Fonix is Phun! Some Seriously Good Ideas for Introducing Single Sounds Using 100s of Everyday Fun Classroom Activities

by Shirley Sydenham, Ron Thomas

Overview

Phonics needn’t be a drag. Fonix is Phun provides practical assistance to teachers and home schoolers alike as they introduce initial single sounds to early learners. For novice teachers, it provides a tried and tested format that gives a simple basic structure. For experienced teachers it offers activities to refresh and complement what you already do. And the results of most activities will decorate the classroom as well. The games and songs will increase the class’s repertoire and revise the learning throughout the year.
Repetition is of course important for early learners as they learn what a single sound is called, what it says and looks like, but the fun stuff is what really helps them remember.
Class and group activities such as making and eating j for jelly, making paper f for frogs and racing them, making a dancing dragon for d and many more. Some games and activities further develop fine and gross motor skills, visual and auditory discrimination – essential to learning sounds, reading and writing.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940155898481
Publisher:	kidcyber
Publication date:	11/17/2018
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

About Shirley Sydenham Shirley was born in Shanghai and lived in Hong Kong till she was 12, when the family moved to Melbourne, Australia. She’s had a long career in primary schools as a classroom teacher at all year levels. A trained drama teacher, she also taught drama and directed school productions. Shirley has also been an education consultant in drama and cooperative learning, before working at Werribee Open Range Zoo as a Safari Guide, and later at Melbourne Zoo. Shirley first started writing in 1975. She has written a large number and variety of titles on her own and with co-writers. One writing partnership included plays for children, to be performed by adults for children or by kids, and the formation of a production company that produced them in local venues. Shirley’s interest in theatre includes acting, directing as well of course as participation as an audience member. Shirley’s interest in animals these days is mostly focused on her dog Ginger. Other interests include cooking, reading and travel. Shirley’s longest writing partnership has been with Ron Thomas, with whom she has written dozens of titles, including black-line masters, teacher resource books and short stories. Together they established and co-author a website for kids and teachers, www.kidcyber.com.au. From its origins as a website to support a series of teacher resource books about developing research skills from K to 6, it has grown into an extensive, successful and very popular site accessed by thousands of students in Australia and abroad.

About Ron Thomas Ron has had a thirty-five year career as a teacher and teacher-librarian in schools around Melbourne, Australia, including seven years in teacher education, training and advising teachers in librarianship. Ron began writing in about 1984 for Oxford University Press. From about 1986 he co-authored the Macmillan Australia ‘Beginners Series’ of approx.100 titles covering a wide range of non-fiction subjects for junior primary students. Also for Macmillan and with various co-authors including Shirley Sydenham, Ron has written dozens of black-line master books for teachers on a range of topics: space, life cycles, giants, zoos, and food. Together Ron & Shirley have also written books for teachers on classroom teaching methods and techniques in the areas of language arts, research/study skills and the use of the library. Many factual books about the military, sports and the Olympic games, have been written too. With Shirley Sydenham, Ron has established and co-authored a website for kids www.kidcyber.com.au. At first the website was to be a resource to which readers of our books about research and study skills could be directed for information. It has since grown to become a successful and highly popular site where young students can write requesting help with school projects. Spare time interests include cooking, reading, theatre, and travel. The Richmond Football Club gets some attention in the winter, and a terrier dog named Hugo is a daily diversion.