Read Write Inc Phonics is a proven synthetic phonics programme that ensures early success in reading, writing and spelling. It includes Speed Sound Cards, Word Cards, Ditty Photocopy Masters, Ditty Books, Storybooks, Non-fiction, Interactive Stories and Writing books. It is supported by teacher resources and a full training package to ensure its easy implementation. This DVD provides an audio-visual guide for teachers and parents. It demonstrates how to form and pronounce the 44 phonemes that children have to learn to recognise in order to decode words when learning to read English. An introduction by the author of the series, Ruth Miskin, explains how children can be taught the sounds logically. Children and adults are shown in close-up, pronouncing each phoneme while the corresponding grapheme (letter) is shown alongside on the Read Write Inc Speed Sounds card. Sounds are grouped in easy-to learn sets: bouncy consonants; stretchy consonants; bouncy vowels; stretchy vowels. The video concludes with a section to allow children to copy and practise the sounds.