How to Teach your Child to Read
Should I start teaching my child to read or leave it to the school? With media focus on literacy levels, SATS tests and the National...
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What Distinguishes BRI-ARI as a Reading Programme?
1 Development A team of linguists, educational psychologists, psychometricians and children’s authors developed BRI-ARI over a number of...
I See Sam: Scope, Sequence & Structure Adapted for Older Readers
The idea of Mature Reading Instruction (MRI) came from Dr Richard Schutz, Director of the American South West Reading Laboratory. The...
Help for Secondary School Pupils Struggling with Literacy
MRI: MATURE READING INSTRUCTION Secondary School Intervention "To be unable to read is to be locked out, to be isolated from discourse,...
A Breakthrough in Literacy for Older Students
A reading programme for adults and adolescents with poor literacy skills. When students emerge from a decade of schooling still...
Teaching Children to Read with ‘I See Sam’
Learning to read using the 'I See Sam' books Piper Books has regenerated the eighty-eight ‘I See Sam’ (BRI: Beginning Reading...
Practice: The Neglected Key to Reading Success
In 2009, a House of Commons Select Committee concluded that Systematic Synthetic Phonics can teach virtually every child to read....
20 Reasons to Teach Children to Read Using BRI Decodable Readers
BRI Beginning Reading Instruction BRI (Beginning Reading Instruction). This series of decodable readers is designed to be a tool for...
Beginning Reading Instruction – Information for Teachers
A tool for teaching reading BRI decodable books focus on the ‘how to’ of reading. The programme consists of meticulously sequenced tales,...
Catch-Up Reading for Schools
BRI: Beginning Reading Instruction BRI is a unique programme, used in the UK and across the English-speaking world. It has been...
BRI Decodable Readers – Little Stories, Big Rewards
Ingenious stories, intelligent phonics sequence, rigorous blending and segmenting One of BRI’s great achievements lies in shaping the...
Why BRI is Effective in Teaching Children with SEN and Complex Difficulties
"The best beginner books I Have ever seen" Learning to read is a skill that most SEN children can acquire. With BRI, it boils down to...
How do I Teach my Child to Read?
It is a privilege and (mostly!) a pleasure for a parent to guide their child on the first steps towards becoming a fully-fledged reader....
Teaching your Grandchild to Read
Teaching a grandchild to read must be one of the most joyous activities of all. As well as the pleasure in seeing a little one taking...
Early Intervention – Closing the Reading Gap in Reception/Kindergarten Class and Year l
Beginning Reading Instruction: BRI It is during a child’s first years that most connections in the brain are formed; learning to read...
Teaching a Struggling Child, Teen or Adult How to Read
Early reading instruction Poor readers are usually lacking in either 1) decoding skills 2) comprehension 3) good working memory. A strong...
How Children Learn
Brevity, simplicity and varied practice for beginners and catch-up pupils, including those with SEN or dyslexia. The Cognitive Science of...
Isn’t it Time for All Reception/Kindergarten Children to Learn to Read?
Does the argument between Early Years’ child-centred education and traditional reading instruction need to be so contentious? This bitter...
EAL Decodable Books for Beginner, Intermediate and Mature Students
Reading confidence for children with English as an Additional Language BRI, ARI and MRI decodables are based on rigorous Synthetic...
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