Beyond Phonics

What is Phonics?

While phonics is effective for many, it isn't sufficient for all children, especially those with Dyslexia.

High quality phonics schemes are only teaching 79% of children to read, still leaving 21% below expected standards.
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What about when Phonics does not work?

Currently schools are being advised to continue with their phonics scheme into KS2, even for pupils who struggle with phonics.

If a child is struggling with phonics, you need to go Beyond Phonics to teach them the other key skills needed to read. One skill is being able to see the letters clearly and track smoothly across the page, eye control. Another is being able to hear individual sounds in words, phonological awareness.

English is not a completely phonetic language, which is partly why phonics by itself isn’t enough. Phonics says that ow is pronounced either ‘ow’ like cow, or ‘oe’ like crow. If you have never heard the word ‘crow’ you can’t use phonics to read it.

So what's the Solution?

Literacy Gold goes Beyond Phonics by integrating phonological awareness and eye control training, addressing the full spectrum of reading skills.
Lack of phonological awareness and poor eye control are often overlooked as issues that hinder reading progress.
Literacy Gold's innovative exercises and games target these root causes, leading to significant improvements in reading ability.
Literacy Gold contains 3d vision training exercises to strengthen eye muscles, which stops your eyes wobbling when you read, and enables you to track smoothly across the page.
We have found this is a breakthrough for most struggling readers. Typically playing these vision games improves reading by a year in just 3 months.