Sound Phonics prepares children for full fluency in reading writing & spelling by providing intensive practice in phonics. A comprehensive phonics resource it is fully compatible with ' Letters & Sounds' & any other incremental phonics programme. Its graded activities best completed with an adult reinforce early literacy skills through listening & speaking & support a multi-sensory approach. Sound Phonics Phase Four is the fifth book in the series & a one-per-child activity book. It focuses on: consolidating knowledge of the 42 phonemes through intensive practice; saying & blending sounds in a word using 'sound buttons' to support reading; using phoneme frames to support segmenting for spelling; counting phonemes to boost confidence in spelling; forming letter shapes independently