Course Introduction
Idris Iguana’s Introduction Page
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Welcome aboard the Sound-Train
“What a commotion!
What a din!
What a noisy train
We’re in!”
Natural early speech sound and phonic development
Memorable characters for each sound aid individual phoneme retention
Structured to ensure complete phoneme-grapheme association.
It builds a secure basis for literacy and spelling.
The people that drive the Sound-Train
Emily
Emily is an experienced Speech & Language Therapist specialising in developmental language disorder. In her spare time she likes watching her whippets run at high speed, trying new food and kitchen discos.
Trish
Trish is an experienced EYFS and Phonics teacher. In her spare time she likes walking her dog and singing in the choir.
Helen
Helen is an experienced teacher who has specialised in child development and diverse learning styles.
In her spare time she loves taking the family dog for walks and playing the guitar – badly.
Tracy
Tracy is an experienced Speech & Language Therapy Assistant.In her spare time Tracy enjoys being creative making bespoke cards. One of her adored moments was feeding Giraffes.
Leah
Leah is an experienced teacher working with children in a speech and language base.
Leah enjoys cultural breaks spending time with her family and watching The World’s Strongest Man live!
The ideas that fuel the Sound-Train
Unique sound-character links for association and retention
Sound-Train uniquely has a different attractive and memorable character, like Poppy Peg, for each sound. This helps children to associate, memorise and reproduce sounds when needed. It also starts the children associating sounds with real life items.
Linking phonics with literacy for improved reading and spelling
Teaching phonics by linking sounds with both visual character cues and text creates a link between different sounds and letters from an early age, including often difficult non-standard sounds and spellings.
Start with speech sounds for fast natural development
Sound-Train was designed by linguistic experts and experienced phonics teachers to work with children’s natural instincts for making speech sounds and developing them into words. by starting to guide these sounds in preschool experiences, we make children’s phonic development faster and more natural from an early age.
