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Can Do Cubes for systematic synthetic phonics
Home/Tutorial Edition
by Debbie Hepplewhite
(for one-to-one and small group use)
Stage One: The Simple Alphabetic Code
A set of 27 hardwood cubes, each cube being laser engraved with six letters, or combination of letters, representing different sounds of speech (phonemes). There are eight different combinations of letters. This set contains six cubes of the first combination and three each of the other seven. The order in which these should be introduced is shown on the box which contains them and explained in the accompanying book and DVD.
The DVD features Debbie Hepplewhite discussing the theory and teaching of Synthetic Phonics and ’sounding out’ (interactive) the 42 phonemes which make up the simple alphabetic code.
Two 'at-a-glance' word charts list some words that can be formed as the letters on the eight different cubes are taught.
Stage Two: The Complex Alphabetic Code
These hardwood cubes feature different spellings (graphemes) for individual, identifiable sounds of English speech. For example, the cube for the sound /ai/ features ai, ay, a, ey, eigh and ea. The set also contains uniquely linked cubes for split vowel digraphs (a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e including the use of ‘i’ in words such as ‘making’). Cubes displaying capital letters, for shape/sound recognition and matching with lower case, and basic punctuation are also included.
The DVD, two of each cube (56 in total), an activities and instruction book, a Can Do Cubes bag and a wall chart showing Debbie’s unique ‘simple and complex alphabetic codes overview’ complete this set.
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Can Do Cubes for systematic synthetic phonics
School Edition
by Debbie Hepplewhite
(for use with up to 18 [e.g. 6 groups of 3] learners)
Stage One: The Simple Alphabetic Code
A set of 144 hardwood cubes, each cube being laser engraved with six letters, or combination of letters, representing different sounds of speech (phonemes). There are eight different combinations of letters and eighteen cubes of each combination. The order in which these should be introduced is shown on the bags which contain them and explained in the accompanying book and DVD.
The DVD features Debbie Hepplewhite discussing the theory and teaching of Synthetic Phonics and ‘sounding out’ (interactive) the 42 phonemes which make up the simple alphabetic code.
Two ‘at-a-glance’ word charts list some words that can be formed as the letters on the eight different cubes are taught.
Stage Two: the complex alphabetic code
These hardwood cubes feature different spellings (graphemes) for individual, identifiable, sounds of English speech. For example, the cube for the sound /ai/ features ai, ay, a, ey, eigh and ea. The set also contains uniquely linked cubes for split vowel digraphs (a-e, e-e, i-e, o-e, u-e including the use of ‘i’ in words such as ‘making’). Cubes displaying capital letters, for shape/sound recognition and matching with lower case, and basic punctuation are also included.
The DVD, 150 hardwood cubes, an activities and instruction book, a ‘word bag’ and a wall chart showing Debbie’s unique ‘simple and complex alphabetic codes overview’ complete this set.
We are happy to invoice schools and institutions. Click here to download an order form.