Recommended resources to buy or download for your Resources Box Resource Publisher Price Basic Literacy Starter Kit, containing: Alphabet dice Lower case wooden letters Hands On Packs – Alphabet Hands On Packs – Consonant Cluster Hands On Packs – Social Sight Words Axis Hands On £53.95 + VAT (10.79) (Please note that these resources can also be bought separately, and possibly more cheaply, from a range of other suppliers.) £64.74 Pack of 10 multi-colour reading rulers (from Amazon) £10.78 Set of 4 YWCR reading books £16.00 Set of 30 Turning Pages reading books Shannon Trust £55.00 Functional Skillbuilders – Reading Level 2 £39.95 Word Maps by Margaret Bevan £18.00 Read Easy Phonics Picture Cards + ‘Blank Phonics Picture Cards’ so you can make your own. + Individual and upper case cards Free to download and out from the Read Easy website There are also plenty other printable alphabets that can be downloaded from the internet. * These mini whiteboards are a very good design, as they are lined and have a printed alphabet at the top to provide a guide for forming the letters. They can be bought in packs of 10 or 30 from the school suppliers, , but you will need an account number to order. You should be able to get an account number by emailing and explaining that you are a voluntary group not a school.
‘Sight Words’ from TP Manual 1 Initial Blends Cards for word building activites Free to download and print out from the Read Easy website Blank word cards so coaches can easily make flash cards of their Reader’s ‘difficult words’. (This is a ‘Word’ version that can by typed into and adapted for individual needs.) Free to download and out from the Read Easy website Read Easy Handwriting Pack: Handwriting Skills Coach Handbook Pack 1 - Early letter formation Pack 2 – Progression Exercises Free to download and print out from the website Pack of coloured pipe cleaners Ross; Amazon etc Approx. £3 Mirror (small) shops, internet £1 - £2 Ring binder containing: ‘Library lending’ sheet to record what is borrowed and who has borrowed it List of what should be in the box ‘Examples multi-sensory activities’ handout Copies of resources that are available to download from the Read Easy website (could be laminated where appropriate for borrowing) Bridport’s guide to problems coaches may encounter with readers (using YWCR) Downloadable from RE website Copies of catalogues from: Barrington Stokes Gatehouse Axis Education & Hands On Free from suppliers Approx. total cost of above resources: (YWCR) £155 (TP) £195
Please note: this is not an exhaustive list. Please also see the Reader Resources and Coach Resources pages on the Read Easy website. Practical English Challenges Reading Entry Level 1 Practical English Challenges Reading Entry Level 2 £39.95 £39.95 Trugs 1 (& 2, if affordable) £71.99 Upper Case Wooden Letters £14.34 Sandpaper letters (lower case) £11.94 King Street Readers Set One (set of 10) with Exercises £60.00 Sample readers e.g. ‘The Lift’ (£4) plus ‘The Lift Exercises’ (£4.50) £8.50 Play on Words Book Volume 2 £19.95 + VAT (3.99) £23.94 Filling in – Photocopy Master (PDF) £18.00 Phonics Resources for Older Learners by Frances Woodward Phonics Stories for Learners £45.00 £25.00 A Thing – work book by Brown & Brown £4.00 Social Sight Words - 56 cue words on cards or magnets – or make your own. £11.94 Days Months Seasons – 46 cards (or magnets) for sight recognition & sequencing in both upper and lower case – or make your own. £9.95 Magnetic board to use with magnetic activities £7.14 Dolch 1st 100 words & Dolch 2nd 100 words £11.94