Your child will experience success regardless
of their reading ability!
An integrated Reading Programme supported by Word Cards, Phonic Sets and Educational Games to foster achievement through success and praise. The resources progress in small easy steps. They are designed to be easily adaptable to the individual learning needs of your child.
High frequency and everyday topic words are revisited frequently in text and games in every book. The story lines in the books build a child’s vocabulary, by introducing new words gradually in a range of contexts to reinforce their meaning. The story lines equip the child with functional words for use in general day to day communication. Over 85% of the words used in the Red Elephant Series are revisited in the Blue Elephant Series to consolidate and revise.
Use your child’s strengths
The programme supports children who are strong visual/kinaesthetic learners with clear uncluttered illustrations and large easy to read text. Every book has a set of Word Cards to play lotto, comprehension and sentence completion games and to use in “Name, Match and Select” activities.
The predictable format of the books supports children who need structure and routine in their learning environment. The books start with a Shared Reading Page to be read to your child to develop their fluency and confidence in reading and also to set the scene of the story to come. The ending of each story relates back to the pair and share page so that there is a defined start middle and end sequence. See book structure
Promote your child’s language development
Designed with Speech Therapists, the programme promotes language development by using the strong connection between learning to read and the development of language skills. This is achieved by:
- Focusing on the vocabulary needed for everyday life.
- Combining this vocabulary into short complete sentences
- Using direct speech or oral language to model spoken language
- Guiding you to develop your child’s language with a Speech Therapist script in every book. See a sample script
Reinforce phonic skills within a balanced reading programme
Learning phonics skills is important for every child. This fundamental tool will help your child learn to read and look up words, and provide them with a technique to decode unfamiliar words.
The programme combines practicing sounds and the blending of sounds into simple decodable words using the familiar characters of the Pops family. Large illustrated Word and Picture Cards help your child understand the meaning of the word with the aid of a picture and supports blending practice. Combination Sentence Strips feature words from a specific word family in differing sentences for practice and reinforcement. In addition, consolidation sentence strips feature words from up to four word families. See phonics resources
Ensure your child is successful on every page
The programme has been designed so that children with a range of abilities will experience success building their confidence and self esteem.
Your child can be successful:
- Matching one or more words at the bottom of every page using the Word Cards
- Reading the simple text on each page
- Playing the games in every book
- Finding the little elephant hidden in each illustration
Making reading meaningful and fun
The programme sets out to capture the interest of your child and provide entertainment. By making the reading experience enjoyable and successful, your child will want to read on and cooperate with you in the supported activities. The variety of activities on each page, mean that your child will enjoy reading the book again and again.
The stories are based on the everyday life of the Pops Family. The familiar scenarios and humorous storylines introduce situations that are recognizable and fun. This builds on your child’s understanding of everyday actions and equips them with everyday functional words.
The illustrations are simple, attractive and uncluttered. Every illustration reflects the text, keeping the need for the child to make inferences to a minimum. The characters facial expressions and positioning are designed to help children understand the emotions portrayed.
Free Teachers and Parents Manual
Written by teachers using the programme in their classrooms, read more on practical strategies to get the most from the Pops Reading Programme.