-line and software programs
- Readwithfonics.com
- JumpStart Phonics
- Phonetically Intuitive English
- Starfall (website)
- Anima Phonics
References
- ↑ Department for Education, Phonics teaching materials: core criteria and the self assessment process, https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/298420/phonics_core_criteria_and_the_self-assessment_process.pdf