You'll have to make it easier, more fun, and... try not to work so hard. Try the program developed by 'the developer of the New Phonics'. It all started in 1996 when Tracy Sherwood's article 'Phonics the Right Way and the Wrong Way' was printed in the Washington Post. From there is was picked up by CyberNews and became the most popular phonics article on the internet. Dozens and now several hundred new phonics programs have popped up promoting and utilizing the 'New Phonics method' developed and introduced by the Superphonics author. But there's more than a little philosophy and strategy behind the success of the new phonics. It's important to know why these strategies were needed, when to use what technique and what to do when an unexpected difficulty pops up. Phonics programs should sound like fun, but it does take some skill to work up the levels in sounding out words and spelling. There's a lot of walls to hit with any program. The new phonics in its original format, prepares you for those walls by handling them before they pop up. You'll never even know you should have hit a wall - unless you try a copycat program. They talk the talk, but when it comes to handling the tougher cases, they do not walk the walk. It's skill that YOU have to have, before you can teach your child.

But first, we'll get the light bulb to come on for you child with Phonics Camp, the 6-video series that gets the 'concept' across without effort. Then your job will be much easier with the Superphonics Tutors Course steps. It even has a Troubleshooting section in the back. We know what you'll run into no matter what program you use, because this program was developed by Tracy Sherwood who has tutored phonics for over 30 years, trying every program available. She found what was missing and what was needed. It has to be almost as though she is right there with you. And thus... Superphonics.
 

  With Simple Phonics Self Learning Videos, you don't have to help your child.  Ten Children can learn the sounds without assistance.  But you can play if you insist.   

And what if your child knows the sounds  
but has trouble blending them together to  
sound out words? That's the easiest part. 

SimplePhonics, has no complicated instructions to follow.  You don't have to know the sounds yourself.  Tutors and teachers can pop in the video and then go grade papers or something.    

 Order with PAYPAL

To order by mail, send check or money order to:
Superphonics 
3522 Paxton Ave. 
Palmdale, California, USA 93551 
      add $20 for shipping. This is a big 6-video case.
   

Speech and Hearing Difficulties

Children having trouble with speech can make wonderful breakthroughs but may take longer. Be patient and play the tape only a few times per week for no more than fifteen minutes each time and play the Slap Card Game as seen on the videos to assist with progress.

It's highly recommended that the child not be corrected for saying sounds incorrectly in their speech at any time.  Just play the tape and pronounce your words clearly, in the presence of your child.

Children should be checked for hearing difficulties. Children or adults with a history of early childhood ear infections who no longer have difficulties hearing, have often 'misheard' sounds and so pronounce them the way they were learned before hearing was corrected. Simple Phonics will re-teach the correct sounds.

Children with physiological speech problems (structural abnormalities in the mouth itself) should be checked by a speech pathologist.  Such children may never pronounce words as you or I do, but if they can be understood, they can communicate.  The Phonics Camp videos help with such a program.   

copyright 1997 Tracy Sherwood. All rights reserved.