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As a parent, your role in helping your child learn to read is going to be crucial. Your child needs 10-15 minutes of practice each day and the school team cannot provide that. It adds up to 5 hours per day for a class of 30 children!

You may feel untrained to teach reading, but in less than an hour we can give you the training you need. Then the process can become fun and easy for both you and your child.

I know life is busy, but please, please try to take a break and watch the videos below. They will save you time and frustration over the coming months.

Anchors Away: An Introduction to Phonics

Anchors Away: An Introduction to Phonics Quiz

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1. Why will downloading the All Aboard Phonics app help my child? (select all that apply)

1. It is fun and enjoyable

2. It reinforces the core skills behind learning to read

3. It is different to their phonics lessons in school

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2. Making the correct crisp sounds when voicing phonemes will help my child because…

1. It will make blending easier

2. It will improve their vocabulary

3. It is easier to remember

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3. How many words a day should your child segment and re-blend to make blending easier?

1. 2

2. 5

3. 10

Your score is

The average score is 55%

Phonics is full of terminology which can seem confusing at first but is really straightforward once you get your head around it!

You may start to hear this terminology being used by your child’s school or cropping up in our other training videos. We recommend you take a quick look through our Phonics Jargon videos to become familiar with these terms.

Phonics Jargon Videos

The Top 5 Tips to See Your Child Fly with Phonics

Top 5 Tips to see your child fly with Phonics Quiz

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1. Your child’s progress will accelerate if you praise them because… (choose all that apply)

1. They feel more confident

2. Their brain releases dopamine which improves memory retention

3. Reading sessions are more positive and enjoyable

4. They feel more motivated to keep trying

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2. To be practising reading successfully, my child needs to be…

1. Reading all the time

2. Reading quickly

3. Decoding the words

Your score is

The average score is 50%

Blast the Blending Quiz

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1. Why should your child choose the word themselves? (select all that apply)

1. They will focus on the word more

2. They are keeping in their comfort zone

3. Children should always get their own way!

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2. To see the best neural changes in your child’s brain, after they successfully blend a word, you should…

1. Move straight onto the next word

2. Celebrate their success with lots of praise

3. Stop doing the exercise

Your score is

The average score is 61%

Phoneme Voicing and Actions

Learn how to voice the different sounds correctly. This will make the skill of blending so much easier for your child. You can also learn the corresponding actions for each pictophone to help prompt your child with a visual clue to the sound!

Phoneme Voicing and Actions

Meltdown Mayhem!

Why some children have meltdowns over home reading practice and how to avoid it!

Meltdown Mayhem Quiz

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1. If your child is finding things tricky you should… (select all that apply)

1. Jump in to help

2. Ask them to read for longer until they get it right

3. Speak with your child’s class to pinpoint the underlying cause of difficulty

Your score is

The average score is 33%

A Guide to Reading a Decodable Book with Your Child

A Guide to Reading a Decodable Book with your Child Quiz

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1. To see the best results, reading sessions should be…

1. 10 minutes every day

2. 30 minutes twice a week

3. One hour once a week

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2. To double my child’s progress I should…

1. Leave them to read on their own

2. Reread the phrase or sentence until fluent

3. Allow them to guess words

Your score is

The average score is 100%

Eye Tracking Exercise

Eye Tracking Exercise Quiz

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1. My child can move to stage 2 of the exercise when…

1. They can focus for 10 seconds with no flickering of the eyes

2. Their eyes are flickering away from the finger

3. They lose their lock on after 3 or 4 seconds

Your score is

The average score is 80%

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Anchors Away: An Introduction to Phonics

Phonics Jargon

The Top 5 Tips to See Your Child Fly with Phonics

Blast the Blending!

Phoneme Voicing and Actions

Meltdown Mayhem!

A Guide to Reading a Decodable Book with Your Child

Eye Tracking Exercise

Segment-Reblend Technique

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